THERE

New Delhi: State-run generation utility NTPC, which has coal-and-gas-fired plants, has entered into a preliminary agreement with Bhutan government to construct a 600 mw reservoir-based hydel project on the Amo Chhu river in the neighbouring country as part of its plans to expand into hydel sector.

Sudheer Pal Singh / New Delhi December 7, 2009, 0:59 IST

Coal-based generators plan upgrades, clean tech over 5 years.

Jairam Ramesh India is planning to invest over Rs 74,000 crore within the next five years to improve energy efficiency and cut carbon emissions from its power sector. Coal-based power generation plants account for around 60 per cent of India's total carbon emissions.

Sanjay Jog

After a year-long intense campaign by Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi that catapulted the backward Bundelkhand region into the national political discourse, the Cabinet will finally discuss tomorrow a comprehensive Rs 7,000-crore package that envisages large-scale irrigation and river-linking programmes.

KG Narendranath, MG Arun

A USD 500 million joint venture of Sri Lanka-India for the construction of a coal power plant will commence in Sampur, Trincomalee on November 10, Power and Energy Ministry revealed.

The power purchase agreement with regard to the joint venture will be signed in Colombo at the end of this month.

The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has conveyed to the railways it won

Sri Lanka is planning to sign a commercial and power-purchasing agreement with India's National Thermal Power Corporation to build a $500 million coal power plant in the East.

The Power and Energy Ministry announced on Wednesday that it will sign the agreement next week to build the 1,000 MW, coal power plant in Trincomalee.