Indian Power Sector

KEC International Ltd has secured two new orders worth Rs 371 crore for construction of transmission lines in India. The first order valued at Rs 258 crore has been received from Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd, an official statement said. The order is for the supply and construction of 400 kV double circuit transmission [...]

Welspun Energy has decided to set up one of its largest thermal power capacities in Andhra Pradesh. The energy arm of Welspun Group, whose interests include textiles, steel pipes, retail and infrastructure, plans to set up the project on Andhra Pradesh coast The project is expected to come up with an outlay of Rs7,500 crore [...]

NTPC Ltd is planning to take up another mega project in South along with the 4,000-MW Kudgi project in Karnataka. The power sector major, with an operating capacity of 4,450 MW in the Southern region, is executing expansion projects at Simhadri near Visakhapatnam, Ramagundam in Andhra Pradesh, Kudgi in Karnataka, Kayamkulam in Kerala, and is [...]

Around five to six more power plants are expected to begin operations in Gujarat soon. State Energy minister Saurabh Patel said that more than 3,000 mw of conventional power generation capacity is likely to be commissioned in the coming few months. “The state’s power generation capacity will increase from current 14,500 mw to close to [...]

Producers in the power industry have suggested that available fuel be equally distributed among all thermal plants, though there is a perception that the government may not agree for such a move. Players are seeking supply for new projects which have come up/ready to be fired between 2009 and January 19, 2012, with a capacity [...]

The Andhra Pradesh government has decided to utilise the vacant space at the three existing thermal power plants to generate an additional 2,400 MW of power at a cost of over Rs 12,000 crore. At present, the state is struggling with a power shortage of more than 2000 MW daily. Were the three new thermal [...]

Lanco Infratech, currently busy with a 1,200 mw thermal power project in Udupi district of Karnatka with an outlay of Rs6,000 crore, has failed to make the repayment due on January 15 to its lenders. Company officials argue it isn’t a default, but a delay in repayment. The project, being developed by its subsidiary Udupi [...]

The Coastal Energen Private Limited, the power generating flagship company of the Coal and Oil Group, is planning to cater to the severe power shortage in Tamil Nadu. Ahmed A.R. Buhari, founder president and CEO of Coal and Oil Group, said, “Our first priority is to provide power to the state-run Tamil Nadu Generation and [...]

Reliance Power Ltd said it expects to start commissioning its 3,960-megawatt power project in the central state of Madhya Pradesh in January 2013. The company said it is developing two coal blocks–Moher and Moher-Amlori Extension–attached to the project and is targeting to start production of the dry fuel from there in 2012. The project has [...]

Just days after the PMO stepping in to play a direct role in sorting out the fuel woes faced by coal-fired power project developers, a meeting of empowered group of ministers (EGoM),is set to take place soon. It is expected that decisive actions would be taken by way of diverting gas supplies from “non-priority” sectors [...]