Assam
ONGC Tripura Power plans BESS project in Assam
- Jan 13, 2023
ONGC Tripura Power Company Ltd (OTPC) is planning to set up a battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Assam. According to a release by OTPC, the project will be implemented in joint venture with Assam Power Distribution Company Read more
SJVN to set up floating solar plant in Assam, in joint venture with APDCL
- Oct 17, 2022
SJVN Green Energy Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SJVN Ltd, has signed an MoU with Assam Power Distribution Company Ltd (APDCL) to incorporate a joint venture company that will set up a 1,000-mw floating solar power plant in Read more
PGCIL emerges successful bidder for ER-NER transmission scheme
- Sep 1, 2022
Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) has announced that it has emerged as the successful bidder for an interstate transmission scheme spread over eastern and northeastern India, awarded under the tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) mechanism. In a brief Read more
Assam, Meghalaya become first states to submit proposals under Revamped Distribution Scheme
- Dec 27, 2021
Two northeastern states have become the first ones to submit their detailed proposals under the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS). A government release said that the governments of Assam and Meghalaya have become frontrunners in planning their operational and Read more
Bihar leads in prepaid energy meter deployment
- Dec 25, 2021
Bihar—a state traditionally known for its impoverished power value chain—is today India’s leading state with respect to prepaid meter deployment. According to information tabled in the recently-concluded Winter Session of Parliament, Read more
ANDRITZ wins mandate for Lower Kopili hydropower project in Assam
- Nov 25, 2021
International technology group ANDRITZ has received an order to supply the complete electromechanical package for the Lower Kopili hydropower project, located on River Kopili in central Assam. The mandate was placed by Assam Power Generation Corporation Ltd (APGCL), a Read more
Mariani Substation in Assam upgraded to 400kV
- Nov 17, 2021
Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) has upgraded Assam’s New Mariani substation, a government release said. The substation has been upgraded from 220kV switching station to a 400/220 kV substation with 2x500 MVA transformation capacity, 2x125 MVA (reactive) Read more
Sterlite Power wins transmission project in northeast, in TBCB mode
- Oct 18, 2021
Sterlite Power, in a release, said that it has been awarded the Bongaigaon inter-state power transmission project under the tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) mechanism. The project elements consist of a new 220/132kV substation at Nangalbibra (in Meghalaya) and laying Read more
Andritz wins mandate to revamp NEEPCO’s Kopili hydropower plant
- Aug 4, 2021
International technology group ANDRITZ has received an order from NEEPCO to revamp the Kopili hydropower plant in Assam. In a release ANDRITZ said that the order involves complete rehabilitation of the electromechanical equipment of the 200-mw Kopili hydropower plant Read more
Wärtsilä to commission 30-mw power plant for Oil India by November 2022
- May 26, 2021
The 30-mw power plant that technology group Wärtsilä has been mandated to supply to Oil India Ltd on EPC basis, is targeted for commissioning by November 2022. The ground breaking ceremony for the captive power plant was held on Read more