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Maharashtra’s Mahanirmiti or Mahagenco, formerly known as MSEB, has got clearance from the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change for its captive coal mine in Chhattisgarh. The mine, Gare Palma II, will supply coal to Koradi, Chandrapur and Parli power plants. It now needs to acquire land and get forest clearance.

HPGCL has invited fresh bids to install 57 MW of grid-connected ground-mounted solar projects at three sites in Haryana. The projects will be developed on a build, operate, and transfer (BOT) basis, including operation and maintenance for 25 years.

Plans to set up solar power plants with the total capacity of 602 MW at various locations. These projects will be developed under an engineering, procurment and commissioning (EPC) contract in three stages on lands owned by Mahagenco.

Rockfeller Foundation arm Smart Power India (SPI) has made a case for decentralised power generation, franchise models and smart grids in the new electricity law. This will bring in innovation to remote rural areas and help in providing affordable and reliable electricity to all customers through off-grid and grid integration models.

India will have an installed hydropower generation capacity of 70,000 megawatt by 2030. The country has around 13,000 MW of hydropower plants under various stages of construction and another 8,000 MW projects are in the pipeline which will commence construction in the next six to eight months.

Tender has been floated for the empanelment of firms for the supply, installation, and commissioning of rooftop solar systems in the national capital. These grid-connected rooftop solar systems, ranging between 1 kW-10 kW and 10 kW-500 kW, will be set up at various locations in Delhi.

The foundation stone has been laid for the Riangdo Small Hydro Power Project at Suanggre Hamegam village in Shahlang, West Khasi Hills district. When completed, the project will have an installed capacity of 3 MW with two units of 1.5 MW each.

OPGC is looking forward to select the mine developer cum operator (MDO) soon for extracting coal from Manoharpur blocks. So far, the work order is issued for a Merry Go Round System (MGR) for the coal mines.