P B Jayakumar & Raghavendra Kamath / Mumbai May 1, 2010, 1:40 IST

The Hiranandani Group, one of the largest privately-held real estate developers, is foraying into power generation in a big way. The group is setting up a 2,500-Mw gas-based power project at a location near Pune.

Pune The Rs 398 crore-pipeline project of the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municiapal Corporation (PCMC) from the Pavana dam to Nigdi is facing opposition from villagers over land acquisition. The project was supposed to be completed in two years after its bhoomipoojan, which had taken place on May 1, 2008.

P B Jayakumar / Mumbai March 01, 2010, 0:15 IST

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Pune: Several pumped storage hydro-electric projects, which can add almost 21,000 mW, are in a limbo because of the power deficit in the state. These projects can see the light of the day only after the power situation improves.

PB Jayakumar & Makarand Gadgil / Mumbai June 05, 2009, 0:45 IST

The world's fifth largest wind turbine maker, Suzlon Energy, which has been grappling with quality issues with its rotor blades in the US and struggling to repay debt, finds itself in rough weather yet again

Pune, September 24 In what could prove to be a path-breaking discovery for the Oil exploration and production business, scientists at Agharkar Research Institute (ARI), Pune have identified environment friendly bacteria that allows extraction of oil at temperatures more than 90 degrees Celsius.