State-owned Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) will develop power projects in Uganda and Nigeria as part of India's plans to broaden economic engagement with African countries to secure access to oil and gas blocks in the continent.
Author: admin (Infratructure Today)
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Indonesia to tighten coal export norms
Indonesia has circulated a draft decree seeking comments on imposing a ban on export of coal below 5,100 gross kcal per kg from 2014. Earlier, Jakarta brought in regulations that calÂled for all coal exports
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Plan Panel forms committee on power distribution
Planning Commission has set up a committee headed by BK Chaturvedi to help restore the financial health of the poÂwer distribution utilities.
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Kudankulam plant safe, say experts
Nuclear experts said that the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) has built into its design a multi-layered safety mechanism along with additiÂonal protocols to safeguard agaÂinst systemic or human error at the 2,000-MW station.
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Coal shortage cuts thermal generation
According to Central Electricity Authority (CEA) the thermal generation in the couÂntry dipped during September and the April-September period. In a report it said, although the coal-based plants achieved a growth rate of 6.46 per cent over the same period last year,
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MCD's 4 projects scrapped
Four projects of Municipal Corporation of Delhi's (MCD), which were funded by the Central government's Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) scheme in December 2009
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Project excellence awards
The IPMA International Project Excellence Awards for 2011 have been presented recently. Tecnimont ICB (TICB), the Indian subsidiary of Maire Tecnimont Group, awarded the IPMA International Project Excellence Award 2011
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Power proj to rural AP
The AP Government is planning to start execution of works for the AP Rural High Voltage Distribution Project by March next year.
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Government approves four expressways
The government has apprÂoved building over 1,000 km of expressways under NHDP, entailing an investment of Rs 16,680 crore. The projects include 400 km long Vadodara-Mumbai, 66 km long Delhi-Meerut,
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Infra companies keen on Africa
The country's infrastructure companies are increasingly taking up projects in Africa to offset the impact of slowdown in domestic orders because of delayed decision-making by the government, hurdles in land acquisition and environmental clearances.