Indian grid system is designed to operate at a frequency of 50 Hz (or cycles per second). A sharp drop below this level or a sharp rise abo...

The government is using solar and wind sources as much as available, and saving on coal and hydel capacity to meet the summer demand.

In Udupi Power station too, KPTCL is drawing power from only one unit, and other thermal stations are operating far below their load factor...

Bengaluru reeled under load-shedding and supply disruptions after a fire mishap left the Sharavathi hydel station dysfunctional, leading to...

Karnataka is facing a shortage of about 2500 MW of power after the outage of Sharavathi generating station.

A decision to this effect was taken at a high level review meeting presided over by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today.

In West Kameng district, the Saskorong MHS has been restarted this week, which is meeting the load demand of 60 KW of nearby villages.

According to data compiled by the Central Electricity Authority, energy content in the volume of water stored at reservoirs is only 18% of ...

Total cost of NHPC's Subansiri project in Assam is likely to be around Rs 12,000 crore, nearly double than envisaged initially, following d...

NHPC, the country's largest hydel power producer, will commence the buyback of shares worth up to Rs 2,368 crore from November 29.

Country's largest hydro power producer, the state-owned NHPC will buy back shares worth Rs 1,600 crore instead of going through Offer for S...

Being a hill state, Uttarakhand is ecologically sensitive but its two main sources of income are tourism and hydel energy.

The West Bengal government will stress on development of hydel power generation capacity in the state during the 12th and 13th Plan period.

The medium hydel projects, however, would aid flood control, boost pisciulture and provide environmentally benign energy at very low margin...

National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has decided to undertake two new hydel power projects totalling 4,500 mw in Arunachal Pradesh.

Hydel power could well emerge as a winner in a country where power stations run on fossil fuel.

NEW DELHI: Power Minister Suresh Prabhu on Wednesday said user charges should be levied on all utilities resulting as by-products of a hyde...