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National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), India's largest power generating company, is looking at expanding hydro-power capacity by commissioning small projects that require minimum displacement of people and can be completed in 5-8 years.NTPC is developing four hydro power projects in Uttrakhand which will produce over 1,500 mw electricity by 2017....

Technology giant IBM said it has signed a multi-year IT services deal with the Indian subsidiary of Perfetti Van Melle, the world's third-largest confectionery group.As part of the deal, IBM would design and build a 1,000 sq ft 'green' data centre, provide networking infrastructure for the centre as well as...

The Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) has issued offer letters, so far, to an Indian and two American companies for setting up solar power plants at Kadiri in Anantapur district where it has earmarked an area of 5,000 acres for allotment to solar power projects.According to APIIC chairman and...

Deep Industries Ltd., which along with partners won seven coalbed methane blocks in India through an auction Monday, plans to raise "substantial funds" to meet its capital expenditure needs, according to its chairman.Deep Industries needs funds for exploration activities at the coalbed methane blocks it won at Monday's auction. Coalbed...

Background:Cooking and lighting constitute around 75% of the total energy requirement in rural areas. Most of the cooking is done on traditional three stone wood stoves. These stoves are highly inefficient and the smoke emanating from them is very hazardous to the health of the rural population. According to the...

Bihar’s Husk Power Systems (HPS), a award winning rural electrification company, has got second round of financial support from Shell Foundation to further scale up operations of their unique biomass gasification technology which converts rice husks into electricity.HPS, currently owns and operates 35-100 kW “mini power-plants” that deliver electricity as...

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Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd has joined hands with a German development bank, KfW, so that the generation of power from biomass can be promoted. The agreement will enable IREDA to receive 19.971 million euros from KfW as financial assistance for the same. The innovative biomass projects of combustion,...

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed at the Vibrant Gujarat summit earlier this year with the Maharashtra-based Indian subsidiary of SDE Enterprises to set up a tidal energy plant in the state.But till date, not a single official from the company has turned up for carrying out the modalities,...

ABB press release 2008-04-10 - India’s sugar mills are investing in bagasse cogeneration plants and turning to ABB for complete automation and electrical balance of plant (eBOP) solutions that help generate new revenues and provide reliable carbon-neutral power and process steam at near-zero fuel cost. India, the world’s second largest...