Kukke Hydro Projects Pvt Ltd has invited bids through international competitive bidding for 24 MW Kukke (Stage 1) hydro project. It invites sealed bids from eligible bidders/consortium for execution of 24 MW Kukke (Stage-1) hydro project across Kumaradhara River near Kunturu Perabe village of Puttur Taluk in Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka on EPC basis for [...]
Sector: New Projects – Hydro Power
EAC grants clearence for Nalo HEP
Ministry of Environment and Forests’s (MoEF) Expert Appraisal Committee has accorded environmental clearance for pre-construction activities at the proposed 360 MW Nalo hydro electric project (HEP). Terms of Reference (ToR) for the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Environment Management Plan (EMP) studies for Indus Hydro Power (India) Private Limited, the project developer, have further been [...]
Sikkim ties up with ATPIL for SPDC
The government of Sikkim has floated a strategic joint-venture in association with ATPIL to run the Sikkim Power Development Corporation (SPDC). The SPDC is now being operated by ATPIL, the company which has also floated Teesta Urja which is developing the 1,200 MW Teesta Stage-III hydroelectric project at Chungthang, North Sikkim. For the selection of [...]
NHL likely to award contracts to Lata Tapovan HEP
NTPC Hydro Limited (NHL) may award the civil and hydro-mechanical works for the 171 MW Lata Tapovan hydro electric project (HEP) in Uttarakhand by April this year. The wholly owned subsidiary of NTPC had invited fresh bids for these packages after cancelling the previous tender, which was floated in November 2008, due to a variety [...]
NTPC plans 3 projects in Uttarakhand
State-owned NTPC has said it will commission three big hydel projects with a total capacity of 942 Mw in Uttarakhand. The projects include Tapovan Vishnugad (520 Mw), Rupsiyabagar-Khasiabara (261 Mw) and Lata Topovan (171 Mw). According to NTPC’s Regional Executive Director (Hydro) Malvinder S Soin, while Tapovan and Lata are situated on river Dhauliganga in [...]
J&K Cabinet clears Baghliar-II
The Jammu & Kashmir Cabinet has set the path for construction of 450 MW Baghliar hydropower project stage-II. The State government has decided to approach the Union Power Ministry to grant it a mega power project status. Quoting sources, reports said that Cabinet also gave nod for transfer of forest land to Sawalakote hydro power [...]
Permission, funds granted for Polavaram plant
Techno economic clearence has been granted by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) for the 960 MW Indira Sagar (Polavaram) hydro electric project (HEP), proposed to be executed by Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation Limited (APGENCO). The contract has been awarded to APGENCO at an estimated cost of Euro 68.57 million and a domestic component worth [...]
NHPC seeks PIB’s approval
NHPC has sought the approval of Public Investment Board’s (PIB) afor the revised cost estimates (RCE) amounting to Rs 2,656.95 crore, as well as for an additional provision of Rs 350 crore for contingent liabilities associated with its 510 MW Teesta-V hydro electric project (HEP). On its completion, the project involves an extra cost of [...]
JKSPDC welcomes bids
J&K State Power Development Corporation Ltd. (JKSPDC) has invited bids under `EPC Turnkey lump sum fixed cost basis` for two small hydel projects (9 MW each) at Ladakh. The scope of work for the projects shall include design, construction, supply, storage and handling at site, erection, testing and commissioning of civil, hydro, mechanical and electromechanical [...]
WBPDCL to invest Rs 2k cr in hydel power
The West Bengal Power Development Corporation (WBPDCL) will invest Rs 2,000 crore in hydel power. According to power minister Manish Gupta, “We are thinking to set up a hydel power project. At present, we are in process of finalising the detailed project report.” Gupta said there was plan for two hydel projects with combined generation [...]