The Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Plant at Khedar in Hisar is progressing well, said Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, while inaugurating a 33 KV sub-station in Sector 10 in Rewari.

T. Ramakrishnan

Iin addition to 75 MW being supplied now

CHENNAI: Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde has ordered that 100 megawatt be supplied to Tamil Nadu.

This followed a meeting Electricity Minister Arcot N. Veeraswami had with Mr. Shinde in New Delhi on Thursday morning.

On Wednesday, Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi had explained the position of power shortage to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Subsequently, the Union Power Minister called on the Chief Minister at Tamil Nadu Bhavan, an official release stated.

Rio Tinto says it plans to double Australian thermal coal output by 2015 as it ramps up production at its Hunter Valley operations and removes infrastructure constraints.

The mining giant, which is fending off a takeover proposal by BHP Billiton, also plans to aggressively increase production at its Rossing uranium mine in Namibia.

Rio Tinto wants to increase coal production to meet global demand, particularly from China, which is shifting to become a large net importer rather than exporter of thermal coal.

BS Reporter / Chandigarh/New Delhi July 25, 2008, 0:16 IST

China Light Power Ltd (CLP), a Hong Kong-based power utility, has become the first Chinese company to win a competitive bid for a domestic power project in India, indicating increased competition from the Communist-ruled state in the future.

The State government's plan to put up a thermal power plant in Chhattisgarh led to heated debate in the Legislative Assembly on Monday. The Opposition did not raise objection over the proposal but for making statements in the media when the session was on.

Raising a point of order, Leader of the Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge said, Chief Minister Yeddyurappa and Energy Minister K S Eshwarappa have made media statements that Karnataka would put up Rs 5,000-crore worth thermal plant in Chhattisgarh.

Hyderabad, July 20: The Chief Minister's Office is busy trying to crack the mystery of the missing Malaysian magnate. He first met the Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, earlier this year to explain his proposal to set up a 2000-MW thermal power plant near any upcoming port in Andhra Pradesh.

Virendra Singh Rawat / Lucknow July 21, 2008, 0:48 IST

The curtain has finally come down on Reliance Power's (R-Power)bid to set up two power plants with a collective capacity of 3,300 mw in Uttar Pradesh with the Energy Task Force (ETF) concurred with the evaluation committee's report, which said the tariffs were high.

The Ceylon Electricity Board is planning to convert its thermal power plants from diesel and naphtha to Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) with a view to significantly reducing the operational cost of thermal power plants.
This project will review the relevant existing feasibility studies and prepare an Environmental Impact Assessment and engineering designs for the construction of LNG Receiving Facilities i.e. terminal/jetty and pipelines to the power stations located in northern Colombo.

Virendra Singh Rawat / Lucknow July 18, 2008, 0:22 IST

The first lowest bid of Lanco Infratech was also found too high.

Even as the high-level energy task force (ETF) will decide the fate of the two thermal power projects in Allahabad district of Uttar Pradesh with a total capacity of 3,300 Megawatt (Mw), there is a possibility of the state government inviting fresh bids.