Nageshwar Patnaik BHUBANESHWAR

VEDANTA Resources

THE Union coal ministry is poised to clear a 5.5 million tonne annual coal linkage for the near 5,000-crore super-thermal venture being put up by RPG flagship CESC in Orissa. A final decision on the coal linkage is slated to come through next week at a meeting of the coal ministry

      
BHUBANESWAR: The State continues to have a shortage of power due to breakdown in several generating units of NTPC at Farakka, Kahalgaon, Kaniha and Ib thermal power station at Banharipali in Jharsuguda district.

There was a shortage of more than 150 MW during the evening peak despite the hydro power stations providing 1,250 MW.

TALCHER: The 3000 MW Talcher Super Thermal Power Plant (TSTPP) at Kaniha, the second largest power plant in the country, will be expanded with the addition of another 500 MW unit,

BHUBANESWAR: A consortium headed by the Greenko group has submitted a proposal to the State Government to set up an

The proposed plant requires 950 acres, and the stateowned IIDCO has been entrusted with the task of land acquisition.
Sahara India Power Corporation Limited (SIPCL) will invest Rs 8,000 crore on its proposed 1,320 MW power project in Orissa

London-listed Essar Energy, part of the shipping-to-telecom conglomerate Essar Group, today said its arm, Essar Power Ltd (EPL), had agreed to acquire Navabharat Power Pvt Ltd. Navabharat Power is setting up a 2,250-mega watt (Mw) coal-fuelled power plant at Dhenkanal in Orissa.

BHUBANESWAR:

THE Bedabahal (Orissa) ultra mega power project may hit a road block as the captive coal mines linked with the 4,000 MW project now figures in the list of areas prohibited for mining activities by the environment ministry.

Jayajit Dash / Kolkata/ Bhubaneswar July 05, 2010, 0:59 IST

OREDA to electrify 1000 inaccessible villages this year

Orissa may have the most number of un-electrified villages in the country after Jharkhand but the state is upbeat on meeting the target for electrification of all its villages by December 2011.