State-owned Indian power utility NHPC Ltd has termed as unfeasible two strategic hydroelectric projects in Myanmar, potentially dampening India’s economic diplomacy initiative to engage the South-East Asian nation. NHPC, in a detailed project report (DPR), said Myanmar’s proposed 1,200 megawatts (MW) hydroelectric project in Tamanthi is financially unviable without government support. An 880MW project in Sh ...

TATA Power are actively looking at opportunities to develop hydro projects as part of efforts to boost its renewable energy portfolio which is expected to make up about one-fourth of its overall generation capacity by 2020. India’s largest private power producer is already developing hydro projects in India, Nepal and Bhutan. At present, Tata Power has a hydro power generation capacity of 447 MW in Maharash ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Tehri Hydro Development Corporation to go ahead with its hydroelectric project over river Alaknanda in Uttarakhand while dismissing a plea against it. A bench headed by Justice H L Dattu expressed concern that petitions are being filed in courts to delay such projects despite the fact that everybody wants electricity. The court dismissed the plea of an environmentalist ...

According to the third-quarter financial statement of Thac Ba Hydropower Joint Stock Company, the plant made a profit after tax of VND97.7 billion (US$4.66 million) in the first nine months of 2012, representing an increase of more than four times the figure recorded over the same period in 2011. In the third quarter alone, the company's profit after tax reached VND59.06 billion ($2.82 million), seven times ...

Strengthening its overseas footprint, state-run BHEL today said a renovated hydro power plant project with enhanced generation capacity has been commissioned in Tajikistan. The power equipment major is also implementing hydro projects in Rwanda, Afghanistan, Vietnam, DR Congo and Bhutan. BHEL has completed the renovation, modernisation & uprating of the 2x4.75 MW Varjob hydro power plant at Barki Tojik ...

Laotian utility Theun Hinboun Power Company (THPC) has commissioned two new hydro projects that will double its renewable production to 3 TWh annually, it was revealed. The US$650 million project, which included an expansion of the 220-MW Theun-Hinboun complex and the construction of the new 60-MW Nam Gnouang hydro plant, will be operated and maintained by Norway's Statkraft. "The expansion project in Laos ...

Power companies in Vietnam all have reported big profits for 2012, up by 1.5-4 times in comparison with the last year. Meanwhile, the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) expects the profit of VND 3.5-4 trillion. Profits up to 400 percent The third quarter finance reports of power companies belonging to EVN and the companies where EVN holds the controlling stakes showed that they made fat profits in 2012 thanks to ...

The International Hydropower Association and the China Society for Hydropower Engineering (CSHE) have announced a collaboration that will lead to the establishment of an IHA National Office in China. IHA said CHSE is China's leading hydropower organization, with 40,000 individual members, 203 corporate members and 22 provincial hydroelectric engineering societies. CHSE will work to promote the IHA's Hydropo ...

Over 600 million people lost power in India last summer, setting a modern record for the number of people affected by a blackout. Well before that, though, India’s government was grappling with growing pressure to increase the dependability of its electricity service — for the growing numbers who have intermittent power and the 400 million who live without it. As a solution, the government proposed construc ...

The Abu Dhabi National Energy Company on Sunday said it has acquired a minority interest in the developer of a 100 megawatt hydroelectric plant in northern India, with plans to fully acquire the firm at a later date. The purchase is the latest in a string of acquisitions by the firm, which is 75 percent owned by the Abu Dhabi government. TAQA said in a statement it had acquired an interest in Himachal Soran ...