Floating Solar power plant on Narmada branch canal near Sanand…

Earlier this year, Tata power partnered with Sunengy, Australia to build the first floating solar plant in India. The construction of the pilot plant in India is expected to commence in August 2011. The Punjab government in June this year approved the setting up of a project which will generate solar power by utilizing the space over...

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Rel Infra, Tata Power gain on tariff hike news…

Delhi power regulator cleared 22% tariff hike w.e.f. September 1. The last tariff hike in Delhi was made in 2009. Reliance Infrastructure and Tata Power together control nearly 90% of Delhi power market. Reliance Infrastructure and Tata Power shares gained substantially post announcement. At 11:53 hrs Reliance Infrastructure...

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Coal India offers 447 MT of coal to power utilities…

Coal India Limited has offered to supply 447 million tonnes of coal to Power Utilities in 2011-12 subject to availability of wagons by the Railways at an average of 190.4 rakes per day during the year. This information was given by Minister of State in the ministry of Coal,Shri Pratik Prakashbapu Patil in a written reply to a question...

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Tata BP Solar commissions 1 MW Solar PV Project…

According to reports, Tata BP Solar India, a joint venture of Tata Power and BP Solar, on Monday, said it has commissioned its first 1 megawatt (mw) solar photovoltaic power plant in Orissa under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM). The project, owned and developed by S. N. Mohanty at Cuttack in Orissa, was synchronized...

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China to fast track India’s Hydel Projects development ! ! !

While the title of this post seems illogical and surprising at times; the same is becoming a reality now-a-days. With the China factor looming large, the Centre is desperately pushing the Arunachal Pradesh Government to expedite the development of storage hydroelectric projects on the Brahmaputra. According to reports, China is planning...

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Solar Tariff… Need of re-evaluation ! ! !

Spark feels a need of re-evaluation of the preferential tariff given to the solar power generation by the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC)  from regions with less exposure to the sun’s radiation. According to Spark,  it is illogical to follow a single feed-in-tariff (FIT) concept when it comes to setting up solar...

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Anna shock for NTPC…

NTPC’s Farakka power project today hit the Anna hurdle as the company had to cancel the commercial production of its new Unit-VI set up at a cost of Rs 2,570 crore. Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee and power minister Sushil Kumar Shinde were supposed to flag off the 500MW unit but they could not come because of an extended session in...

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UP signs 600 MW PPA with Gujarat & Adani Power…

 According to reports the Uttar Pradesh Government has entered into a year-long power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Gujarat government and a private utility Adani Power for 600 MW of electricity. The UP Government’s move of one year PPA seems for political gains as state elections are to be held next year, but...

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