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Wind Energy
IWTMA expects dip in wind power generation
The Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association predicts a dip in wind power installation in the country in 2012-13. According to IWTMA, the reason is the effect of the withdrawal of the accelerated depreciation benefit. IWTMA’s Secretary, V Giri, during a meeting organised by the Global Wind Energy Council in Copenhagen, said that he estimated...
Coal
Coal block to Gujarat, Pondy to be canncelled?
A coal block allocated jointly to the State governments of Gujarat and Puducherry, in Odisha’s Angul district, is expected to be cancelled following the former showing no sign of setting up power plants near the site. If reports are to be believed, the Union coal ministry had recently wrote a letter to the Gujarat government, saying the change...
Transmission
Torrent to take care of Kanpur power distribution
The State government of Uttar Pradesh has decided to hand over Kanpur’s power distribution system to Torrent Power. The policy initiative by the Akhilesh Yadav-led state government is being viewed to be on the lines of the one pursued by the Mayawati government. For, Torrent had bagged power distribution of Agra during the BSP regime. Recently,...
Transmission
India to give 40 MW power to Nepal
An additional 40 MW of electricity transfer from India to Nepal is expected to commence over the next couple of months. It is to be noted that three key projects aimed at beefing up the power transmission capacity between India and Nepal are achieving completion The projects are executed on the ground by state-owned transmission major Power Grid Corporation. Nepal,...
Transmission
Underground electric cables to be laid in Lucknow
The Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) is planning to lay underground aerial bunch conductors (ABC) in Lucknow. The project, on implementation, will not just bring down power theft but also improve power supply of the city. According to UPPCL chairman Avanish Awasthi the ABCs will be laid underground where ever possible, especially in the...
Thermal Energy
Rajasthan govt scraps BHEL tenders
The State government of Rajasthan has reportedly scrapped the tenders it issued for two thermal power projects worth RS. 12,000 Crs which were bagged by Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL). According to reports, Rajasthan Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd (RVUNL) issued tenders for super critical projects at Suratgarth and Chhabra Thermal Power stations...
Thermal Energy
Ultra Tech’s plea rejected
Ultra Tech Cement Limited’s application for long term coal linkage for the 4 MW enhanced capacity of its Captive Power Plant (CPP) has been rejected by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA). The plant is located at the Hirmi village in the state of Chhattisgarh. CEA has asked the company to furnish details of the fuels being used in the CPP...
Contracts, Thermal Energy
Alstom Bharat bags Rs 1,570 cr order
Alstom Bharat Forge Power Limited (ABFPL) has acquired an order worth over 250 million Euros (Rs 1,570 crore). The order bagged by the Alstom-Bharat Forge JV is for the supply of two 660 MW supercritical coal turbine generator (TG) islands to NTPC’s upcoming project, located in Solapur in the state of Maharashtra. ABFPL had emerged as the lowest...
Thermal Energy
Bawana plant in trouble
The Bawana plant, one of the ambitious project of the Delhi government, may not start producing power anytime in the near future. For, reports said Reliance Industries has expressed its helplessness to provide gas to Delhi to run the plant. Delhi chief secretary Praveen Kumar Tripathi said the union ministry of petroleum and natural gas had recently...
Thermal Energy
Khandwa plant clears test
MP power generating company limited (MPPGCL), which is struggling hard to keep its old power units going, got a breather when its 600 mega watt (mw) upcoming unit of the multi-crore Shree Singaji Thermal Power Station (SSTPC) in Khandwa cleared the boiler (steam generator) test – the first essential step – for commissioning a unit. MPPGCL...
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Data & Statistics
- List of Power Projects To Be Commissioned in 2013
- List of Power Projects To Be Commissioned in 2012
- List Of Deferred Thermal Power Projects – As on March 2012
- Indian power sector attracted Rs 5,567 cr foreign investment
- State-wise and plant-wise thermal power generation capacity as on 31st July, 2011
