Alstom T&D wins orders worth Rs 162 cr for substations in West Bengal...

  Alstom T&D India on Tuesday said that it has bagged three contracts worth Rs 162 crore (€24 million) from West Bengal State Electricity Transmission Company Ltd (WBSETCL) for projects across the State. The first two contracts include design, engineering, manufacture, supply, erection, testing and commissioning of 220/132 kV...

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Vedanta seeks nod to use IPP power for smelter...

  Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL), a unit of Anil Agarwal controlled Vedanta Resources, has sought the nod of the Odisha government for using 600 Mw power from Sterlite Energy (also a Vedanta Group firm) to run its smelter at Jharsuguda. VAL’s 1.25 million tonne per annum (mtpa) aluminium smelter set up as a sector specific Special Economic...

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Indonesian coal to be part of index determining power tariffs...

  Power sector regulator CERC has decided to provide 50% weightage for Indonesian coal in the benchmark index that is used to determine escalation rates for electricity generated using imported dry fuel. The move would help in having a benchmark in deciding the escalation rates for electricity generated by power plants that are fired...

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Solar power a lucrative new opportunity for Punjab SMEs...

  Vishav Mohan (name changed), a small entrepreneur based in Ludhiana, Punjab, was running a sewing machine company that was losing money owing to the decline in demand caused by a glut of cheaper models imported from China. He is now setting up a unit to manufacture solar panels for solar photovoltaic power generation on the same...

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200 kWp Rooftop Solar plant commissioned by an Educational Society in Andhra Pradesh

  A roof top, solar photovoltaic power plant has been commissioned at the Sri Vishnu Educational Society, Bhimavaram Campus in West Godavari district. The Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of the New and Renewable Energy Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh, M. Kamalakar Babu commissioned the plant on Saturday, which has an...

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GAIL gets environment nod for 220-Mw power plant...

  GAIL India Ltd, the nation's biggest gas marketing company, has received environmental clearance for setting up a 220 MW gas-based power plant at Raigad in Maharashtra at a cost of Rs 1,028 crore. The state-owned firm plans to use 1 million standard cubic meters per day of natural gas to generated 220 mega-watt of electricity at...

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Clearances of Odisha power project coal blocks may be de-linked: Report

  The government may de-link forest clearance of coal blocks for 4,000-MW Odisha ultra-mega power project (UMPP) with the environmental clearance accorded to the entire plant, so that delay in development of mines does not affect the construction of the thermal station, according to a source close to the development. This development...

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Trial linking of national and southern power grids to start from today...

  The Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) will start synchronising the national power grid with the southern power grid on a trial basis on Tuesday. The much-awaited synchronisation is expected to ease electricity shortage in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh. The synchronisation was to begin in the first...

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Power losses halved in Haryana, but little gain for consumers...

  Seen in pure revenue terms, the year 2013 was good one for the power discoms. According to reports, operational losses were reduced by 52%, thanks to financial restructuring. But from the viewpoint of the consumer, there are few causes for celebration. First of all, there were around half a dozen tariff hikes in this year alone....

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50 Substations across the state has been inaugurated in Tamil Nadu...

  With a view to ensure uniform power supply to all and to reduce transmission loss as well as maintenance cost, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Monday inaugurated 50 sub-stations across the State, set up at a cost of Rs. 509.88 crore, through video conferencing facility at her camp office at Kodanadu in Nilgiris district. Jayalalithaa...

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