India's NHPC Plans 20 Hydropower Projects, $5.6 Billion Investment in Myanmar

KOLKATA, INDIA--December 20, 2010--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--India's NHPC Limited (BSE:533098) (New Delhi), the government-owned hydropower generator, is planning 20 hydropower projects with an aggregate generating capacity of 12,466 megawatts (MW) to be constructed in the country between 2012 and 2017. These projects will be in addition to the $5.6 billion that NHPC will spend on building two hydroelectric projects in Myanmar during the period.