NTPC signs PPA with GRIDCO for supply of eclectricity from Barh Project

National Thermal Power Corporation Limited has signed a power purchase agreement with GRIDCO for supply of power from its 1320 MW Barh Project Stage-II in New Delhi.

The agreement was signed by Mr AC Mallick director commercial of GRIDCO and Mr SN Goel GM commercial of NTPC in the presence of Mr IJ Kapoor ED commercial of NTPC.

NTPC Barh Stage II project is being set up by NTPC in Bihar, the power from the project shall be supplied to the States of Eastern, Northern and Western Region. This is in addition to 1980 MW Barh stage I being set up by NTPC. On completion the project will be the largest power station of NTPC in the Eastern Region.

JSPL inks MoU with Bihar for thermal power plant

The Telegraph reported that Jindal Power Limited has signed a MoU with the Bihar government for setting up a 2,640 MW coal based power plant. Mr Sushil Maroo director of Jindal Power and Mr Aditya Swaroop energy secretary of Bihar have signed the MoU.

The final site of the project would depend on the availability of coal blocks and water.

JPL commissioned 500 MW of 1,000 MW project in the year 2007-08. The third and fourth units of 250 MW each were likely to be commissioned in June and July 2008 respectiv

Power from rice husk: Virginia venture for Bihar villages

Washington, May 14 Two Virginia University students have started a project with an India-based partner to supply electricity to villages in Bihar by burning rice husks, a process that may also help reduce carbon emissions.

So far, two pilot rice husk generators are providing power to about 10,000 rural Indians, which will save 200 tonnes of emissions annually for each village if compared to generation of power from diesel or coal, the university said in a statement here.

The two students are Manoj Sinha and Charles Ransler, from the university's Darden School of Business and their partner is Gyanesh Pandey, an engineer who oversees things on the ground in India.

The project may help turn the huge piles of husks that accumulate in many "rice belt" villages into two valuable products: electricity and ash that can be sold as an ingredient for cement, the institute said.

The business plan of Husk Power Systems calls for a rapid expansion that will put the miniature power plants in hundreds more villages within a few years.

The plan recently received several votes of confidence as college business plan competitions have awarded it almost USD 100,000 in prize money, including USD 50,000 for winning the Social Innovation Competition at the University of Texas on May 2, USD 35,000 for second place at MIT's Ignite Clean Energy competition on May 12 and a USD 10,000 top prize from the University of Virginia on April 7.

Source : PTI