Indian Power Sphere: 01/13/14

January 13, 2014

Wind turbine maker Gamesa bucks the trend, projects sales of 600 MW…

The Indian wind industry is headed for a tepid close to the year 2013-14. Capacity additions in the year may not exceed 1,700 MW — the same as last year. Nor is there much hope for 2014-15, as the wind season begins in early summer and with the elections round the corner, not much action is expected to take place. As is typical in...

Two Pennar Industries' subsidiaries bag projects along with 50 MW Solar PV Projects from NTPC…

Pennar Enviro Ltd and Pennar Engineered Building Systems, subsidiaries of Pennar Industries, have bagged new projects worth Rs 70 crore from various companies including construction of a 50-MW solar power plant for National Thermal Power Corporation. The company has bagged an order for setting up a 50-MW solar power plant for NTPC...

Reliance Power commissions boiler at Sasan plant…

Reliance Power has announced that the equipment for the third 660 MW unit at the 3,960 MW Sasan Ultra Mega Power Project in Madhya Pradesh has started functioning. "The boiler, for its third 660 MW unit at the 3,960 MW Sasan Ultra Mega Power Project, has been commissioned," the company said in a statement. The first 660 MW...

Odisha to extend MoUs of 10 IPPs by month-end…

The Odisha government has decided to extend the lapsed memorandum of understanding (MoU) with 10 independent power producers (IPPs). "Based on the progress made on their projects, we have decided to sign fresh MoUs with 10 IPPs. The new pacts will be signed by the end of this month”, said a senior government official. The IPPs whose...

GVK Power: Hopes of debt reduction priced in…

GVK Power & Infrastructure has gained investors’ interest recently following news of the company’s plans to monetise assets in the coal and airport verticals. The recent completion of the new terminal at the Mumbai airport has further fuelled hopes that the company’s debt burden will ease. Though a lot of this is driven by hopes,...

Solar power initiatives in Rajarhat New Town…

Rajarhat New Town is slowly inching towards becoming a solar city. The New Town Kolkata development authority (NKDA) is planning to introduce net metering system to encourage consumers to install solar panels and is also planning to procure electric scooters to be run in short distances in the township. Officials of the ministry of...

Power Grid Corporation of India - Consistency in capitalization remains the key…

Power Grid Corporation of India is the country's central transmission utility and carries ~50% of the nation's generated electricity. The company has embarked upon an aggressive expansion plan over the 12th Five Year Plan (FY13-17) to augment India's power transmission and distribution infrastructure. Power Grid over the last five...

To fulfil its promise, Rajasthan government to buy electricity from private companies...

To fulfil its poll promise of continuous electricity supply to the domestic consumers and over six hours supply to agricultural sector across the state, the Vasundhara Raje government has decided to purchase electricity from private companies for the first three months to provide uninterrupted power supply to people. Sources inform...

Parali thermal plant of Mahagenco closes down one unit due to coal shortage...

Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Ltd (Mahagenco) has closed down the unit No 5 of the 1330 mega watt Parali thermal power station (TPS) due to shortage of coal. The other units of the thermal plant based in Beed district of Maharashtra, are not able to run with full capacity due to non-availability of coal. Mahagenco...

Japanese firms interested in partnering Indian companies to develop technology solutions for Renewable Energy Sector...

A renewable energy delegation from Japan is now visiting India to explore opportunities for partnership with Indian companies in the renewable energy sector. Smart grids, waste to energy and storage solutions clearly emerged as areas where both Japan and India could explore partnerships at the ‘Japan India Public Private Round...

Report on Coal Imports by India in 2013...

Based on preliminary data from major ports, imports of various types of coal and coke into India during 2013 have totalled 141.509 million tonnes. While thermal coal import, estimated at 107.8 million tonnes, accounted for about 76%, coking coal import is estimated at about 30.7 million tonnes. The other products like met coke,...

Power generation grows, but is it enough? Analysis

Electricity production in December grew 6.7% from a year ago, data from the Central Electricity Authority shows. Coming on the back of a 6.3% growth in November, it does look like the power supply has improved. For sure, the coal supply situation has improved and good rains, which have boosted hydel power production, have also helped....

Kerala, Tamil Nadu unable to buy power from National Grid...

India's southern states are unable to buy power from the rest of the country although a new grid has been put in place since January 1. Kerala and Tamil Nadu have not been able to buy power from the exchanges over the past one month, a senior official of Indian Exchange said, adding that prices have risen substantially in Andhra...

Manali Hydel project wall collapses during trial run...

The reservoir of a hydel project near here burst on Sunday morning during a trial run of filling it with water, causing panic in settlements downstream. The exercise was undertaken just a few days before the commissioning of the project at Aleo village. A 4.8MW hydropower project, Aleo Manali Hydropower Pvt Ltd stage-II, being...

Haryana nuclear project to be on stream in 5 years...

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will lay the foundation stone on Monday for a nuclear power project near Gorakhpur village in Fatehbad district of Haryana. The project will comprise two reactors of 700 MWe each. They are Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs) that will use natural uranium as fuel and heavy water as both coolant...

Bikram Coal Block allocated to Birla Corporation Ltd has been de-allocated...

The Ministry of Coal (MOC) has de-allocated Bikram Coal Block allocated to Birla Corporation Ltd vide its letter dated January 07, 2014 on the grounds that the coal block has not been developed as per the milestones prescribed in the allocation letter. Though significant progress has been made in the development of the coal block...

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