National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) is preparing to start commercial operations at three new solar power plants, doubling its capacity from solar energy sources. NTPC has vowed to raise the amount of energy it generates from renewable resources
Author: admin (Infratructure Today)
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Ujaas Energy’s solar plans
Ujaas Energy recently announced the commissioning of 105 MW installed solar power capacity. Ujaas Energy under the National Solar Mission and the National Tariff Policy,
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GVK to exit Punjab power plant
GVK Power & Infrastructure is planning to sell its under construction 540 MW Goindwal Sahib power plant in Punjab to NTPC. The project expected to be commissioned in the first quarter of 2014-15, has a 25 year power purchase agreement with the Punjab State Power Commission.
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Reliance’s Butibori plant now fully operational
Reliance Power said its 600 MW coal-based power plant at Butibori in Maharashtra is fully operational. Butibori Power Project is being developed by Vidarbha Industries Power (VIPL), a subsidiary of Reliance Power.
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Alstom concludes contract with BHEL
Alstom has been awarded a Ç40 million contract by Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) to supply three 660 MW supercritical boilers for North Karanpura Super Thermal Power Project in Jharkhand. The units are expected to be commissioned in 2017.
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AP Genco’s Krishnapatnam plant goes on stream
The first unit of 800 MW (2x800 MW) of Sri Damodaram Sanjeevaiah Thermal Power Station in Krishnapatnam has been synchronised with the Power Grid. This project being executed by AP Genco is expected to partly ease up the demand supply situation in the state.
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Supreme Infra bags orders
Supreme Infrastructure has secured three orders cumulatively worth Rs 617.7 crore for various construction works. These include a Rs 337-crore project for two-laning of Chhapra-Rewaghar-Muzaffarpur section of NH-102 in Bihar,
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Alstom bags contract from Power Grid
Alstom T&D India and Alstom Grid UK have won a Rs 182 crore contract from Power Grid Corporation to supply and refurbish High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) converter transformers.
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Court relief for Parama flyover project
Calcutta High Court ordered Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) to construct the remaining portion of Park Circus-Parama Island flyover. The court accepted the HCC offer of Rs 257 crore for constructing the remaining part of the flyover.
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PMG clears Rs 5 lakh cr worth projects
The Project Monitoring Group (PMG) set up by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has cleared Rs 5.1 lakh crore worth of infrastructure projects in less than a year, prompting over a dozen states keen on setting up similar monitoring cell in their respective states.