A Central Electricity Authority review has said that India suffered a power generation loss of over 11.46 per cent, in 2011-12, on account of fuel shortage, transmission bottlenecks and an equipment proÂblem. All India electricity
generation in the country during 2011-12 has been at 876.89 bu. The increased forÂced outages were due to incÂreased forced shutdown of units due to coal supply problem and transmission constrÂaints and equipment problems of some new units, the CEA report said.
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India suffers over 11% power generation loss
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Gamesa to foray into solar EPC
Ramesh Kymal, Chairman and Managing Director, Gamesa India, intends to set foot in the engineering, procuÂrement and construction (EPC) space of solar projects in order to diversify its revenue stream. Noting that wind energy would remain the core business of the company, Kymal said it wanted to also explore the possibility of harnessing solar power at its wind farm
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L&T, KEC to vie for REC, PFC projects
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CESC power distribution contract overseas
The power flagship of the Rs 10,000 crore RP Sanjiv Goenka Group, CESC has now taken the first step in power distribution space overseas, bagging a distribution right for Port Harcourt in Nigeria, Sanjiv Goenka, Vice-Chairman, CESC and Chairman of RP Sanjiv Goenka Group, said. The distribution right covers an area of 48,000 sq km and an annual turnover of $180 million.
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Gamesa wins contract
Gamesa Wind Turbines India has bagged an order from SJVN, a ‘mini-ratna’ central public sector undertaking, for the supply of 56 wind turbines of 850 kW capacity each totalling 47.60 MW. The order comes with a 10-year ‘operations
and maintenanceÂ’ services contract.
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J&K to add 8 GW hydel capacity
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Model solar cities
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Essar Power Vadinar P2 project
Essar Power has commissioned the second unit of 225 MW of its 510 MW Vadinar Phase 2 project in Gujarat. The coal-fired Vadinar P2 plant with a total capacity of 510 MW is now fully commissioned and will be providing power and process steam to Essar OilÂ’s nearby oil refinery.
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Dhamra PortÂ’s new record
The traffic throughput in October at Dhamra Port exceeded the one-million tonne-mark reaching 1.17 million tonne for the first time in the last 18 months. The port could achieve this throughput because of improved productivity, handling of iron ore shipment and the diversion of dry bulk carriers from Haldia to Dhamra.
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Kolkata Port expansion plan
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