{"id":109437,"date":"2021-02-25T12:19:30","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T12:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=109437"},"modified":"2021-02-25T12:19:31","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T12:19:31","slug":"indias-first-geothermal-power-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/indias-first-geothermal-power-project\/","title":{"rendered":"India&#8217;s first geothermal power project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question: Where will the country&#8217;s first geothermal power project be set up?<br><\/strong>(a) Puga village, Ladakh<br>(b) In Nemo village, Himachal Pradesh<br>(c) In Nyoma village, Manipur<br>(d) In Khemi village, Uttarakhand<br><strong>Answer &#8211; (a)<br>Related facts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>India&#8217;s first geothermal power project will be established at Puga village of eastern Ladakh. Puga has been identified as the hotspot of geothermal energy in the country by the scientists.<\/li><li>First phase<\/li><li>In the first phase of the pilot project, one megawatt (MW) power generation capacity will be generated. A tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for establishment and implementation of the first phase was signed on Saturday(6 February 2021).<\/li><li>India&#8217;s first ever geothermal power project, known as Geothermal Field Development Project is planned to commission by the end of 2022.<\/li><li>The tripartite MOU was signed between ONGC Energy, LAHDC, Leh and the Power Department of UT Ladakh.<\/li><li>Second &amp; third phase<\/li><li>The second Phase is proposed for deeper and lateral exploration of geothermal reservoirs by drilling optimal number of wells and setting up of a higher capacity demo plant in Ladakh.<\/li><li>The second phase will be the Research and Development stage or demonstration of the project.<\/li><li>In the third phase, it is planned to promote joint ventures and commercial projects. Puga is a place where it is uncovered with a potential of more than 100 mw of geothermal energies.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By &#8212; Pankaj Pandey.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Link:<\/strong><br><a href=\"http:\/\/newsonair.com\/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=409436#:~:text=8%3A01AM-,India's%20first%20geothermal%20power%20project%20to%20be,Puga%20village%20of%20eastern%20Ladakh&amp;text=India's%20first%20geothermal%20power%20project%20will%20be%20established%20at%20Puga,the%20country%20by%20the%20scientists.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/newsonair.com\/Main-News-Details.aspx?id=409436#:~:text=8%3A01AM-,India&#8217;s%20first%20geothermal%20power%20project%20to%20be,Puga%20village%20of%20eastern%20Ladakh&amp;text=India&#8217;s%20first%20geothermal%20power%20project%20will%20be%20established%20at%20Puga,the%20country%20by%20the%20scientists.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Where will the country&#8217;s first geothermal power project be set up?(a) Puga village, Ladakh(b) In Nemo village, Himachal Pradesh(c) In Nyoma village, Manipur(d) In Khemi village, UttarakhandAnswer &#8211; (a)Related facts India&#8217;s first geothermal power project will be established at Puga village of eastern Ladakh. Puga has been identified as the hotspot of geothermal energy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":109438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1143],"tags":[2486],"class_list":["post-109437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pp","tag-planning-and-project"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109437"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109439,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109437\/revisions\/109439"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}