Co May Take Up Only Small Hydro Projects In Wake Of Recent Delays

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BHUBANESWAR: While the State is facing power crisis due to poor hydro situation in the reservoirs, breakdown of three thermal power units of the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has further deepened the crisis.

Two units of 500 MW each of the Talcher Super Thermal Power Station (TSTPS) at Kaniha went out of the State grid due to technical reasons.

As if it was not enough, one unit

New Delhi: Delhi government on Monday gave the go-ahead for setting up a gas-based 750MW power project

Sujay Mehdudia

NEW DELHI: United Progress Alliance chairperson and Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday dedicated a 980 MW (2x490 MW) Dadri power project stage-II of NTPC Limited to the nation.

The project will provide power for next month's Commonwealth Games here.

Speaking on the occasion, Ms.

THE Indian Railways has approached Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) for setting up 1000 mw of captive nuclear capacity on its behalf. The proposal put forward by the Indian Railways includes setting up two units of 500 mw on railway land.

Noor Mohammad

New Delhi: The government is set to make tariff-based bidding mandatory for allocation of power projects from next January, in a move that is expected to bring down the price of electricity to the consumer.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today made a strong pitch for augmenting power generation in the country to achieve high economic growth rate on a sustainable basis.

KARTIKAY MEHROTRA

NTPC believes that it will be in a position to tender all its 12th plan projects by March 2012, thus putting the company in place to reach its 75,000 mega watt (MW) capacity target by 2017.

India needs to bridge the gap between demand and supply of electricity and provide affordable power to industry and agriculture to ensure sustained economic growth, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Wednesday.

NEW DELHI, 31 AUG: The world's largest coal producer, Coal India Ltd (CIL), today said it might consider setting up power plants in the country to utilise excess coal.