India

Inadequate supply of coal from Coal India has been cited as one of the major reasons for the coal crunch facing the thermal sector. This irregular and short supply of coal has thus, forced several power stations to operate below their installed capacities. The website carries here, details of the coal stock position at various TPSs in the country as of December 14, 2011. This is categorized according to name, capacity, critical coal stock and reasons behind the shortage. Some of the plants facing acute coal shortages are as under: Dadri NCTPP (1,820 MW) -- Due to less receipt of coal from Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) Kahalgaon TPS (2,340 MW) -- Due to less receipt of imported coal because of transportation constraint of Railways Unchahar TPS (1,050 MW) -- Due to less receipt from CCL Rihand STPS (2,000 MW) -- Due to less receipt of coal from Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL) Sanjay Gandhi TPS (1,340 MW) -- Due to unloading constraints Simhadri TPS (1,500 MW) -- Due to less receipt from SCCL  

Lack of clarity regarding coal supplies forced Adani Power to put its plans for capacity expansion of 6,500 megawatts on hold.

ABB has booked an order worth more than Rs. 4000 crore from Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.,for ultrahigh-voltage direct current transmission system.

Suzlon Energy Limited announced cumulative orders of 166.30 MW in India over a two month period.

NHPC wants Uttarakhand to address issues to its hydro project to  facilitate the signing of the implementation agreement.

The Empowered Joint Group has reached a consensus on sharing of benefits or the provision of saleable power from the respective JV projects, between the goverments of India and Bhuitan.

Himachal Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission has set various open access charges.

Hindustan Construction Company has finally obtained financial assistance throughf an interest bearing advance of Rs 10 crore from the NHPC.

Bangladesh approved hikes in electricity prices for retail consumers by an average of 21.3 percent in two stages by February. This move is designed to cut the losses of the state-run power generating firm. "We decided to raise electricity price to reduce the pressure on government funds as it has to borrow from the banking system to subsidise the higher price of electricity," said Syed Yusuf Hossain, chairman of the Bangladesh Energy Regulation Commission. The first increase will be factored into December bills and the second in February bills to reach an average of 4.63 taka per kilowatt hour.

KITEX Limited has been allowed to sell power from its two wind energy plants to the Kerala State Electricity Board.

Projects will have to resort to imported materials and the projected the debt service coverage will probably cost INR4.41/kwh.

Rajasthan has raised the tariff for wind power plants commissioned during fiscal years 2010-11 and 2011-12.

According to India's Central Electricity Authority, a total of 5,40,469 villages have been electrified as part of the ongoing rural electrification programme in the country.

India's transmission sector has shown a credible performance, achieving much more than the targeted stringing of transmission lines, for the month of November, this year.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said India would enhance ties in a host of areas such as energy with Russia.