Indian Power Sphere: 12/03/13

December 3, 2013

CII's 6th Energy Expo 2013, Exhibition & Conference, 5-7 December 2013, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India...

The sixth edition of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII’s) Energy Expo will be held at Ahmedabad from December 5 to 7, along with India Energy Conclave. CII’s Energy Expo 2013 aims to promote collaboration while creating synergy between manufacturers and end-users by bringing together opinions, views and ideas inherent to the...

Tata Cleantech to fund Rs.2,500 crore for renewable energy projects in India...

Tata Cleantech Capital Ltd may fund as much as Rs.2,500 crore ($401 million) of renewable and energy-efficiency projects in India as costs for coal-based power prompt companies to turn to alternatives. “The combined cost of grid power and diesel generators that many companies use today is higher than solar,” Avijit Bhattacharya,...

Coal India signs fuel supply pacts for 71,500 MW capacity...

State-owned Coal India has signed fuel supply agreements (FSAs) for capacity of 71,500 MW, a top company official said. "(Out of the 78,000 MW), 71,500 MW has been signed," Coal India Chairman and Managing Director S Narsing Rao told reporters here. Amid continuous delays, the Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI) had earlier...

NTPC yet to get compensation on Loharinag Pala Hydro Project in Uttarakhand...

NTPC’s tale of woes over Loharinag Pala hydro power project refuses to die down easily. While NTPC is facing pressure from its contractors to settle its liabilities, its request for compensation for stopping the project midway has fallen on deaf years. According to NTPC, the government owes Rs. 536.3 crore as compensation for...

Madhya Pradesh invites tenders for supply of 100 MW Solar Power...

The MP Power Management Company Ltd. (MPPMCL) Invites sealed responses from interested companies and/ or Bidding Consortium for selection of successful bidder(s) for supply of Solar Power from Grid connected Solar Power Project at the rate fixed for 25 years through a competitive bidding process. Salient features...

Premier Solar Systems electrifies 57 villages near Visakhapatnam...

Thanks to a project of Premier Solar Systems, headed by Surendra Pal Singh and his son Chiranjeev Singh Saluja, 57 villages near Visakhapatnam have finally got electricity. Recently, the group was in the news for winning the International Solar Project, 2013 Award, given by the Renewable Energy World organisation, for its work...

Fate of Dabhol power plant remains uncertain...

The saga of the ill-fated Dabhol Power Plant in Maharashtra continues. Days after coming to power for the first time in May 2004, the United Progressive Alliance government formed its first empowered group of ministers to try and revive the project, but even as the UPA is coming to the end of its second term, Dabhol is again sinking....

PowerGrid to launch aerial surveillance of networks...

Patrolling high-voltage electricity transmission networks by road and manually operating sub-stations are passé. Beginning this month, the Rs 12,700-crore PowerGrid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) will roll out a scheme for air-surveillance of its vast 1,02,540 circuit km electricity transmission network and remotely control the...

Govt Sitting on Over Rs 4 lakh-cr Power Projects...

At a time when the UPA government is desperately looking for investments to bring the economy back on the growth trajectory, the same government is sitting on approvals for as many as 70 power projects (both in public as well as private sector) entailing a total estimated investment of `4,43,458.39 crore. Most of the power projects,...

NTPC Hydro to be amalgamated with NTPC Limited...

NTPC Limited has informed the Exchange that Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Govt. of India vide order dated November 21, 2013 has accorded sanction of the Central Govt. to the Scheme of Amalgamation of NTPC Hydro Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of NTPC Limited with NTPC Limited. Consequent to the amalgamation...

L&T Construction has won Rs. 1471 Crores orders for power & other infrastructure projects...

L&T Construction has won new orders worth Rs 1471 crores across various business segments in November & December 2013. In Power Transmission & Distribution Business, orders valued Rs. 686 crores have been received in both domestic & international markets. A major international order was bagged...

GMR Infra seeks gas plant's fixed cost from AP discom for 388.5 MW Gas Project...

GMR Infrastructure has sought Rs 480 crore for recovering fixed costs for its 388.5-megawatt (Mw) gas-based power plant from the Andhra Pradesh Central Power Distribution Company, sources said. The power plant at Vemagiri in the state has been idling for lack of gas from Reliance Industries's KG-D6 block since the start of this...

Time to improve technology in coal-based industries: BHEL chief...

The time has come to look for ways to improve technology in coal-based industries as India is having more than 70% coal-based power stations, a situation that would continue for at least the next 10 years, said A V Krishnan, the executive director of BHEL Trichy. Participating at the two-day conference on clean coal, carbon capture...

Gujarat farmers have replaced 'Horse Power' with Solar Power...

Solar power panel helps a farmer to run submersible pumps at his five farms in different places in Palsana taluka of Surat district at affordable cost. Solar energy has emerged as an alternative to conventional power connection in farm sector. Instead of fitting panels at five places, Jitendra Patel, a farmer in Umbhel villages,...

AP Discoms propose ‘shocking’ tariff hike...

The Andhra Pradesh power distribution companies are proposing another power tariff hike with effect from April next year. If the hike is cleared by the AP Electricity Regulatory Commission (APERC), Kiran Kumar Reddy will go down in history as one chief minister who hiked electricity tariffs thrice in three years. Sources said stung...

Tata Power forms JV with Indonesian firm for development of power projects...

India's Tata Power has reportedly partnered with an Indonesian conglomerate company Astra International to form a joint venture in Indonesia, with each owning 50 per cent of the venture. The new venture has been set up to produce electricity. Astra, through its unit Astratel Nusantara, will set up the JV with Tata Power. According...

Power crisis looming large in Andhra Pradesh...

Power sector in the Andhra Pradesh is facing a piquant situation that holds the potential of turning into a crisis in the coming months thanks to the local agitations and transport problems in Odisha. Power generation from the 2000 MW (4X500 MW) NTPC Simhadri power plant in Visakhapatnam has almost stopped for want of coal from...

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