Barely 24 hours after power supply was back to normal, most parts of the state plunged into darkness again with three units at Patratu Thermal Power Station developing technical snags and power generation plummeting to 270MW against a peak time demand of over 850MW.

International Firms May Join Race For Two 500MW Projects At Sagardighi
Debjoy Sengupta KOLKATA

BHEL has expressed interest in undertaking construction of a 2x500 mw thermal power unit for West Bengal Power Development Corporation (WBPDCL) at Sagardighi.

The North-eastern States might be sitting on a huge hydropower potential, but power companies, both government-owned and independent power producers (IPP), citing serious hurdles, have called for immediate steps to simplify land acquisition and environmental and forest clearances processes.

NEYVELI Lignite Corporation on Wednesday said it plans to venture into power generation and mining industry business.

Subhash Chandra N S and S Praveen Dhaneshkar, Bangalore:

Several places in Bangalore and parts of the State were plunged into darkness on Sunday as a unit at the Bellary Thermal Power Station (BTPS) and two units at the Raichur Thermal Power Station (RTPS) were shut down following technical disruptions.

The situation in Nalco on Wednesday became more serious due to the acute shortage of coal with only less than 30,000 MT of the stock left for the captive power plant at Angul. Without arranging this most important raw material, the management recently operated 240 new pots at the smelter plant.

The Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) and the Power Trading Corporation (PTC) of India Limited have formed a joint venture company Barak Power Private Limited (BPPL) to set up a 250MW thermal power plant at Silchar.

NEW DELHI: The government on Thursday signed an agreement with the World Bank for renovation and modernisation of 640 mw of old coal-fired power plants. The rehabilitation project entails a cost of $303.4 million of which $180 million will be met through IBRD (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development) loan and $45.4 million from a grant from the Global Environment Facility (GEF).

The Meghalaya government has okayed the execution of the 500 MW thermal power project by the state-run North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Limited (NEEPCO).

"One per cent of the project cost would be used for the development works in the project area in the East Garo Hills district," Meghalaya Power minister Mukul Sangma told reporters after a cabinet meeting last night.

The 1,320 MW Rajpura thermal plant will be set up by the Larsen & Tubro (L&T). Sources said a team of senior executives of the L&T met the senior officials, including chief secetary SC Aggarwal today.