India

Issues tender for solar projects with a capacity of 1 gigawatt.

Launch SERIIUS to foster collaboration.

$200 million for preliminary work.

Stop wastage of electricity.

Six nuclear reactors at Jaitapur, Maharashtra.

Localize power distribtuion.

Part of Tamil Nadu's solar ambition. The Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency, in charge of clean energy development in the State, wants to sanction subsidies for solar photo-voltaic projects.

safeguard India's solar power manufacturing industry.

High financing costs in India.

For the Rajasthan Atomic Power Plant. 

Goal is to have a total capacity of 56,267 MW by 2017.

10 GW by end of 2017.

Since the beginning of the power sector reform in India, several initiatives have been taken for commercial performance improvements of distribution companies; however, the desired results have not been achieved even after significant investment in the sector during last ten years. Situation is unlikely to go for a rapid change until there is a strong regulatory enforcement, effective project management and accountability at all levels. Our recent experience with government utilities portray that key challenges in the sector during pre-reform was lack of investments and smart technological solutions, which has been shifted over time to the lack of commercial process acumen, project management skills, inefficient asset and technology utilization and ineffective monitoring tools during post reform era.

Two mega power projects.

$2 billion for new power projects.

Thermax has won a Rs 503 crore EPC order from a leading public sector firm for setting up a captive