Non-Renewable Energy

Thermal Power

  • Kilburn and Co., which later became Calcutta Electricity Supply Co., electrified Harrison Road (renamed MG Road) in Calcutta in 1889. This was the first street to have electric light bulbs in India.
  • The Electricity Act of India was framed in 1910. It allowed private companies to generate and supply electricity.
  • The first hydel generating station, Sidrabong Power station, was set up in Darjeeling with a capacity of 130kW. This power station was commissioned in 1896 to supply power to the Darjeeling tea plantations.
  • Hussain Sagar Thermal Power Station was a historic thermal power plant that was located in Hyderabad, Telangana ....
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