TK Chand, director (commercial), of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP) informed that the shutdown of many steel rolling mills in Andhra Pradesh would affect the sale of VSP in 2012-13. It is learnt that about two-thirds of the steel rolling mills in the state are shut while production in the remaining mills dropped by more than 50 per cent because of acute powe
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KPCL to select company for supply of LNG
Karnataka Power Corporation (KPCL) plans to conduct international competitive bidding process to select a company for supply of up to 1 mn mtpa of liquid natural gas (LNG). KPCL requires LNG in order to fuel its upcoming 700 mw gas-based combined cycle power project at Bidadi near
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TN’s new solar policy
The Tamil Nadu Government unveiled new solar energy policy which appears to offer a Rs 21,000-24,000 crore business opportunity and the players in the field apparently are waiting for the Government Order to specify the contours of the new policy.
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Govt to decide on green nod before auctioning 54 blocks
Government would soon decide on whether to secure environment and forest clearances for the 54 coal blocks before auctioning them to power, steel and other firms. According to reports, government finds it preferable to secure green nod before auctioning these blocks in order to avoid delay in developing them.
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Panel upholds CAG’s right to audit blocks
The Rangarajan Committee on oil and gas sector opined that it was the prerogative of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) to audit expenses incurred by block operators. The panel, which submitted its report to the union government recently, suggested that the blocks with low value can be audited by panel of auditors formed by CAG and f
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Vizag Steel works on captive power plant project
In order to ensure assured power supply for its future requirement, the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant is working on a 240 mw captive power plant project in two phases. In the first phase, the firm would be setting up a 120 mw blast furnace gas-based captive plant with an investment of Rs 677 crore. AP Choudhary, Chairman and Managing Director of the firm, laun
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Infrascape 2013 | Power distribution needs significant reform intervention
India has suffered a slowdown due to weak industrial growth. There is an immediate need to improve the macro-economic environment to accelerate the pace of reforms. As the year 2012 ends and the New Year rolls in, the existing troubles need immediate resolution.
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Infrascape 2013 | Positive changes in 2013
In the power sector, 2012 has been a very bad year with zero projects commenced. Unfortunately all the ingredients of the sector have gone wrong. Coal, environĂÂmental clearances and land became a huge problem for any power project. So whatever projects were on the anvil have also got delayed or shelved.
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Infrascape 2013 | Policy reforms to accelerate capacity building in distribution
When we reflect on the developments in the power sector in 2012, we find that it was a mixed bag. The generation sector saw a phenomenal, unprecĂÂedented, capacity additĂÂion thus, bridging the energy gap to a great extent. Today, the total installed generation capaĂÂcity is over 209,000 MW after an addition of over 50,000 MW in the 11th 5 year plan period.
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India, US join hands to develop solar energy
An initiative has been jointly taken by India and the United States to develop solar energy through photovoltaic (PV) projects and concentrated solar power (CSP), also known as solar thermal. This comes four months after India experienced one of the worldĂâs biggest blackouts, which affected more than 680 million people.
Titled ĂâSERIIUSĂâ (Solar Energy Research Initiative of India and the United States), the $50 million project would be conducted by the Bangalore-based Indian Institute of Science