IFFCO Chhattisgardh Power’s project Ltd has called for international competitive bidding for its project. In an advertisement, it said request for pre-qualification for EPC contractor for 2×660 MW super critical thermal power plant at Village Salka, Block Premnagar, District Surajpur, Chhattisgarh, India was published in the press and also hosted on teh websiteswww.icplindia.in and www.iffco.in on 31 March [...]

CLP India, a wholly owned subsidiary of the CLP Group, announced that it has signed an pact with Rajasthan Government for a 102.4-MW wind power project. The wind farm will use 800 kW gearless turbines designed for medium to low-wind speed sites. The turbines are from Enercon. The project is expected to be commissioned by [...]

THDC India Limited has invited tenders from eligible bidders for conducting the EIA/EMP (Environmental Impact Assessment-Environment Management Plan) studies for its proposed Khurja super thermal power plant (STPP). The plant is located in the Bulandshahar district of Uttar Pradesh. THDC India Limited a joint venture of the Government of India and the Government of Uttar [...]

Jharkhand will soon get a second ultra mega power project (UMPP), as the power ministry cleared a project in Deogarh district. This will be the seventh UMPP to be launched in the country. Major industry players like Tata Power, Lanco, Adani, JSW Energy, Indiabulls, Jaiprakash Group as well as public sector generator, NTPC, are expected [...]

In a first of its kind in India, NTPC is eyeing to establish a 800-Mega watt (Mw) advanced ultra super critical plant. The plan is part of the newly-launched 9th Mission of the National Action Plan for Climate Change. R Chidambaram, principal scientific adviser to the Government of India, said, “Initially we had only eight [...]

NTPC is planning to invest a whopping Rs 24,000 crore for constructing a 4,000-Mw thermal power plant in Andhra Pradesh. According to an official of the company, ‘This is a 4,000-Mw (5×800 Mw) power project proposed at Pudimadaka near Anakapalli in Atchutapuram Mandal, Vishakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh’. The feasibility report for the proposed project [...]

Avantha Power & Infrastructure Limited’s (APIL) group company Jhabua Power Limited (JPL) has invited bids for the BTG (Boiler-Turbine-Generator) package for its 1×660 MW coal based JPL Seoni Project in Madhya Pradesh. The project consists of a 600 MW unit in the first phase which is presently under an advanced stage of construction and a [...]

BHEL has reportedly done little to ensure a timely start of critical erection activities of unit-1 of the 1,000 MW coal based plant (CBP) at Tuticorin, in Tamil Nadu, As a result, the project’s commissioning schedule is likely to be revised by an additional 15-18 months. Though BHEL had committed to begin the erection of [...]

Alstom has announced its the company’s joint venture plant with Bharat Forge in Mundra to make steam turbines and sub-critical equipment for power plants will be commissioned by the end of 2013. The Power equipment major is planning a 5,000 MW plant in Mundra, Patrick Kron, global chief executive officer and chairman said. “Post 2008 [...]

Andhra Pradesh’s Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) has granted environment clearance (EC) to 3 power plants. They are Mathsya Giri Laxmi Narasimha Power Private Limited’s 210 MW natural gas based combined cycle power plant (CCPP), Sravanthi Industries Private Limited’s 480 MW gas based CCPP and Yashoda Energy Private Limited’s 60 MW coal based thermal power [...]