India

 

NTPC has warned BSES Rajdhani and BSES Yamuna over their outstanding dues warning that power supply would be stopped soon if the Rs 195 crore were not cleared.

The 4,000 MW ultra mega power projects in India are not getting delayed due to allocation of coal blocks, said Minister of State for Power K C Venugopal informed Parliament.

ADB is providing a long-term loan of up to $48 million to finance the 40 megawatt solar power project located in Jaisalmer district in the western state of Rajasthan.

Hokuriku Electric Power shut the 700 megawatt coal-fired No.2 unit at its Tsuruga plant in northwestern Japan for repair work and inspection.

India's Power Minsiter Sushil Kumar Shinde called for `all-out` efforts to remove the obstacles that hinder progress of hydroelectric project.

The projects for Batch-II of the first phase of the National Solar Mission has been closed with various solar power developers bidding for projects in the 350MW capacity.

Gas rationing for Power Development Board in Chittagong was suspended in order to start operations of a fertilizer factory.

India's Ministry of Law has approved the immediate implementation of the open access system in the power sector.

JSW Energy has moved higher by 8% to Rs 44.25 on reports of a go-ahead from the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission to sell power to its group company.

Suzlon Energy has won a contract worth Rs4.7bn or $90 million from Coromandel Wind Energy Company.

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government and farmers have accumulated over Rs400 million arrears in power tariffs.

BHEL is trying to commission the steam turbine of the Pragati Bawana Combined Cycle Gas Turbine unit-ST-1 a month in advance.

The country's largest hydel project seems to have run into trouble owing to poor financial condition of its contractor.

BHEL has now dispatched the generator shaft for unit-IV of Koteshwar hydro electric project after more than a month completiing uts repair.

India's capacity addition in the month of October 2011 was dismal, as compared to the previous month. The Central Electricity Authority's latest figures show that the country expanded capacity by 345 MW, as against a target of 2,373 MW. The addition is 85.5% below the target, whereas it had exceeded its target by 36% in September 2011. A majority of this shortfall in capacity addition is attributed to the thermal sector, which fell short of the targeted 2,000 MW by 1,655 MW. There was no contribution from of the hydro sector. Furthermore, the nuclear and renewable energy sectors did not add to the capacity addition during the month. There was no capacity addition achieved against a target of 338 MW under the central scheme and the poor performance of state schemes was reflected in zero capacity addition during the month, as opposed to a small target of 250 MW. Consequently, the private sector has performed better with an achievement of 345 MW, as compared to a target of 1,785 MW. The Indian government had fixed 78,700 MW as a target for capacity addition in the 11th Plan, which was later modified to 62,374 MW during the mid-term appraisal  by the Planning Commission.