Category: Power & New and Renewable Energy

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Power plants to get RIL’s gas under swap deal

Power plants to get RIL’s gas under swap deal

Under a so-called gas swapping arrangement, Hyderabad-based Bhagaynagar Gas (BGL) and power plants in Andhra Pradesh would get natural gas from Reliance Industries' KG-D6 fields. The gas would be supplied to BGL and power plants in Andhra Pradesh by diverting a part of gas allocated to Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers (RCF) from RIL's fields

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PPP Infra, power projects prone to corruption: UN Body

PPP Infra, power projects prone to corruption: UN Body

The United Nations Organisation (UNO) has found that public private partnerships or PPP projects in India's roads and power sectors are most prone to corruption, with private partners' evasion of revenue-share due to the government emerging as the biggest menace. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has also flagged loopholes in Indian laws' ability to curb such graft, and suggested that private partners in PPPs be designated as public officials to make them accountable under the Right to In

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Delhi’s VIP areas to get cheaper power

Delhi’s VIP areas to get cheaper power

The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) has decided to give relief to VIP areas under the New Delhi Municipal Council. Such VIP areas will have to pay less for electricity from June to August. The decision was taken before the DERC was to start public hearings for determining power tariff in the city.

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Belarusian nuke plant to get rebar supply from BMZ

Belarusian nuke plant to get rebar supply from BMZ

Byelorussian Steel Works said that it plans to supply more than 19,000 tonne of rebar in 2013 for the new Belarusian nuclear power plant which is currently under construction. BMZ expects its rebar supplies for the plant in May to total 2,150 tonne. Previously, BMZ produced and supplied rebar for the Voronezh nuclear power station and for the nuclear power station in Smolensk.

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Pre-monsoon showers hit power supply in Nashik

Pre-monsoon showers hit power supply in Nashik

While Nashik citizens breathed a sigh of relief to the pre-monsoon showers during early hours of June 3, the entire city and some parts of Nashik district plunged into darkness due to disruption in power supply as conductors snapped and insulators punctured. Even as the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) claimed to have carried out almost 80 per cent of the pre-monsoon maintenance works, the power supply in the city disrupted after feeders of 33 kilovolts (kv) an

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Jindal Power projects in Arunachal face hindrances

Jindal Power projects in Arunachal face hindrances

In Arunachal Pradesh, the three hydro power projects of more than 5,000 mw capacity, undertaken by Naveen JindalÂ’s Jindal Power (JPL), are likely to take at least 10 more years to get commissioned. This is mainly on account of delays in getting regulatory approvals and funding. The proposed run-of-the-river projects, with envisaged investments of nearly Rs 50,000 crore, include the 3,097 mw Etalin project, the 680 mw Attunli project and the 1,600 mw project at middle Subansiri.

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Jindal, IL&FS keen to partner NMDC for UP power plant

Jindal, IL&FS keen to partner NMDC for UP power plant

Jindal Power and IL&FS Energy Development Company have individually evinced interest to partner NMDC in setting up a 2X250 mw thermal power plant in Uttar Pradesh at an estimated cost of Rs 2,000 crore. Jindal Power and IL&FS Energy Development Company have shown interest to be a joint venture partner of NMDC for its proposed power plant in Uttar Pradesh.