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RECTPCL gets Rs 18 cr for shares
Rs 18 crore has been received by Rural Electrification Corporation Transmission Projects Company Limited (RECTPCL) for the 50,000 equity shares along with all the assets and liabilities of Vemagiri Transmission System Limited (VTSL) transferred to Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL). This follows the approval of the power ministry. An agreement...
Transmission
GERC comes out with clear guidelines
The Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC) has come out with the draft guidelines for procurement of power by distribution licensees in the state of. The reason behind producing guidelines is to ensure standardization and reduce ambiguity in power procurement as well as protect the interests of the consumers through transparent and economic...
Transmission
MoP official directs Powergrid to give status update
The Joint Secretary (Planning), Ministry of Power (MoP), has directed Powergrid to furnish the current status of transmission systems associated with 42 generations projects scheduled for commissioning in the 12th plan. It has been intimated at a recent meeting that a 1815 km long +/- 800 kV HVDC bipolar line is being constructed to evacuate 6,000 MW...
Thermal Energy
Lack of info hits JSW Cement’s plant
JSW Cement Limited’s 2×18 MW Captive Power Plant (CPP), situated at Nandyal in the state of Andhra Pradesh, is in the news for a wrong reason. For, the plant has turned to be an example for how lack of complete information can be a deterrent for obtaining coal linkage for power plants. The developer’s application for long term coal...
Gas Based Power Project
APGDC picks GDF Suez as partner
Andhra Pradesh Gas Distribution Corporation Limited has appointed GDF Suez LNG UK Ltd as a strategic partner for jointly setting up a Floating Storage and Re-gasification Unit (FSRU) in offshore Andhra Pradesh. APGDC is a company jointly promoted by GAIL Gas Limited (GGL) and Andhra Pradesh Gas Infrastructure Corporation Private Limited (APGIC). APGDC...
Thermal Energy
Committee rejects Bans Thermal Power Project
Bansagar Thermal Power Company Ltd’s environmental clearance proposal for its 2×800 MW Supercritical Coal based Thermal Power Plant (TPP) has been rejected by the Expert Appraisal committee. The project is located at Shahdol distrct in Madhya Pradesh. The committee found that the proposal in its current form was too close to the Bansagar...
Thermal Energy
EAC not satisfied ith UCCPL’s plant
The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC), which is responsible for evaluating environment clearance proposals submitted by developers, has found unsatisfactory a project of Universal Crescent Power Pvt Ltd (UCPPL`s). The newly formed committee is not okay with UCCPL’s environmental clearance proposal for its 3,960 MW (6×660 MW) Saurashtra super...
Thermal Energy
Expert panel defers Karanpura’s proposal
Karanpura Energy Ltd’s proposal for its upcoming 2×660 MW Coal Based Thermal Power Project in the Gumla district of Jharkhand has been deferred by the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC). The EAC is responsible for evaluating environment clearance proposals submitted by developers. It is said that the main reason for the EAC’s decision...
Transmission
ABB starts 3 sub-stations for PGCIL
ABB has commissioned three 765 kV sub-stations for Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL). The sub-stations are located in Wardha, Maharashtra, Seoni, Madhya Pradesh and Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, according to a press statement. “ABB has partnered with PGCIL to play an important role in establishing the 765 kV network in India and are presently...
Thermal Energy
Centre wants Gujarat to act against power company
OPG Power Gujarat Private Limited has allegedly started construction for a 300 MW coal based thermal power plant in Mundra area of Kutch district without necessary clearances. Following this, a joint team of the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) and the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has recommended to the State government to...
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Data & Statistics
- List of Power Projects To Be Commissioned in 2013
- List of Power Projects To Be Commissioned in 2012
- List Of Deferred Thermal Power Projects – As on March 2012
- Indian power sector attracted Rs 5,567 cr foreign investment
- State-wise and plant-wise thermal power generation capacity as on 31st July, 2011
