India

Indowind Energy is buying fourteen 2MW turbines from Shanghai Electric Group for its next project.  

The Atomic Energy Regulatory Board has come up with a set of recommendations for safety of nuclear power plants in India.

South Eastern Coalfields Limited has served a notice to its Aditya Birla Group's Birla Cellulosic unit for the cancellation of the letter of assurance and encashment of commitment guarantee for the said plant.

International donors will meet in Dhaka on September 20 to discuss the Bangladesh government’s target to generate 500 MW renewable energy from solar system and other sources by 2015 in the country.

SECL has served a notice to Aditya Birla's Birla Cellulosic unit for the cancellation of the letter of assurance and encashment of commitment guarantee for the latter's 25 MW captive power plant at Kharach, Gujarat.

The International Court of Arbitration is reviewing the additional required information over controversial Kishanganga Hydro Power Project, which both Pakistan and India submitted recently.

Peoples and Venture Energy Resources and Union Consultant and Venture Energy Resources are foreunners to get two power plant projects of 52.50 MW each at Munshiganj and Comilla.

The Talcher-II and North Karanpura transmission projects habe been deferred due to the ambiguity in the commissioning schedules.

Haryana Power has received environmental clearance for the construction of a 1,500MW gas-based power project in Haryana, India.

China's SEPCO III took more than 20 percent of Indian power plant building market, aid Lu Yanxia, director of SEPCO III’s Mumbai Office. All Chinese power plant contractors occupy less than 50 percent of market share in India.

Kerala has asked NTPC to develop a 1000 MW power project as a expansion of the central power developer`s Ramagundam power plant utilizing the coal blocks allocated the state in Baitarani, Orissa.

Transformers and Electricals Kerala Ltdis now in talks with a Chinese and a Ukrainian company for a technical partner so as to be able to upgrade the existing technology to 765 Kv level.

 NTPC`s naphtha fired Kayamkulam power plant may be removed after Tamil Nadu and Kerala refused to draw power from it due to the sharp price increase of its power.

The underground coal gasification project in Tharparkar will undergo its first test burn on September 19 in the presence of four experts from Uzbekistan.

 THDC is in the process of issuing a tender for a floating rate foreign currency loan of Euro 88.47 million to finance the "foreign component" of the EPC contract given to the consortium of Alstom Hydro France and Hindustan Construction Company Ltd (HCC) for execution of the 4x250 MW Tehri PSP. The contract was awarded to the consortium for a total of Euro 88.47 million along with a Rupee component of Rs 1272 crore and the scope of work includes planning, design & engineering, civil works, supply & services of electro-mechanical and hydro-mechanical equipment as well as erection, testing and commissioning of units. Coface, the Export Credit Agency of France has agreed to provide the necessary export credit insurance, including political and payment default cover for financing the deemed French portion (most equipment would be sourced from France) of the transaction as well as the eligible local portion, the eligible foreign content, the premium to be charged by Coface as well as capitalized interest. Coface guarantee will come into effect once Alstom Hydro submits an application to Coface.  The following are the details of the loan: Tenor: 20 years, Repayment period: 30 semi-annualized repayments, ECA cover: 85% comprehensive cover, Interest: Floating, 6 months EURIBOR plus margin.  

A World Bank team to the North Eastern states of India found the transmission and distribution networks in woeful neglect and a near-complete breakdown of infrastructure.