The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has invited stakeholders for consultation to firm up norms for auction of 1,000 MW grid-connected wind power capacity. ´It is proposed to hold another round of consultations on August 23, 2016 with stakeholders on the revised draft guidelines for the scheme for setting up 1,000 MW wind power capacity through tariff based competitive bidding,´ a senior official said
Author: admin (Infratructure Today)
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Jindal Steel secures coal for Chhattisgarh plant
Jindal Steel and Power has said that it has secured coal supply of 1.18 million tonnes per year (MTPA) for five years for its 540 134 MW captive power generation plants in Dongamahua and Raigarh in Chhattisgarh
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Mumbai Metro starts structural health monitoring
Aging, deterioration and extreme events like earthquakes and hurricanes can take a toll on roads, bridges and other structures.
With damage and defects often invisible, and to alert the authorities to potential problems and even impending catastrophic failure, the Mumbai Metro One has commissioned the world´s first real-time advanced Structural Health Monitoring System (SHMS) for Asia´s tallest cable stay bridge across the Western Express Highway (WEH)
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Volatile fuel prices will reduce reliance on conventional fuels
Minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, has announced big investments in India´s ports and roads sector. These investments are the first step in economic growth, as well-laid infrastructure is a crucial need for improving the efficiency of cargo flow.
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Turnaround time in Indian major ports is a matter of concern
The current cargo handling capacity of Essar Ports is 150 MTPA. Essar Ports specialises in development and operations of ports and terminals for handling liquid, dry bulk, break bulk and general cargo.
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We plan to develop India as a Southeast Asia hub
At the moment, we estimate the market to be around 130 million square metres. And we expect this to potentially double within the next five to six years. So maybe we are talking about 200 million square metres. This is also the reason why we have moved into India as we see good potential in this market segment. We are aware that there are some challenges involved.
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Awareness creation is the biggest challenge
Currently, the demand is much less than the supply. We all have an installed capacity, but are not able to sort of utilise that fully because the demand still has to pick up locally.
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Hidden Benefits
Notwithstanding the tremendous potential to expand revenues, general lack of awareness about the benefits of using geosynthetics might delay projections set by firms in the sector. However, despite challenges, growth is eventually inevitable.
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CWAB 2.0 | 11th Architect And Buildier Awards 2016
Ever heard of the Oscars for the world of design, architecture and building? Of course you have! Last year, we completed 10 glorious years of our Construction World Architecture and Builder (CWAB) Awards!
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Gen-next mining solutions
As the Indian economy continues to grow from strength to strength, significant investments are being made to improve the much needed infrastructure of the construction and the mining industries, that are not far behind, with a high demand for fuel efficient and high productivity tippers.