India

Koderma thermal plant's ATS completed

Koderma thermal plant's ATS completed

The associated transmission system of unit-2 of the Koderma thermal power plant, the 222 CKM long 400kV D/C Koderma-Biharisff line is now complete. The line capacity is enough for both units of the TPP.

Karnataka seeks investors for 350 MW solar projects

Karnataka will award permits to companies to build 200 MW of projects through bidding and the remaining 150 Mw by application.

Peabody, Arcelor Mittal bid US $5 B for Macarthur Coal

Peabody Energy has teamed up with Arcelor Mittal to offer US $5 billion for Australia’s Macarthur Coal, the world’s bigger producer of pulverised coal.

Orient Green ups Tamil Nadu wind capacity to 172MW

Orient Green Power Company Limited through its subsidiary Beta Wind Farms Ltd. synchronised an 18.7 MW wind farm with the state grid of Tamil Nadu.

NTPC to provide 14 MW to 118 villages

National Thermal Power Corporation would provide 14.32 MW to 118 villages located within a radius of five km from its two power stations- the 3000 Mw NTPC Kaniha and the Talcher Thermal Power Station. While the Kaniha plant would offer 4.55 MW, the Talcher station would provide 9.77 MW under a Central government scheme which will benefit about 1.4 lakh people belonging to 28458 families in 118 villages of the state. The scheme will cover five blocks in Angul district-Kaniha, Talcher, Orapada, Barjang and Banarpali. An agreement was signed between G Mathivathanan, state energy secretary, R Venkateswaran, regional executive director, NTPC and B C Jena, chairman cum chief executive officer of Cesu in the presence of state energy minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak. “The tripartite agreement signed by the state government with Cesu and NTPC will benefit about 1.4 lakh people in 118 villages including 5068 Below Poverty Line families around TTPS and 3318 BPL families around NTPC Kaniha. Under this project, two new 33 KV substations will be set up and 230 new Phase-III distribution transformers will be laid”, the minister said.

India's power sector faces 40% funding gap

The Indian government revealed that the power sector investment, which was envisaged at Rs 10 lakh crore for the current plan from 2007 to 2012, was facing a 40 %  funding gap.

Techno Electric gets financing for 101MW Indian wind project

Techno Electric & Engineering has secured $80 million in loans for the 101MW wind farm project in Tirunaveli and Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu.

India generates 7943.9 MU in June

The power generation for all of India in June stands at 7943.97 MU, at a plant load factor of 62.79.

India prepares for new batch of solar power projects

India's Ministry of New and Renewable Energy deliberated on the guidelines to be issued for the next batch of solar power projects, envisaged to have a capacity of 300 MW.

India surpasses generation targets for June

The installed generation capacity for the thermal, hydro and nuclear sectors in India, stands at 1,55,973.32 MW according to the latest Central Electricity Authority report.

Adani Power okays merger with its supposed subsidiary

Adani Power's board has approved the merger with Growmore Trade and Investment. The company did not provide further details about Growmore.

India calls on Africa for greater cooperation on renewable energy

India wants to expand and strengthen its cooperation with the African countries in the field of solar energy, according to India Minister of New and Renewable Energy, Dr. Farooq Abdullah.

NHPC to complete Tawang hydroproject exploration works by Aug '12

NHPC has resubmitted the detailed project report for the 800 MW Tawang-II hydro-electric project to the CEA after incorporating certain revisions.

Tata Power eyeing 6 projects to boost 5,341 MW addition

Tata Power has 13 projects of capacity worth 5,341 MW under implementation stage which it plans to add to its renewable energy portfolio this fiscal.

India Environment Minister disapproves mining on Morga-II

India Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has rejected forest clearance to another project, saying it is in “no-go” core area and lacks low-emission super-critical technology.

Torrent signs EPC contracts with Siemens for Gujarat projects

Torrent Power will avail of the engineering, procurement and construction services Siemens Limited, India and Siemens AG, Germany for setting up two gas based power projects of capacity worth 1600 MW in Gujarat.

Tata Power achieves full load generation for unit 1 of Maithon RBTPP

Tata Power  completed coal firing in unit 1 of 1050 MW Maithon Right Bank Thermal Power Project in Dhanbad, state of Jharkhand.