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Tamil Nadu to get a breather from power woes

By : Sustainability ..., Jul 21, 2014

Tamil Nadu may finally get its power transmission problems resolved with the Centre agreeing to fund a series of dedicated minor and major transmission projects for the renewable energy sector by including them under the Union government's green energy corridor project. ...

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German bank to fund Green Energy Corridors project

By : Sustainability ..., Feb 17, 2014

 The Rs.1,593-crore Green Energy Corridors project of the Tamil Nadu Transmission Corporation (TANTRANSCO) will be the State’s first power project to be funded by the KfW, a German development bank.

Announced in the State budget tabled in the Assembly a few days ago,...

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TN govt to take up power evacuation projects worth around Rs 6,000 cr

By : Sustainability ..., Sep 17, 2013

 In a move to support the wind energy sector, Tamil Nadu government will take up power evacuation projects, at a total cost of Rs 5,998 crore.

The sector has been crying about the poor evacuation infrastructure in the state, which has resulted in diversion of...

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CM takes stock of power scene as wind energy dips

By : Sustainability ..., Aug 24, 2012

As power generation in the state dipped precariously following a sudden decrease in wind energy, chief minister J Jayalalithaa hurriedly convened a meeting of top officials to take stock of the situation. The state has been experiencing scheduled and unannounced outages and...

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