The Rs 105-crore plant by Eastern India Biofuels Pvt Ltd is the first one developed since the Centre gave a go-ahead to Bihar’s ethanol production and promotion policy-2021. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday opened the country’s first greenfield grain-based ethanol plant in Purnea and said ethanol production will help reduce the cost of […]
Bihar: Nitish Kumar to launch NTPC’s power units today at Barauni and Barh – EQ Mag Pro
To accelerate the development of the power sector and increase the availability of electricity and cost efficiencies for the larger benefit of people, the state government had transferred the Barauni Thermal Power Station to NTPC Ltd on December 15, 2018. “Nitish Kumar, Chief Minister of Bihar in the presence of R K Singh, Union Minister […]
Bihar Elections: India’s First Solar-Powered Village Now has a Defunct Power Station
No one in Bihar’s Dharnai uses solar power anymore as the solar microgrid has been out of order for a long time and the power station buildings are being used as animal shelters by locals. Dharnai(Bihar): “Solar jaisa kuch bhi nahi bacha hai yahan, sab khatam ho gaya” (There is nothing like solar power here, everything […]