Sterling & wilson bagged a 10 MW solar PV Project in Tamil Nadu...

  Sterling & Wilson an associate of the Mumbai based USD 2.5 billion Shapoorji Pallonji Group, has bagged a turnkey engineering, procurement and construction order to build a 10MW multi-client Solar PV power park at Karur district in Tamil Nadu in phases. Sterling & Wilson’s turnkey scope of work includes the complete Design,...

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Inter-ministerial panel reviews performance of 16 coal blocks...

  The Inter-Ministerial panel on coal blocks today reviewed the performance of 16 mines alloted to firms including JSPL, NTPC, SAIL, Abhijeet Infrastructure and Tata Power. However, no decision was taken on the coal blocks, said a source, adding that some of the companies present gave reasons like lack of environmental clearances...

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First 10,000 Customers To Get Solar Rooftop Subsidy In Tamil Nadu...

  In order to promote domestic electricity capacity, the Tamil Nadu government is offering a capital subsidy of Rs 20,000 for every 1 kW solar rooftop system. This was promised by Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa back in April. solar power, solar subsidy, tamil nadu, 10,000 solar subsidy, solar rooftop system, 1kW solar rooftop system...

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NTPC seeks gas from KG Basin beyond 2014...

  NTPC has asked the Government to extend gas supplies from the D6 block in the Krishna Godavari (KG) basin beyond 2014. In 2009, an empowered group of Ministers (eGoM) allocated 4.46 million standard cubic metres per day (mmscmd) to the public sector power sector. Out of the total gas allocated, 2.30 mmscmd has been contracted...

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NGO puts up green hurdles to NTPC’s Bangladesh project...

  Some NGOs in Bangladesh are against NTPCBSE 1.36 % setting up a 1,320-mw thermal power plant at Rampal in the Sunderbans beyond the Indian border. According to them, a coal-fired plant will pollute the area, rendering permanent damage to the fragile ecological balance in the region — home to mangroves and the Royal Bengal Tiger....

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Adani Power posted a net los off Rs. 2609.10 Mn for the Q2 Quarter...

  Adani Power Ltd has posted the increase in total income from Rs. 15511.70 mn for the quarter ended September 30, 2012 to Rs. 31080.30 mn for the quarter ended September 30, 2013. Adani Power Ltd has posted a net loss after taxes and Minority Interest of Rs. (10719.10) million for the quarter ended September 30, 2013 as compared...

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Power sector can sink the economy sans reform...

  The power sector is in crisis, thanks to misplaced priorities and opportunism in policymaking, particularly at the state level. Two decades after tentative reforms and opening up in the sector, policy stays fixated on generation capacity, never mind huge revenue leakage in power distribution, lack of capacity in transmission and...

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UPERC asks Discoms not to impose late payment surcharge to the consumers...

  The Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) has ordered all Discoms not to impose late payment surcharge upon those consumers who have been unable to settle their dues because of slow internet connections at billing counters. The order, issued by the commission a day ago, comes as great relief for thousands of...

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