KPCL plans to increase power generation to 14,000 MW by 2014: K S Eshwarappa

The State government has chalked out plans to gradually increase power generation over the next three years.

Briefing reporters on Tuesday after a review meeting of the Chief Minister, Minister for Energy K S Eshwarappa said that 2,000 MW would be added to the existing 7,000 MW, in the year 2009-10.

Mangalore, June 7 All the buses of KSRTC (Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation) in Karnataka are likely to run on bio-fuel by the end of 2010-11. At present, around 2,000 buses in KSRTC are being run by fuel blended with ethanol.

HYDERABAD: NTPC is planning to add a capacity of over 6,000 MW in the southern region in the coming years.

MANGALORE: A small ceremony on Wednesday marked the commencement of work on the Mangalore chapter of the Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Limited (ISPRL)

The Karnataka government has targetted to add 5,000 mw of energy into the state's grid in the next five years to ease the power shortage, Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa said.

Nandini Chandrashekhar, Raichur,
Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa laid the foundation stone for the Yeramaras and Yedlapur Supercritical Thermal Power project on Tuesday.

Apart from iron ore and mining, Bellary is also home to the Kudithini power plant. The plant fulfills ten per cent of the state

Nandini Chandrashekar, DH News Service,Bangalore:

Power cuts at the Government

The Karnataka Energy Department plans to set up at least one lakh solar roofs in the next five years to emerge as the number one in the country in terms of renewable energy usage.

Subhash Chandra NS, Bangalore, DH News Service:
Saturday, May 09, 2009, 1:30 [IST]

The State government had promised an exclusive 5,000 megawatt mw) plant to the City. Now, the 2,100 mw CCBPP, the first in the State and the closest to Bangalore, is finally happening.