India

 A civil nuclear power trade delegation of eight leading UK-based companies is visiting India.

The ministry of environment and forests approved the 4000 MW Bedabahal ultra mega power project in Odisha. It clears the road for the power ministry to award the project.

Steel Authority of India is at talks with Japanese and Korean firms to produce value-added CRGO and CRNO steel. It has an over US$2.5 billion market, entirely met through imports now.

Indian equipment makers fear they would lose out to Chinese rivals as firms place orders only with tough conditions that add costs to their supplies. Among them are Larsen & Toubro and Gammon-Ansaldo, who hope to rival BHEL in India’s power equipment market.

OPTC Limited is worried that BHEL's laxity at its 726.6 MW gas based combined cycle power project at Pallatana, Tripura, can hamper the progress on site.

ADB has approved the award of contract for the associated HVDC package by Power Grid Company of Bangladesh Limited.

ADB will provide Turkish utility Zorlu Enerji Electrik Uretim with a $36.8 million loan to increase the capacity of a wind farm in Pakistan.

Out of the total 67079.74 million units of energy generated in India, excluding generation from renewable sources and captive power plants, a total of  6183.94 MU, or 9.22%, were transacted in the short-term.

The Ministry of Petroleum rejected Kerala's plea for gas allocation from Reliance's KG-D6 basin for upcoming power plants in the state.

India's Ministry of New and Renewable Energy will draft a national geothermal energy policy by the end of March 2011.

Lapses of Simplex Infrastructure Limited made it difficult for BHEL to ensure commissioning of the  1,050 MW Maithon thermal power project.

Rahimafrooz Renewable Energy has ordered an advanced module manufacturing line with a capacity of 20MW from Spire Corporation. The modules made at the new facility will be used for rural applications.

 L&T will build a gas-based power plant in Gujarat under a US$240 million EPC contract for Gujarat State Electricity Corporation.

Azure Power plans to construct a 10MW solar facility in the state of Meghalaya, India. It has identified West Garo Hills and Ri-Bhoi districts as potential sites for the project.

Schott Solar has signed a contract with Premier Solar, India, to deliver 200,000 Schott ASI photovoltaic modules.

Moser Baer selected First Solar to supply 25MW DC of advanced thin-film modules for its solar power generation projects in India.