India

Russia to finance 85% of India's Kundankulam Nuclear Power Project

Russia will provide $3.4 billion to finance up to 85% of works, supplies and services for Units 3 and 4 of Kundankulam Nuclear Power Project.

Russia to finance 85% of India's Kundankulam Nuclear Power Project

Russia will provide $3.4 billion to finance up to 85% of works, supplies and services for Units 3 and 4 of Kundankulam Nuclear Power Project.

ADB recommends private sector participation in Nepal's hydel power

ADB believes that maximizing Nepal's hydropower potential lies in private sector participation.

Bangladesh, India fail to finalize coal-fired joint venture power plant

Bangladesh and India have failed to reach an agreement to form a joint venture company tomanage a USD 1.5 billion coal-fired power plant in Khulna.

India's national grid to be connected to southern grids by mid-2013

Work is progressing on connecting India's southern grid to the national transmission grids.

India formulates offshore wind energy policy

The Indian government is working on an Offshore Wind Energy policy.

Mahagenco invites bids for 3,300 coal-based power plant

Maharashtra State Power Generation Co Ltd has invited bids through a joint venture for setting up a 3,300 MW coal based thermal power plant.

India to ramp up solar power production

India could install 40 gigawatts of solar power capacity by 2022, or twice the government target.

Indian power project developers to divest assets

With ventures stranded due to fuel scarcity and other issues, power project developers in India are divesting stakes in their ventures even at lower valuations.

India's first digital substation gets one bay commissioned

Alstom T&D India has successfully commissioned one bay of a 220 kV substation in Gujarat with its patented Optical Instrument Transformer.

India's Chamera III hydro achieves synchronization and full load

Chamera III hydro power plant three 77 MW units has been synchronized and achieved full load.

Climate change to affect electric power in Asia: ADB

ADB warned that electric power in Asia and the Pacific is vulnerable to climate change impacts.

Reliance Power secures Chinese funding for major power project

Three Chinese banks have agreed to lend India’s Reliance Power Ltd US$1.1 billion to finance power projects in India.

Bhutan villagers coerced to work for electrification

Villagers in Dungmanma claim they’ve been coerced to carry electric poles to reduce contractor’s overheads for rural electrification work.

Kerala's 2000MW power plants lack gas for commissioning

Only 6.43 MMSCMD are allocated for Kerala's gas-based power plants against the total requirement of 13.65 MMSCMD.

Suzlon and ReNew Power in joint wind power project

Two Indian companies are partnering to build wind energy projects with a total capacity of 300 megawatts.

Bihar to operate first private power plant by April 2014

Bihar's first private sector thermal plant is scheduled to become operational by April 2014.

Work to begin for 4680MW Indo-Bhutan hydro projects

Hydropower projects totaling 4680MW capacity under Indo-Bhutan joint initiative will begin construction within a year.