Pradeep Gooptu / New Delhi May 22, 2009, 1:41 IST
India

Chandigarh: The prestigious 1,200 mw (2X600 mw) Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Project Khedar in district Hisar is set to break all records of speedy implementation. It is going to be completed well before the schedule said Sanjeev Kaushal, managing director of Haryana Power Generation Corporation Ltd (HPGCL), after reviewing the progress of the project on Friday .

Miners of Barapukuria Coal Mine Company Ltd (BCMCL) and workers of 250-MW Barapukuria Power Plant urged the government yesterday to form a strong monitoring team to keep an eye on these two state-run giant projects to prevent any corruption by BCMCL and the power plant officials.

They alleged that the officials of BCMCL and the power plant are using the projects for their personal gains.

Chandigarh: The prestigious 1,200 (2 x 600) MW Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Project, Khedar, in Hisar district is all set to break all records of speedy project implementation. This was claimed here recently by Sanjeev Kaushal, MD of the Haryana Power Generation Corporation (HPGCL), after reviewing the progress of the project.

Electricity tariffs may change as power sector regulator Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) will soon announce new parameters determining the cost of generation and transmission for thermal power projects.

NEW DELHI: Government owned power equipment maker Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has bagged an order worth Rs 1475 crore for a 600 MW thermal power plant in Chattisgarh. BHEL will supply the main plant package for the greenfield power project.

Australia's government will spend A$4.5 billion (US$3.4 billion) in partnership with private investors to build up to eight commercial power stations testing clean coal and solar technologies, Treasurer Wayne Swan said on Tuesday.

KOCHI: The Gas Authority of India will sign an agreement for distribution of liquified natural gas (LNG) to Fertilisers And Chemicals Travancore (FACT) and Kayamkulam Thermal Power Corporation from the Puthuvype LNG terminal by the end of this month.

The decision regarding this was taken at a high-level meeting attended by T K A Nair, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister.

In recent days Sri Lanka has gained a rapid growth in all sectors including the industries. Emergent industries exploit more energy than ever before.

Current scenario in electric generation points in a direction that in nearest future we will have to burn double the fuel we consume today to generate electricity through thermal power.

Mahesh Kulkarni & Ravi Menon / Bangalore May 12, 2009, 1:12 IST

GMR Energy, a subsidiary of Bangalore-based infrastructure company GMR Infrastructure Ltd, is planning to set up a 2,000-Mw thermal power plant near a port on the west coast. The company has already tied up coal supplies by acquiring a mine for $100 million in Indonesia last year.