India ranks 5th in terms of installed capacity from wind energy projects globally which has reached to 18,522 MW as on 31 January 2013. The present wind power installed capacity in the country is 19,051 MW
Category: Power & New and Renewable Energy
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India, US body for space solar power
APJ Abdul Kalam, the former President of India, and Mark Hopkins, Executive Committee Chairman of the National Space Society announced to have a clear plan of action to market the idea of a livable planet
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Siemens gets NTPC contract
Siemens has received an order from National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) for the renovation and modernisation of its Korba Stage-II (3X500 MW) plant in Chhattisgarh. Siemens engineers will replace the existing system with the fourth-generation distributed control system
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FSAs to power projects
The Union Coal Ministry gave a commitment for fuel supply agreements (FSAs) to 11 power projects with an investment of Rs 52,349 crore. With this, the government has broken the four year jinx in signing FSAs in the country.
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BHEL thermal power units in Buryatia
Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) is looking to build two thermal power plant units in the Russian internal republic of Buryatia. Executives from BHEL recently met representatives of the Buryatia government to negotiate over the
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Power demand to grow 6.2 per cent
Power demand in India is expected to grow at just 6.2 per cent over the next five years amid the economic slowdown, a study by rating agency Crisil has said. Hence, power projects, for which producers had bid aggressively,
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Tata registers wind energy plant in Karnataka
Tata Power has registered its 50.4 MW wind energy plant at Gadag in north Karnataka. As the project has been set up under the clean development mechanism (CDM) programme of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC),
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Villagers stall NTPC project
Villagers stopped the mining project at NTPC's Pakri-Barwadih coal block demanding higher compensation from the state-run coal producer for acquiring the cultivable land.
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Bharti Airtel to use solar energy for its towers
To cut operational costs of its network, Bharti Airtel plans to use environmentally-friendly energy sources to power its telecom towers in Africa.
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TCIL’s green towers to West Asian players
Telecom Consultants India (TCIL) is negotiating with West Asian carriers Saudi Telecom and OmanTel to supply green energy solutions for powering their tower networks.