Suzlon Group Wins 150 MW Wind Turbine Order For Oklahoma Project…

Suzlon Energy Ltd. said its group subsidiary REpower Systems SE had concluded a contract with an East Coast US wind power developer for 73 MM92 turbines, with an overall power output of 150 MW. These turbines are destined for a project in Oklahoma, located in the south-central region of the United States. The wind turbines each have a rated...

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Suzlon delivers 174 MW of wind to Americas…

Suzlon will deliver 24 MW of wind turbines to a project in Brazil, and its subsidiary REpower, is set to deliver 150 of wind turbines to Oklahoma, USA. The 24 MW wind farm in Ceará, Brazil, will consist of 12 S95 wind turbines from Suzlon, and is the result of a project partnership between Servtec Group and the Brazilian investment fund...

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Gamesa opens wind turbine blade factory in India…

Gamesa has opened a wind turbine blades factory in India to supply the G5X-850 kW and G9X-2.0 MW wind turbines. The wind turbine blade plant in the city of Vadodara, Gujarat, is currently staffed by 157 employees and is forecast to reach production capacity of 390 blades in 2013. Gamesa invested €25 million to commission the wind turbine...

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3815 MW Grid Connected Renewable Capacity Added During 2011…

· The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has intensified the deployment of various renewable energy technologies in the country for grid connected power generation and to improve energy access in rural areas. · In the recent competitive solar tariff bidding, the tariff quoted are 50% less than they were when the Jawaharlal Nehru National...

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NTPC awaits MoEF nod for Kudgi power project…

The state-owned National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) is likely to start work on the first stage of 4,000 Mw ultra mega power project at Kudgi in Bijapur district shortly. Following the transfer of 1,923 acres land by the state government, the board of NTPC recently approved a proposal to take up the work for the first stage of...

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Govt reviews progress of over 100 coal, lignite blocks…

The government today reviewed the progress of over 100 coal and lignite blocks allocated to companies, including Hindalco, Essar Power, Jaiprakash Associates, Adani and Power Finance Corporation for captive use, a coal ministry official said.   "On the second day of the two-day meeting, the government reviewed the development of coal...

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Coal India workers may get 25% wage hike…

On the heels of a ‘price rationalisation', Coal India Ltd has reached at a “broad consensus” with the labour unions to enhance workers' salaries by 25 per cent in the forthcoming National Coal Wage Agreement (NCWA)-IX. The new wages will be introduced with effect from July 1, 2011 for a period of five years. Talking to Business Line after...

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Banks move to recast power sector loans…

There is some current good news, from banks, for those who despair of state-run electricity distribution utlilities setting their finances in order. A number of state electricity boards (SEBs) or distribution companies (discoms) which had taken short-term loans from banks for liquidity support have found themselves in no shape to repay...

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Asia solar stocks surge on strong demand hopes…

Asian solar stocks on Thursday echoed a rally by their US peers, with some surging as much as 20 percent on signs that prices for solar energy components are stabilizing. In Hong Kong, GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Ltd was up 13.2 percent, Trony Solar Holdings Co Ltd rose 8.3 percent, Apollo Solar Energy Technology Holdings Ltd firmed 3.5...

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L&T Infra raises $ 100 mn through ECB to fund solar projects

L&T Infra Finance, a subsidiary of L&T Finance Holdings on Thursday said it has raised close to $ 100 million through the External Commercial Borrowing (ECB) route this fiscal, largely to fund solar power projects. “We have raised $ 100 million through ECB route so far this fiscal, mostly to fund solar power projects,” as per L&T...

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First unit (660 MW) of CLP’s Jhajjar Project commissioned…

CLP India today said that the first 660-MW unit of its thermal power project at Jhajjar in Haryana has started generation. "The first 660 MW unit of CLP India's Mahatma Gandhi Thermal Power Project (MGTPP) in Jhajjar has been synchronised or is ready to produce electricity," an official statement said. Haryana would receive 90 per cent of...

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Sindicatum To Buy 49% In Simbhaoli Sugars’ Co-gen Power Biz…

Singapore’s Sindicatum Sustainable Resources Group (a global developer, investor and operator of clean energy projects) is acquiring 49 per cent stake in a proposed joint venture that will house co-generation power assets of Delhi-based sugar refinery Simbhaoli Sugars Ltd (SSL). Under the agreement, SSL will transfer the existing power assets of its co-generation plants at Simbhaoli, Chilwaria and Brijnathpur to Simbhaoli Power...

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