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Bhutan begins work on hydel power projects
16 June 2011: Bhutan has commenced work on a set of new hydro-power projects totalling over 11,000 MW to be commissioned progressively over the next 10 years. Most of the electricity generation from these projects is to be wheeled into India, with power flows expected to commence as early as 2015-16.
The CEA, an apex power planning body in India, has been asked to assist Bhutan in preparing an integrated transmission roadmap with a focus on facilitating export of power from Bhutan to India, besides supplying to load centres within Bhutan.
A first draft of the National Transmission Grid Master Plan, which chalks out the roadmap till 2020, has already been submitted to the Bhutan Government. The projects on the anvil include the massive 4,060 MW Sankosh project, the largest in South Asia. The proposal could be a big booster for India in meeting future peaking power demand, coming at a time when there is increasing opposition to hydro-projects in the country and fuel shortages are projected to hit thermal generation.
Source: Hindu Business Line