India

BHEL has secured an order worth around Rs 62 crore for setting up solar power project for Karnataka Power at Belakavadi village in Karnataka.

Areva T&D India has demerged its distribution business into a new company, Smart grid Automation Distribution and Switchgear Limited.

NALCO will set up a 50.4-MW wind power project at a cost of Rs 274 crore in Gandikota, in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh.

India has approved the allocation of 4.86 billion rupees or $108 million toward a scheme to guarantee payments for electricity bought from solar power producers.

To sustain its growth momentum, Asia must manage its energy security and innovate toward sustainable, low carbon growth.

Industrial Energy Limited will set up a 200 MW gas-based power plant, as well as a 450 MW bifuel TPP, capable of being run on gas and coal, in the state of Orissa.

China International Water and Electric Corporation will construct a $2.6bn power project in Kashmir, Pakistan.

Projects worth 17,191 MW capacity are likely to be commissioned in India this year.

Coal India Limited is planning to acquire an equity stake in the Galilee coal tenement of Adani Mining Pty Limited in Australia.

The northern-state of Uttar Pradesh drew the highest amount of energy from the India's grid during FY 2010-11 with a scheduled drawal of 31,598.73 million units of energy.

Creating new power generation capacity of one lakh Mw for 12th Plan is "ecologically unsustainable", according to  India Minister of Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh.

The Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission approved the increased capital expenditure for the 330 MW Srinagar hydroelectric power project of Alaknanda Hydro Power Company Limited.

Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited (HPGCL) has sought the allocation of about 20 lakh tonnes of additional coal from the Ministry of Coal (MoC), in a bid to ensure uninterrupted operations at its 2x600 MW Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Plant, at Hisar district in Haryana. In a recent letter to the Ministry of Coal (MoC), Central Electricity Authority (CEA) and Coal India Limited (CIL), the power company has claimed that its existing supply of 55.5 lakh tonnes of F-Grade coal from the IB valley coalfields of Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) is insufficient to run both the units . As per the company, after detailed discussions, it has been revealed that a considerable quantity of spare coal is available with BCCL, from which its coal demand can be comfortably fulfilled. Besides, the company has asserted that the dismal state of existing railway infrastructure precludes the possibility of transporting any additional coal from the Ib valley coalfields to the TPP. Notably, the total requirement of coal for the year 2011-12 to run both the units is likely to be 78 lakh tonnes, after adjusting 6.5 lakh tonnes of imported coal.

Nearly 12 lakh residential buildings and industrial units will get power connections this year, as the government has resumed providing electricity connections after a pause of more than two years, said BangladeshPower Development Board (BPDB) officials. The BPDB will provide new electricity connections in phases. About four lakh applicants, who have already subscribed for power connections, will be brought under the national electricity network in the first phase. The rest will get the facility gradually, said an official. The users, however, must get solar energy systems installed to enjoy the facility. Residential buildings using up to 2 kilowatt of electricity a day will have to meet five per cent of their power consumption from renewable energy sources. It is seven per cent for commercial buildings and factories consuming 50 kilowatt of electricity and 10 per cent for users of power above 50 kilowatt. Garment factories must have solar solutions installed to meet five percent of their power consumption, said the official. The government stopped giving new connections to households and industries in January 2009 for nagging power crisis. However, the BPDB and other suppliers provided a limited number of power connections last year.  

The Bashundhara Group will set up a a 20 MW mini nuclear power plant in Manikga

Pakistanï's main opposition leader and former prime minister Nawz Sharif has appealed for Chinese expertise to build hydroelectric dams to help his country.