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Perusahaan Listrik Negara will operate three new coal-fired power plants in Banten.

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  

The Energy Commission has moved to open up the bidding process for the replacement of first generation Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). This was revealed by Association of Water and Energy Research Malaysia (AWER) President S. Piarapakaran in a statement. He did not elaborate. While conglatulating the Energy Commission for the move which he described as bold, he called for a transparent and fair bidding process. "Opening up the bidding up to 49 percent foreign equity will allow Malaysia to have more industry players that can invest in better and efficient technology," he said. He also urged the Energy Commission to blacklist first generation independent power producers that did not renegotiate their PPAs from this bid.  

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

Tohoku Electric has started trial power output from the 34-megawatt No.6 gas turbine unit at its Niigata energy plant.

Semirara Mining Corp has signed a seven-year deal to sell up to a 410-megawatt power capacity to Meralco.

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.

Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond said a "cultural revolution" of sorts is needed to promote "real understanding" between China and Scotland.

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

Semirara Mining Corp signed a seven-year deal to sell up to a 410-megawatt power capacity to Meralco.

Meralco entered into power supply agreements with three major generating firms involving an initial total capacity of 1,720 megawatts. Meralco said it had signed an eight-year power supply deal with South Premier Power Corp for the full 1,180-MW net capacity of the Ilijan natural gas power plant in Batangas, south of Manila. It also sealed a seven-year power supply deal with a wholly owned unit of Semirara Mining Corp, the country's biggest coal producer, for an initial volume of 210 MW. The contracted volume under the deal with Semirara's SEM-Calaca Power Corp unit, which owns a 600-MW coal-fired thermal power plant in Batangas, will increase to 420 MW when another power plant unit begins commercial operation.

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.