The Madhya Pradesh Power Generation Company Ltd (MPPGCL) and the public sector navratna Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) today announced a joint-venture to set up 2x800 MW supercritical thermal power plant at Khandwa district.

Chandigarh: The Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited (HPGCL) is relentlessly pursuing its target of achieving full load generation from the prestigious 1,200-mw Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Project, Khedar in Hisar.

Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda lit the boiler of the 600-mega watt Unit-2 of the 1,200-MW Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Project at Khedal on the Hisar-Chandigarh highway.

- Energy minister Raghubar Das gives 3-member committee 15 days to submit report
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Ranchi, Jan. 27: Deputy chief minister Raghubar Das, who holds charge of the energy department, has set up a three-member committee to probe frequent breakdowns at the Tenughat Vidyut Nigam Ltd (TVNL) plant.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today demanded a Rs 24,000 crore package from the Centre for development of the Bundelkhand region and also called for speedy approval of power sector proposals for funding through external agencies.

The entire state went without power for several hours today after generation from the Tenughat Vidyut Nigam Limited (TVNL) plant stop-ped following a technical problem.

The crisis was compounded by the tripping of Patratu Thermal Power Station

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Minister for Power K S Eshwarappa said that government is making all the efforts to make state self sufficient in power sector.

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Cleaner thermal plants will result in savings on coal use.

M. R. Ganesan

For long, the Central Electricity Authority and experts in the power sector have been crying hoarse about the economic sense in taking up renovation and modernisation (R&M) of India's aging power plants, but to no avail. But now, environmental imperatives have given R&M a renewed sense of purpose.