NHPC, a state-owned hydropower business, intends to combine with THDC India Ltd and North Eastern Electric Power Corp. Ltd (Neepco), two additional public-sector hydropower enterprises. The combined company is estimated to have a market valuation of around 70,000 crore. The idea to establish a mega hydropower firm comes at aContinue Reading
Hydropower generation company NHPC Ltd has been awarded a 40-MW solar power plant project in Odisha, which is suppose to get an investment of about Rs 1.96 billion. The solar power project will come up on about 180 acres of land in the Ganjam district and NHPC is impressing uponContinue Reading
The National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC Limited), a government-run entity, has received a go-ahead from State Investment Promotion Board (SIPB) for setting up of 260 MW of grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) projects in the state of Bihar. These projects are scheduled to be developed in Gaya district (250 MW) andContinue Reading
Avaada Power is in talks with various states governments to set up floating solar projects and expects some large tenders to be floated in the next two months, a top company official said. The company plans to increase its installed solar capacity to 5,000 megawatts (mw) in the next fourContinue Reading
Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI), recently issued a document inviting expression of interest from prospective project developers interested in setting up floating solar power projects in the country. The document mentions a possible capacity of 10 gigawatts. The SECI, however, does not give any justification for choosing such aContinue Reading
India’s National Hydroelectric Power Corp (NHPC,) intends to add 150 MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity in partnership with the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI), as per NHPC spokesperson. The project is part of state-run NHPC’s goal to expand its renewable energy capacity, the company’s chairman and managing directorContinue Reading
India is well on track to its planned 100 gigawatts solar-power generation capacity by 2022. The biggest problem country is facing with solar plant installations is requirement of huge areas of land. Floating power plants can help solve this problem and are coming up in several states of the country.Continue Reading
The government of India is planning speedy construction of eight hydroelectricity projects in the Himalayan state of Jammu and Kashmir. They will have a total installed capacity of 6,352 MW at a projected cost of INR 567 billion (USD 9 billion). These projects are Sawalkote (1,856 MW), Kirthai I (390Continue Reading
