National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC)

Power equipment manufacturer Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has commissioned the second 40 MW hydropower generating unit at the Teesta low dam hydro electric project (HEP) stage-IV in West

Publication Date:

29/03/2016

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

West Bengal, Hydroelectricity, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BHEL), Darjiling (D), Teesta, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC)

Energy

Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on Capacity Utilisation, Electricity Generation, Sale and Collection of Revenue including Disaster Management by Hydro Power CPSEs (NHPC Limited, SJVN Limited, THDC India Limited and NHDC Limited)

Hydro power is a renewable and environment friendly source of energy. As hydro power stations have the inherent ability for instantaneous operations, they are more responsive than most other energy sources, for meeting peak demand and improving reliability of the power system.

Publication Date:

21/12/2015

Source: Comptroller and Auditor General of India

Tags:

Hydroelectricity, Power Industry, Electricity, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), India, Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), Disaster Management, Floods, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)

Energy

Agitators held for protests against hydroelectric project in Assam

Tezpur: Chatra Mukti Sangram Samitee (CMSS) members were on Thursday arrested at Gerukamukh while they were protesting against the ongoing construction of the 2000 mw Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric

Publication Date:

28/08/2015

Source: Shillong Times (Shillong)

Tags:

Assam, Lower Subansiri, Dhemaji (D), National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), Brahmaputra, Landslides, Soil Erosion, Energy

Energy

16 hydropower projects under construction in Northeast

Sixteen hydropower projects are in various stages of construction in the northeast, DoNER Minister Jitendra Singh said on Thursday.

Publication Date:

07/08/2015

Source: Sentinel (Guwahati)

Tags:

Assam, North East, Hydroelectricity, Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), Meghalaya, Arunachal, Energy

Environment

NGT admits appeal against Dibang project

The Kolkata-based Eastern Zone (EZ) Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) admitted on July 30, 2015, an appeal (No-04/2015/EZ) Pradip Kumar Bhuyan and another versus Union of India and Others)

Publication Date:

03/08/2015

Source: Assam Tribune (Guwahati)

Tags:

Arunachal, Dibang, Hydroelectricity, Environmental Security, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Environment Clearance (EC), State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), Environment

Dams/ Irrigation

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding Parbati – Stage-II Hydroelectric Project, District Kullu, Himachal Pradesh, 30/07/2015

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Yog Raj V/s State of Himanchal Pradesh & Ors. dated 30/07/2015 regarding damage caused to the houses of the Applicants because of construction (especially tunnel) and other project activities carried out by the Project Proponent in the Parbati – Stage-II Hydroelectric Project, District Kullu, Himachal Pradesh.

Judgement Date:

30/07/2015

Tags:

Dams, Hydroelectricity, Kulu (D), Himachal Pradesh, Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), Compensation, High Court

Energy

Rejected by experts, Dibang hydro project gets green nod

India's largest hydroelectric project has been given all the requisite clearances by the environment ministry in spite of repeated rejections by its own experts.

Publication Date:

24/06/2015

Source: Business Standard (New Delhi)

Tags:

Arunachal, Dibang Valley, Hydroelectricity, Dams, Forest Clearance, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC)