NTPC Green Energy’s Nokhra solar project to be dedicated to nation

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate to the nation the 300 MW Nokhra Solar Project of NTPC Green Energy Limited, through video-conferencing, on 16th February, 2024. Spread over 1,550 acres in Bikaner district of Rajasthan, the project is being executed under the CPSU Scheme (Phase-II) with an investment of Rs. 1,803 crores to ensure green

HPCL refinery will be ready by 2024

Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Puri said the HPPCL Rajasthan Refinery (HRRL) project will be ready by January 2024 and will be fully functional by 2024. The petroleum minister said that the ministry will request Prime Minister Narendra Modi to inaugurate the refinery in January 2024. The greenfield refinery-cum-petrochemical complex at Barmer, Rajasthan, is being set

Jakson Group to develop $2.8 bn green fuel project

Jakson Green, part of the Jakson Group, said it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Rajasthan government to invest about ₹22,400 crore, roughly $2.8 billion, in Rajasthan State to set up a Green Hydrogen and Green Ammonia project in phases. Jakson Green will set up a 3,65,000 tonnes per annum Green Hydrogen

Dune Ethanol to set up grain-based ethanol plant

Dune Ethanol is planning to set up 1,320 klpd grain-based ethanol plant in Hanumangarh district of Rajasthan. The project will spread over 40 acre of land parcel. It will include 40 MW co-generation power plant.  As per the latest information shared with Projects Today, Dune Ethanol is awaiting environment clearance for the project.  Work on

Renewable energy production in India ramps up

While the new solar installations rose from January to August by 22 per cent year-on-year, new wind installations increased by only 7 per cent, with only 1.1 GW installed between January to August 2022, shows data. India had set a target of installing 175 GW of RE capacity by 2022 end – 100 GW from

NHPC’s subsidiary to develop UMREPP in Rajasthan

NHPC Ltd announced that its subsidiary and the Rajasthan government to develop renewable energy parks with a capacity of 10 gigawatts (GW) in Rajasthan. The ultra-mega renewable energy power parks (UMREPP) will be developed by NHPC Renewable Energy Limited (NHPC REL), the wholly-owned affiliate of the hydropower firm, which has signed the pact with the

Norfund and KLP to invest in Rajasthan solar project

Norway’s Climate Investment Fund ‘Norfund’ and its leading pension company KLP will acquire 49 per cent stake in India’s 420 MW solar power plant ‘Thar Surya 1’ for an estimated Rs 2.8 billion. This is their maiden investment as part of a strategic tie-up between Norfund and Italian Enel Green Power. Enel is the company

HPCL begins conversion of cow dung to biofuel

The Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited commenced its first cow dung-to-compressed biogas project in Sanchore, Rajasthan. The plant, which is slated to be commissioned in a year, will utilise 100 tonne cow dung per day to produce biogas, and the same can then be utilised as automative fuel. The ground breaking ceremony of the project took