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Contracts, Thermal Energy
Elecon bags Rs 272 cr order from NTPC
Elecon Engineering Company Limited said its MHE Division has procured an order of Rs. 272.33 crore from National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC). The order is for Ex-works supply of Coal Handling Plant Package and for Erection & Commissioning of Coal Handling Plant Package for Mouda Super Thermal Power Project Stage II (2x660MW). Elecon...
Thermal Energy
Essar signs power purchase pact with Noida
Essar Energy Plc signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Noida Power Company Ltd for 240 mw of contracted capacity from the former’s 600MW coal-fired Tori II power station which is being constructed in Jharkhand. In a statement, Essar Energy said the binding PPA was signed by Noida Power Company Ltd with Essar Energy’s subsidiary Essar...
Contracts, Thermal Energy
Toshiba secures Rs 1,675 cr order
Toshiba JSW Turbine and Generator Pvt Ltd has bagged an order worth Rs 1,675 crore from Meja Urga Nigam Pvt Ltd. Meja Urga is a joint venture of NTPC and Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd. The order is for the supply of two units of supercritical steam turbine-generators of 660 MW each. The scope of the contract covers engineering, procurement,...
Gas Based Thermal, Thermal Energy
GSFC may tie up with GSPL for LNG terminal
Gujarat State Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd GSFC) is planning for a partnership with Gujarat State Petronet Ltd (GSPL) to establish a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Gujarat. Senior state government officials close to the development have confirmed this, said reports. According to a senior GSFC officer, “The new urea policy is expected to...
Coal, Thermal Energy
NTPC worried over coal crisis
NTPC fears it may not be able to add at least 12,500 MW of generation capacity, if a solution is not found to coal crisis in the next couple of months. The country’s largest power producer, faced with non-availability of gas for its envisaged plants, has already scaled down its target of having 70,000 MW generation capacity by the end of the current...
Contracts, Gas Based Thermal, Thermal Energy
BHEL bags Rs 380 cr order in Rajasthan
BHEL announced it has bagged Rs 380 crore order for setting up a 160 MW gas-based plant in Rajasthan. According to an official release, BHEL has secured a contract for setting up a 160 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant (CCPP) in Rajasthan from Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited (RRVUNL). The Rs 380 crore contract is the expansion project (Stage IV) of Ramgarh...
Transmission
JSEB seeks to appoint distribution franchisee
The Jharkhand State Electricity Board (JSEB) has sought to appoint power distribution franchisee for Jamshedpur, Ranchi and Dhanbad towns through competitive bidding process. According to rpeorts, the project encompasses all activities relating to distribution of power to the existing or future consumers in the franchise area, maintenance of distribution...
Transmission
JKSPDC modernisation plan not on track
The plan to renovate and modernize (R&M) its 5×4.66 MW Chenani hydroelectric project (HEP) by Jammu and Kashmir State Power Development Corporation Limited’s (JKSPDC) doesn’t seem to be progressing as scheduled. According to reports, the utility has postponed the completion date of the activities from the end of 11th plan to March...
Coal
26 coal blocks face de-allocation
As many as 26 project developers were issued show cause notices by the Union coal ministry for the inordinate delay in developing their respective coal blocks. The list includes names such as JV of Kerela State Electricity Board (KSEB), OHPGC and Gujarat Power Generation Corporation Limited – Baltarni west block, JV of IST Steel and Power Limited,...
Transmission
UERC invites proposals for consultants
The Uttarakhand Electricity Regulatory Commission (UERC) has invited proposals for appointment of consultants to assist in examining and analyzing the business plan and multi year tariff (MYT) petitions received from distribution licensee Uttarakhand Power Corporation Limited (UPCL), transmission licensee Power Transmission Corporation of Uttarakhand...
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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
