SJVN Limited has announced a joint venture with the Grid Corporation of Odisha (GRIDCO) to establish a 1,000 MW hydroelectric project and a 2,000 MW solar project worth Rs 200 billion. Both the companies have […]
The Ministry of Power (MoP) has issued an order for the waiver of Inter-State Transmission system (ISTS) charges on transmission of electricity generated from new hydro-power projects. The Government of India declared hydro power projects […]
LS Power, a US-based energy development company has agreed to acquire 42 run-of-river hydropower facilities in the US from Hull Street Energy. The hydroelectric plants, which are spread across 11 US states, have a total […]
R.K. Vishnoi, chairman and managing director (CMD), THDC India Limited (THDCIL) and CMD, additional charge, NEEPCO Limited, spoke to Renewable Watch about the current state of the power sector, the performance of the hydropower segment […]
HQI US Holding, a subsidiary of Canadian energy utility Hydro-Québec, has agreed to acquire Great River Hydro for around $2 billion. With a total installed capacity of 589 MW, Great River Hydro has 13 hydropower […]
Hindustan Zinc’s Pantnagar Metal Plant ( PMP) has become Vedanta Limited’s first unit utilising 100 percent green power in its operations. The PMP unit signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Uttarakhand Power Corporation Limited to […]
Brazilian energy company EDP Brazil has agreed to sell Victory Hill Global Sustainable Energy Opportunities (GSEO), its Mascarenhas hydropower plant. The 198 MW hydropower project will be sold by the firm for $235 million. The […]
SJVN Limited, an association between Government of India and Government of Himachal Pradesh has announced an agreement with Kalpataru Power Transmission Limited. The association seeks to build a 220 KV direct current single zebra transmission […]
With 46,723 MW of installations as of May 2022, India’s hydropower segment is a significant contributor to the country’s energy mix. The total hydropower capacity has increased by roughly 5 per cent when compared to […]
Hydropower is one of the oldest energy generating technologies that is still in use. The oldest hydroelectric plant (HEP) in the Indian subcontinent, with a capacity of 130 kW, is situated in Darjeeling district of […]
The Ministry of Power (MoP) has notified the renewable purchase obligation (RPO) and energy storage obligation (ESO) upto fiscal year 2029-2030. According to this order, total prescribed RPO will progressively increase from 24.61 per cent in 2022-23 […]
NHPC Limited and Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) have agreed to create a joint venture company to explore and develop hydropower and pump storage projects. Both companies are planning to work together for developing hydropower and […]
The state-run UJVN Limited was set up in 2001 to enable Uttarakhand to meet its power requirements through the development of new hydropower projects, as well as for the renovation, modernisation and upgradation of the […]
The small hilly state of Himachal Pradesh is India’s hydropower hub, generating roughly one-fourth of the India’s total hydro energy. The state has a massive potential to generate about 24 GW of hydropower, of which […]
India will import solar energy from Nepal, which will also join the International Solar Alliance (ISA), which is led by India. This is one of the main takeaways from Nepal’s Prime Minister’s three-day visit to […]
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) will finance a 600 MW solar power park that is coming up in the state of Uttar Pradesh. TUSCO, a joint venture between THDC India and the Uttar Pradesh New […]
As most renewable energy projects, especially solar projects, are land intensive, floating solar is emerging as an efficient alternative. According to an article titled “Renewable Energy and Land Use in India: A Vision to Facilitate […]
India plans to raise its non-fossil fuel-based energy capacity to 500 GW and meet 50 per cent of its energy requirements using renewable energy sources by 2030. A key issue with traditional renewable energy sources […]
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