Indian Power Sphere: 01/07/14

January 7, 2014

Maharashtra has no plan to order CAG audit of Tata Power, R Infra...

Mumbai electricity consumers will have to wait for an audit by the Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG) for their distributors namely Tata Power and Reliance Infrastructure as the Congress led government in the state has not taken any formal decision in this regard. The state government has so far not indicated its plan to adopt...

Coal imports rise 20% to help fuel new power plants...

The coal imports rose 20% to 105.8 million tonnes in April-October from a year earlier as power producers turned to Indonesia to help feed new plants, according to data from mjunction services, an online market operator. Regulatory and bureaucratic delays in adding new mines and expanding existing ones have made India the No. 3...

NTPC signs initial pact for Chhattisgarh geothermal project...

NTPC has signed an initial agreement with the Geological Survey of India to set up a geothermal power project at Tattapani in Chhattisgarh. "A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between NTPC and Geological Survey of India today...for preparation of DPR (Detailed Project Report) for geothermal power project at Tattapani,"...

GSECL’s Dhuvaran 3 Gas based power project stranded due to no gas allocation...

Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited (GSECL) is finding itself in a complex situation with the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas rejecting company’s request to utilise unused natural gas from Dhuvaran unit 1 and 2 of the power plant for the commissioning of the third unit. As a result GSECL is finding it difficult...

Delhi Government cannot afford power subsidy: Ex-CERC chief...

It is increasingly becoming clear that the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) put little thought in announcing its freebies, especially in the power sector. In a conference call by foreign broker Jefferies, former Chairperson of Central Electricity Regulatory Commission of India and the longest serving electricity...

Kirloskar Brothers constructed world's largest water pumping system at Tata Power's Mundra UMPP...

Kirloskar Brothers Limited (KBL) has done India proud. The leading global fluid management company has collaborated with Tata Power and installed the world’s largest water pumping system for Tata Power’s Mundra UMPP (Ultra Mega Power Plant). A mammoth 10.5 million litres of water is circulated with the help of KBL’s 10 sets of...

REC mechanism not being honoured by most States; Rays Power taps APTEL...

Most States are still not honouring the renewable energy certification (REC) mechanism available for solar photovoltaic power plants subjecting them to financial strain, according to Rays Power Experts. A turnkey solutions provider for solar PV projects having set up three solar parks in Rajasthan, the company has knocked at APTEL...

Bhakra Beas surpassed the generation target set by CEA...

The Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) has surpassed the energy generation target set by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) for 2013-14 in the first nine months itself. The BBMB generated 9,679 million units (MUs) from April 1 to December 21, 2013, against the full-year target of 9,665 MUs. According to the BBMB spokesman,...

Tripping Up On Mega Dreams - A tale of Mundra Power Plants...

Inside the bridge of the MV Hero, a 300-metre cargo ship berthed at the coal handling port in Mundra, Gujarat, the captain is relaxed even though he has just completed a long voyage from Indonesia. Lighting up a cigarette and sipping his coffee, he talks about braving rough weather in the Indian Ocean, waiting for two days to berth...

MNRE to conduct interaction meet to draw plan for the Green Telecom development in the country...

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is conducting an Interaction Meet on Powering Mobile Towers through Renewable Energy on January 13, 2014 to discuss the experiences of use of renewable energy technologies and to draw a plan to accelerated the use of RE for powering mobile towers. As per MNRE's release on the matter, DG...

L&T wins Saudi Aramco contract for transmission lines and related system development...

The Power Transmission & Distribution Business of L&T Construction, through its fully owned subsidiary L&T Saudi Arabia LLC, has bagged a major international EPC order in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco). Larsen & Toubro Saudi Arabia LLC is one among multiple joint ventures...

NGT seeks clarifications on Subansiri hydro power project...

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued notices to the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF), ministry of power, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) and the state governments of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh on the issue of releasing minimum sustenance water at the rate of 450 cumecs from the Lower Subansiri...

Welspun plans to invest Rs 1000 crore for solar power plants in Punjab...

Welspun Energy Limited, 100 per cent owned subsidiary of Welspun Group, is looking to invest Rs 1000 crore in Punjab to for 160 MW solar power plants. A memorandum of understanding to generate around 160 MW is likely to be signed with the Punjab soon, after the land is finalised. "We are looking at power purchase agreement for...

Madhya Pradesh to sell surplus power to other states...

Madhya Pradesh has made an enviable turnaround on power front by becoming an electricity selling state from electricity purchasing one, all thanks to relentless efforts of state government in past one decade. State-owned Madhya Pradesh Power Management Company Limited is now filling up tenders of other states to sell its surplus...

Venture capital funding in solar sector fell 40% in 2013 globally: Report...

Venture capital (VC) investments in solar sector fell 40% globally in 2013, to $600 million from 97 deals, compared with $992 million raised in 106 deals in 2012. The United States continued to be the leader in solar VC funding in 2013, accounting for $432 million of the $600 million invested, and 68 of the 97 deals worldwide....

L&T Construction Secures Orders Valued Rs. 2962 Crores...

L&T Construction, a division of Larsen & Toubro Ltd has won new orders worth Rs. 2962 crores across various segments. The Buildings & Factories Business has secured orders worth Rs. 1555 crores including orders from an IT major, Government of Odisha, Cochin International Airport Limited and others. The company has...

Jammu Powergrid restores 400 KV Kishenpur-Wagoora transmission linein Jammu...

Continuous rain and snowfall that threw normal life out of gear in the stretch of Jammu-Srinagar National Highway had its impact on 400 KV Kishenpur-Wagoora transmission line of Powergrid as well. The transmission line was damaged and power transmission in one of its Circuits (Circuit-I) was affected from yesterday early hours....

Haryana Discoms drop proposed tariff hike...

For those keeping their heaters and blowers packed away this winter, fearing high electricity bills with another tariff hike, the state power discom brings warming news. Keeping in mind the present political current, state electricity distributors have decided to keep the tariff static for the ensuing financial year. However,...

Boost Hydel power with proactive policy...

The report that tiny Bhutan seeks to be India's hydel partner is good news for sustainability and promises to significantly make up for the declining share of hydroelectric power capacity nationally. We do need to step-up hydel capacity in areas of steep gradient that would considerably reduce submergence, like the sub-Himalayan...

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