India

Energy generation for NEEPCO during 2010-11 has been 5,093 MU, as against the target of 5,426 MU, representing an achievement of 93.86%. This is, however, 12% higher than the energy generated last year.

NTPC's thermal power plants are also suffering on account of improper and visibly insufficient coal evacuation facilities. Most affected are its Kahalgaon, Talcher and Farakka thermal power stations.

Power utilities across India imported 2.7 MT of coal, representing a 94% achievement against the prorata target for the month.

BHEL has secured an order worth around Rs 62 crore for setting up solar power project for Karnataka Power at Belakavadi village in Karnataka.

Areva T&D India has demerged its distribution business into a new company, Smart grid Automation Distribution and Switchgear Limited.

NALCO will set up a 50.4-MW wind power project at a cost of Rs 274 crore in Gandikota, in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh.

India has approved the allocation of 4.86 billion rupees or $108 million toward a scheme to guarantee payments for electricity bought from solar power producers.

To sustain its growth momentum, Asia must manage its energy security and innovate toward sustainable, low carbon growth.

Industrial Energy Limited will set up a 200 MW gas-based power plant, as well as a 450 MW bifuel TPP, capable of being run on gas and coal, in the state of Orissa.

China International Water and Electric Corporation will construct a $2.6bn power project in Kashmir, Pakistan.

Projects worth 17,191 MW capacity are likely to be commissioned in India this year.

Coal India Limited is planning to acquire an equity stake in the Galilee coal tenement of Adani Mining Pty Limited in Australia.

The northern-state of Uttar Pradesh drew the highest amount of energy from the India's grid during FY 2010-11 with a scheduled drawal of 31,598.73 million units of energy.

Creating new power generation capacity of one lakh Mw for 12th Plan is "ecologically unsustainable", according to  India Minister of Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh.

The Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission approved the increased capital expenditure for the 330 MW Srinagar hydroelectric power project of Alaknanda Hydro Power Company Limited.

Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited (HPGCL) has sought the allocation of about 20 lakh tonnes of additional coal from the Ministry of Coal (MoC), in a bid to ensure uninterrupted operations at its 2x600 MW Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Plant, at Hisar district in Haryana. In a recent letter to the Ministry of Coal (MoC), Central Electricity Authority (CEA) and Coal India Limited (CIL), the power company has claimed that its existing supply of 55.5 lakh tonnes of F-Grade coal from the IB valley coalfields of Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) is insufficient to run both the units . As per the company, after detailed discussions, it has been revealed that a considerable quantity of spare coal is available with BCCL, from which its coal demand can be comfortably fulfilled. Besides, the company has asserted that the dismal state of existing railway infrastructure precludes the possibility of transporting any additional coal from the Ib valley coalfields to the TPP. Notably, the total requirement of coal for the year 2011-12 to run both the units is likely to be 78 lakh tonnes, after adjusting 6.5 lakh tonnes of imported coal.