India

Kiran Energy Solar Power Pvt. raised US $50 million from three private equity firms for its 20-megawatt solar plant project in Gujarat.

The governments of Kerala and Orissa will form a Special Purpose Vehicle for implementing 2,000 MW thermal power plant propject in Orissa at an estimated cost of Rs. 8,000 crore. This will be completed in three phases of 650 MW each.

Areva T&D India won a contract for a 765 kV extra high voltage substation from Rajasthan Raja Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Ltd  worth close to Rs 400 crore. The former will design and build a 765 kV turnkey substation including Extra High Voltage transformers and reactors at Anta near Kota. The scope of this contract also includes a long term maintenance contract for the substation. This first-of-its-kind 765kV EHV substation in Rajasthan will improve power transfer capacity and reliability of the electrical network through power transmission from several generation plants located in the state. All 765 kV products for this substation will be delivered from Areva T&D India’s world-class factories located at Vadodara, Padappai, Pallavaram, Hosur and Noida. These manufacturing facilities were set up in India to meet the future needs of the country as transmission voltage levels move to Extra or Ultra High Voltage levels of up to 1,200 kV.  Rathin Basu, Managing Director of Areva T&D India Limited said, “Areva T&D India is proud to be selected as the supplier for RRVPNL to enhance the power transfer capacity in the state. We continue on our leadership journey by leveraging our strong expertise and experience in delivering Extra High Voltage transmission solutions with our locally manufactured Extra High Voltage transmission products.”

Nuclear opposition in India has remained resilient in the months since the devastation at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant.

Spain-based Isolux Corsan will build a 340MW combined-cycle power station in Siddhirganj, Bangladesh.

India expects a wind energy installation of about 3,000 Mw this year driven by strong policy framework and better cost competitiveness compared to conventional power generation, says a report.  

Nordex will supply its N100/2500 wind turbines to four companies in Pakistan for wind farms to be installed in 2012.

A feasibility study on the nearly Rs 4,000-crore India-Sri Lanka grid interconnection project is expected to be complete by December.

The opposition against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant may lead to an-all India uprising for a total moratorium on nuclear energy, said a former Atomic Energy Commission scientist.

Increasing business risks and improving net margins are getting them confused.

Myanmar has wants India's NHPC to pay an 8 percent tax on income from power sales from the date of commissioning of the first of its two hydropower projects in Myanmar, after an exemption period of three years is over.

India's power minister Sushilkumar Shinde noted that his country is actively pursuing a low carbon growth strategy in power sector to address climate related issues.

A seven-hour emergency was imposed in Pakistan after heavy water leaked from a feeder pipe to the reactor of the 137-megawatt Karachi Nuclear Power Plant.

Coal India has asked the government to scale down its production target for the 2011-12 financial year to 448 million tonnes from 452 MT.

The NPCIL is having a hard time obtaining a final clearance for units three to six of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Projectwith the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests.

India's coal ministry has asked the power ministry for the dispatch of NTPC’s more than one million tonnes of imported coal, lying at the ports.