A sub-committee under the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is preparing draft policy guidelines for development of offshore wind energy projects.
Category: Power & New and Renewable Energy
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TN prepares policy to add over 3 gw capacity
Tamil Nadu government is framing a solar power policy that aims to add over 3,000 mw of solar power generation capaÂcity in the state.
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Punjab to unveil policy for solar, biomass
Punjab government would soon formulate a policy that would help the state produce 500 mw power from biomass and 100 mw from solar power sector.
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Tata’s Mundra UMPP
Tata Power has synchronised the second unit at the Mundra ultra mega power project in Gujarat with the grid. With this, the company’s installed capacity surpassed 6,099 mw.
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Indo-Bhutan hydel projects
Under the Indo-Bhutan joint initiative, works for new hydropower projects of total 3,500 mw capacity will begin within next one year. The most important one in this list of projects is Sankosh.
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Essar captive power plant
Owing to severe shortage of natural gas, Essar Oil decided to run the 20-million tonne Vadinar refinery in Gujarat on coal-based power instead of gas-based.
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Suzlon Group wins orders
Suzlon Group-subsidiary, REpower Systems SE, achieved cumulative orders of approximately 219 mw over a two month period, excluding orders announced separately.
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Fall in wind capacity addition
India’s wind power capacity addition fell by nearly half in the first three months of the current financial year over the same period last year.
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India sets target of 88,425 mw
The Planning Commission has set a power capacity addition target of 88,425 mw for the current Five-Year Plan period ending March 2017 to bridge the widening demand-supply gap for electricity.
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Power supply in Patna to be privatised
The Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB) has given its green signal to entrust the Mumbai-based Essar Power the job of power supply and distribution in Patna.