Gandhinagar: Gujarat is experiencing consistent rainfall this monsoon season and the state's dams are overflowing due to abundant water inflow. As a result, record power generation is taking place at hydropower stations. From Gujarat's renowned dams such as Ukai, Kadana, and Sardar Sarovar, 1067.3 million units (MU) of electricity were generated in August 2024 compared to 308.7 million units in July 2024. Sardar Sarovar Dam, critical to addressing Gujarat's water issues, achieved electricity ...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL) had released a list of 16 sites reserved for Pumped Hydro Storage Projects (PHP). These sites will eventually allocated through a competitive bidding process to benefit state public discoms. The combined potential of these 16 sites is estimated at 14,210 MW, with the highest potential site located in Valsad at Moti Palsan, which has a capacity of 2,400 MW. The second most suitable site is Anjan Kund in Dang, with a capacity of 2,210 MW...Read More

ગાંધીનગરઃ  દક્ષિણ ગુજરાતની જીવાદોરી તાપી નદી પર કાર્યરત ઉકાઈ બંધ જળાયશયને આ વર્ષે ૫૦ વર્ષ પુર્ણ થયા છે. ઓગસ્ટ માસમાં ઉકાઈ બંધ પરના હાઈડ્રો પાવર યુનિટ દ્વારા માસિક ૨૨૪ મિલિયન યુનિટનુ રેકોર્�...Read More

Surat: Hydro Electricity Plants at Ukai dam in Surat produced electricity worth Rs 97.25 crores within 5 months from June to October 2021. The electricity production by the hydro-electricity plants in Ukai dam increased drastically in September. They produced 121.748 mega-unit electricity in September which is worth Rs 42.61 crores. The electricity production by these plants in June, July and August was 28.839 mega units, 18.489 mega units, and 12.591 mega units respectively. They have produ...Read More

Gandhinagar: A small dam called Garudeshwar weir is being constructed at a cost of Rs. 300 crore at location around 15 km away from Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam. The project is likely to complete in February 2020. Once it is completed, power generation will be possible using 6 hydro power turbines with same volume of water again and again. At present, 1200 MW capacity riverbed power turbine power generation needs dam water through pen stroke. Later same water travels to river. In order to stop...Read More