PUBLIC sector power equipment giant Bharat Heavy Electricals (Bhel) has secured a 2,665-crore order from Visa Power (VPL), an independent power producer, for setting up of a 1,200 mw (2x600 mw) thermal power plant in Chhattisgarh.

The VPL

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has given nod to the setting up of a 2,000 mw thermal power project through competitive bidding process along the Yamuna Expressway project between Greater Noida and Bulandshahr.

The state Energy Task Force (ETF) headed by the state chief secretary gave its approval to the project, which was earlier supposed to be set up as a joint venture between the Uttar

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

Devjyot Ghoshal / Kolkata September 13, 2010, 0:57 IST

Indian power producers have been compelled to look abroad for fuel to run upcoming facilities, as domestic generation is unlikely to be able to meet the country

BHUBANESWAR: EVEN as the Sterlite Energy Limited (SEL) shut down its newly commissioned power plant at Jharsuguda following public protest, the drastic fall in the supply of power from the Vedanta Aluminium

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.

Mahesh Kulkarni / Bangalore September 1, 2010, 0:38 IST

For the first time after settling their family dispute and withdrawing the non-compete clause in May, brothers Mukesh and Anil Ambani are again competing face-to-face, in a bid for the Rs 7,500-crore, 1,320-Mw thermal power project at Gulbarga in north Karnataka.

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.

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