Firms that won the contract to set up the projects lack the capacity to do so, says govtindia has installed generation capacity of 357.87GW. Of this, 45.4GW comes from hydropower projects
2 min read30 Aug 2019India is seeking to leverage the benefits of hydropower which has low life-cycle tariffsFirms are also increasingly looking at hydro pump storage schemes for utility scale projects
1 min read28 Mar 2019Total renewable energy capacity addition in 2019 will be 15,860 MW, 50% higher than what was in 2018
3 min read9 Jan 2019The model developed by the research team was applied to projects in Indian, Nepalese and Bhutanese Himalayas
1 min read30 Sep 2018The sale of Equis's two hydropower projects in Sikkim is expected to be worth around $400 million
1 min read30 Jul 2018NHPC's 330MW Kishanganga project is likely to be delayed to the end of the current quarter and commercialization of the firm's 800MW Parbati-II project may also be delayed by a year
2 min read16 Feb 2018The power ministry has proposed excluding the costs of building infrastructure such as roads and bridges from tariffs to make new hydropower projects viable
2 min read22 Jan 2018IL&FS Financial Services and J&K Bank identify nine hydropower projects with a total capacity of around 2,000MW, which need financing to the tune of almost Rs20,000 crore
2 min read28 Dec 2017It is not China's water diversions, but intentional flooding or contamination that should be India's major concern
4 min read7 Dec 2017Jammu and Kashmir deputy CM Nirmal Kumar Singh says the state plans to add more than 5,000 megawatts of hydropower using the flow of its rivers within the next five to six years
1 min read22 Nov 2017The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared