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NTPC may have to pay Rs 10,000 cr for NEEPCO, THDC hydro power plants

The stake sale would be only disinvestment proposal this year where a state-owned entity would pick up government equity in another public sector undertaking

Future thermal power plants at risk as water stress increases: Study

Existing water shortage has already forced 61 thermal power plants to shut down between 2013 and 2017, leading to 17,000 gigawatt hours of lost generation

Energy ministers' meet: Hydro power revival back on discussion table

Union Power Minister R K Singh acknowledges acute coal shortage, allows import by states

Government fast-tracks hydro projects in Kashmir

Pakistan has opposed some of these projects before, saying they violate a World Bank-mediated treaty

Revised cost of Hydro project in Bhutan approved

Total escalation for the project, at this stage, is Rs 3,513 crore; cost estimate doubles to Rs 7,290 crore

Hydro power in dire need of revival as solar, wind race ahead

Capacity of hydropower projects has remained around 40,000 Mw for the past three years, while that of the renewable energy has increased about 20% during the same period

Govt plans push for hydro power

Ambit of small projects to be increased from 25 Mw to 100 Mw

Centre to fastrack implementation of 3 hydro plants in Sikkim

The three stalled plants - Panan, Teesta VI and Rangit IV - in Sikkim have total generation capacity of 920 Mw