NewsRack: 'Hydel' news in 'cleanenergy' topic for user chvartak (22,270-22,290 of 22,289)

States may need SPV power to call bids for big hydel projects	27.12.2007	ET: Power
States may soon be required to float special purpose vehicles (SPVs) before inviting bids for large hydro electric power projects.
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Hydro policy may not fire up small cos with sops power	26.12.2007	ET: Power
Small hydro electric plants may not be entitled to the fiscal and other policy benefits under the new hydro policy to be announced soon.
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Hydro power policy may end tariff-based bidding	25.12.2007	ET: Policy
The government has decided to give exemption to private developers from tariff-based bidding for a period up to January 2011.
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Hydro project to come onstream in power-starved Kashmir	24.12.2007	ET: Power
Kashmir's controversial Baglihar hydroelectric project will start partial operations by next June, supplying much needed power.
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The power of one	24.12.2007	ET: Big Bucks: Investment
NTPC’s way ahead of its peers - be it in strong project execution experience, balance sheet or profitability. Expect decent returns from the stock in 2 years.
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'450 MW Baglihar hydel project to be operational in June'	23.12.2007	ET: Power
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today said that the ambitious 450 MW Baglihar hydel power project would become partially operational by June next year.
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Private players for developing hydro projects in Arunachal	19.12.2007	ET: Power
Arunachal Pradesh has received Rs. 158.64 crore from various private players as processing and upfront premium for developing different hydel power projects in the state in the last three years.
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China offers its help in SHPs to India	16.12.2007	ET: Power
China, which has taken a giant leap in the eco-friendly small hydro-projects on Sunday offered to help India to increase its power generation in Small Hydro Projects (SHPs) by sharing its expertise in the field.
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Geothermal power on Bhilwara's radar	12.12.2007	ET: Power
Bhilwara Energy is on a power drive. It’s firming up plans to set up 200-MW geothermal power plants in the country at an investment of around Rs 2,500 crore in the next 4-5 years.
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More self-goals by the PFC	23.12.2006	India Together
Three years after a loan disbursal to the Jindal Thermal Power Company Ltd. for a power project in Karnataka, the public-sector Power Finance Corporation has drawn flak from the Comptroller and Auditor General for having offered undue benefits to Jindal and causing a loss of Rs.13.48 crores to itself. Himanshu Upadhyaya digs deeper.
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More accidents at dam sites	23.10.2007	India Together - Environment
Bureaucratic control of river flow by a single agency is responsible for recurring disasters. The management of ageing dams is driven by fear as much as anything else, and this in turn causes other risks. Himanshu Upadhyaya reports.
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The other side of the dam	12.9.2007	India Together - Environment
With the damming of the rivers has come a great wave of unaccountable administration. Waters are held back without warning, and released without warning. In both cases, there is little time for the affected communities to react. Shripad Dharmadhikary writes.
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Here a breach, there a breach	28.8.2007	India Together - Environment
Incidents of cracks, breaches and outright collapse of dams have been reported often in the last few years. But the country's water resources establishment maintains an ad-hoc attitude, responding to each disaster as it unfolds, often to little effect. Himanshu Upadhyaya reports.
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Rural water supply: The Hebballi experience	5.8.2007	India Together - Environment
The village of Hebballi in the Krishna river basin is a striking example of a successful and sustainable piped water supply in rural India. While challenges still remain, this experience shows that some steps towards equity and sustainability can be taken in many other places too. S Vishwanath reports.
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Whittling away at NPV costs	27.7.2007	India Together - Environment
What is the right compensation for forest lands that are converted to non-forest use? How can this be calculated? Increasingly, one finds that project proponents are mounting a range of arguments to plead for the reduction of, or outright exemption from bearing such costs. Kanchi Kohli reports.
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A faint new wind at NEAA	9.3.2007	India Together - Environment
Despite rejecting yet another appeal brought before it, the newly reconstituted Environment Appellate Authority accepts that the rules for environment clearances and project monitoring must be strengthened. Kanchi Kohli reports that this may mark a welcome new direction for the organisation.
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How much for that forest?	6.3.2007	India Together - Environment
When a large hydropower projects results in the conversion of forest land, or its submergence, what is the right amount of money to be paid as compensation for this ecological loss? Himanshu Upadhyaya finds that developers are seeking creative arguments to lower the costs to themselves.
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Storm continues over Silent Valley	6.3.2007	India Together - Economy
The Kerala government is proposing to construct a new dam only a few kilometres from the site of one of India's great environment struggles in the Silent Valley National Park. But cooked data and ignored court orders have once again invited the wrath of conservationists. M Suchitra reports.
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How much, for submerging that forest?	6.3.2007	India Together - Environment
When a large hydropower projects results in the conversion of forest land, or its submergence, what is the right amount of money to be paid as compensation for this ecological loss? Himanshu Upadhyaya finds that developers are seeking creative arguments to lower the costs to themselves.
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More self-goals by the PFC	23.12.2006	India Together
Three years after a loan disbursal to the Jindal Thermal Power Company Ltd. for a power project in Karnataka, the public-sector Power Finance Corporation has drawn flak from the Comptroller and Auditor General for having offered undue benefits to Jindal and causing a loss of Rs.13.48 crores to itself. Himanshu Upadhyaya digs deeper.
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