The All Indian Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) has urged the Punjab Government to not hand over the proposed 264 MW Gidderbaha Thermal Plant to the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC).

According to the engineers, NTPC allows utilisation of just 50 per cent of the power produced to the state and the rest 50 percent is distributed to other states.

Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, paid a visit to the city on Monday. While Charles attended an awards ceremony at Punjab Raj Bhawan and visited the Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA). Camilla interacted with students at St Stephen

FARMERS in drought-hit districts will get diesel subsidy of 500 per hectare, even as the Centre awaits bumper crop production for most key kharif crops including paddy, cotton, pulses, and sugarcane.

A good monsoon and prospects of a good kharif and rabi should have a sobering effect on food prices, still in excess of 15%.

BASMATI rice company LT Foods Ltd plans to invest 100 crore to diversify into the renewable energy sector with a biomass project, a top company executive said.

The company has identified a plot in Hoshiarpur district in Punjab for the project and expects the plant to be operational by June 2011.

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New Delhi: Azure Power plans to invest Rs 1,500 crore over the next five years to develop solar power projects.

Chandigarh: The Punjab State Power Corporation signed a memorandum of understanding with Indiabulls Power for the development of 1350-mw coal fired thermal power project in the state.

CHANDIGARH: The GVK group of Industries has offered to increase the generation capacity of the power plant being set up at Goindwal Sahib, in Tarn Taran district of Punjab, by constructing two units of 660 MW each in addition to the existing capacity of 540 MW.

The offer was made by the group chairman, GVK Reddy, who called on Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Friday, an offic

Chandigarh: Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) has allotted five solar power projects to construction major Punj Lloyd to be set up at locations, including the Golden Temple and the Punjab Assembly.

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The UT Administration has adopted the theme, 'generating electricity from solar power', under the Solar City initiative, for which a proposal has been made before the Union government for its approval.