In light of new policies, the transmission line towers segment appears to be undergoing a paradigm shift. PROJECTS INFO reports In the years to come, the Indian power sector will face the arduous task of meeting the country's exponentially rising energy requirements. Read more...

Situated near the LOC (virtual border between Pakistan and India), Alstom completed the 240 MW Uri II Hydro Power Project despite challenges in finding skilled workforce and frequent strikes by the locals. Reports PROJECTS INFO. Read more...

Arunachal Pradesh has decided to reverse its contentious decision in 2009 to give a 49 per cent equity in its hydro-power corporation to the Naveen Jindal Group. The decision, taken last month, came after a backlash from government departments and other companies having hydel projects Read more...

Gati Infrastructure (GIL), a subsidiary of Amrit Jal Ventures (AJVL) promoted by Mahendra Agarwal, commissioned its first 110 MW Hydro Electric Power Plant in Sikkim. Gati Infrastructure. Read more...

The Andhra Pradesh government fixed the benchmark price for purchase of solar power at Rs 6.49 per unit. The State government has invited bids from interested parties for generating solar power in view of the unprecedented electricity crisis. Read more...

NHPC is operating five hydro power stations totalling installed capacity of 1,724 MW in Jammu and Kashmir, according to Union Minister of State for Power. No offer of Government of Jammu and Kashmir for buy back of the Projects of NHPC in J&K State has been received. Read more...

The Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio inaugurated 1 MW Lang Hydro Electric Project, which was constructed on Lang River in Pangsha village (Lamdem) under Noklak sub-division, Tuensang district. Read more...

The 1,020 MW Bursar hydropower project being taken up by NHPC in Jammu & Kashmir is likely to come up at Pakal.According to sources in the Ministry of Power, at a recent meeting held to discuss the project implementation, it was decided that the dam for the project would be constructed at Pakal. Read more...

Reliance Industries (RIL) and its partner BP plc have won an approval to drill a well on the MA oil field in the flagging KG-D6 block to augment natural gas production. An oversight panel, headed by upstream regulator the Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH), approved RIL-BP drilling MA-8 well on the oil field, sources privy to the development said. Read more...

The Ministry of Water Resources, Nepal awarded a Rs 54 crore project to Om Metals Infraprojects. In an official statement, the firm said that this was its first order in the irrigation segment overseas following its first hydro-mechanical contract in Africa. The order book of the firm now stands at Rs 800 crore. Read more...