Whether floating or hanging, solar panels have the potential to both provide electricity and reduce evaporation from reservoirs. The world’s largest array of floating solar panels in China’s Anhui province. It is an idea that may have found its moment. Droughts are crippling power supplies from many hydroelectric dams across Africa, with dwindling reservoirs evaporating […]
46,000 MW power capacity has less than 7 days coal stock: Government data
CEA in its latest report for April 22, 2021, stated that out of the 135 power plants of 1,66,406 MW capacity monitored by it on a daily basis, none is facing critical or supercritical coal stock situation. New Delhi: As many as 38 power plants of 46,720 MW combined capacity had coal stock for less […]
KERC Dismissed Petition of Perla Hydro Power
KERC Dismissed Petition of Perla Hydro Power. For more information please see below link.
BHEL bags orders worth Rs 3,200 cr for hydro projects in Andhra, Telangana
The order for E&M works for 12×80 MW Polavaram hydro power project in Andhra Pradesh envisages manufacture and supply of India’s highest unit-rating Kaplan hydro turbines, the company said. New Delhi: State-run engineering firm BHEL on Thursday said it has bagged orders worth Rs 3,200 crore for hydro projects in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. “BHEL […]
Kumpulan Powernet bags two EPCC jobs worth RM54.6m for hydro power plants in Indonesia
KUALA LUMPUR : Kumpulan Powernet Bhd has secured two engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) contracts in Indonesia worth a collective RM54.6 million, which marked its first EPCC wins in the country. The contracts, awarded to its wholly-owned KPower International (L) Ltd by PT Pat Petulai and PT Klaai Dendan Lestari, are for EPCC works […]
Why combining hydro power and floating solar PV may be a good idea
New research published this week by the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has highlighted the “untapped potential” of combining floating solar PV projects and hydropower plants. According to the NREL’s research, hybrid systems combining floating solar panels and hydropower plants may hold the “technical potential” to produce a “significant portion” of […]
ANDRITZ bags over Euro 50 million equipment contract for J&K hydro power project
The 624 Megawatt project is located on the Chenab river in Kishtwar district. New Delhi: Austria-based technology company ANDRITZ today announced it has bagged a contract worth over Euro 50 million from Chenab Valley Power Projects for supplying the complete electro-mechanical equipment for the run-of-the-river Kiru hydropower plant in Jammu & kashmir. The 624 Megawatt […]
NHPC to suffer power generation loss of Rs 119.43 cr due to lockdown
The shortage of labour may affect the construction schedule and enhance the completion cost of the project, it added. At Subansiri Lower, it said all construction work was suspended from March 24 because of lockdown New Delhi: State-run hydro-power giant NHPC on Friday said it would suffer electricity generation loss of Rs 119.43 crore due […]
Union Government proposes electricity purchase from hydro-power mandatory for states
Fifth April 2020 saw a huge success for the power sector of India as the country went into a shutdown for 9-mins and POSOCO managed to maintain the stability of the grid and recovered from the sudden changes into the grid. Recently the country enthusiastically participated in the 9 min shut down at 9 […]
Future thermal power plants at risk as water stress increases: Study
Existing water shortage has already forced 61 thermal power plants to shut down between 2013 and 2017, leading to 17,000 gigawatt hours of lost generation The country’s coal-fired thermal power generating stations face a bleak future with the ongoing water shortage crisis set to worsen. The existing water shortage problems have forced 61 thermal power […]