NTPC plans to increase its generation capacity to 36,000 MW by March next year.The company also plans to invest about Rs 3,300 crore to expand the capacity of its existing coal based plant at Sipat. The first super critical unit for the company, with a capacity of 660 MW, has been commissioned at the plant.
Category: Power & New and Renewable Energy
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ReNew Wind Power secures Goldman investment
ReNew Wind Power, a reneÂwable energy independent poÂwer producer (IPP), announced it has secured an equity investment of up to Rs 1,000 crore from Goldman Sachs, a leading global investment bank and active investor in alternative energy/clean technology.
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Sterlite bags BSNL order
Sterlite Technologies, a provider of transmission solutions for the power and telecom industries, said it has received Rs 114 crore contract from BSNL for establishÂment of a broadband network in the state run company's telecom circles.
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Power Grid on a roll
The new Chairman and Managing Director of Power Grid Corporation of India follows good examples before him and therefore, as he steps into his predecessor SK Chaturvedi’s shoes, he also enters the new challÂenge of rural transmission and new and replacement technology such as high voltage (HV) cabling and smart grids.
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New MoEF, new approach
If Jairam Ramesh was flexible on the Kyoto Protocol and tough on industries in an endeavour to build overall responsibility towards the environment, his successor Jayanthi Natarajan seems to have a clear brief to tighten the nation’s stand on that issue as she talked tough at her first meeting on climate change issues with 150 environment ministers in South Africa.
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Coal transportation norms
Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) is planning to reduce the distance of carrying the coal having more than 34 per cent ash content to the power plant from 1,000 km to 500 km from the pit-head.
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Power capacity grew
During the 11th Plan, 40,781 MW of power capacity has been added which is nearly double the capacity added in the entire Tenth Plan, Union Minister of Power Sushilkumar Shinde said.
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Power Grid's 1st 1,200-kV station in MP
Power Grid Corporation will launch a 1,200-kV ultra-high voltage (UHV) test station along with experimental lines in Bina of Madhya Pradesh in September.
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Power, telecom cos raise foreign funds
The Centre had approved companies' fund raising worth Rs 60,950 crore through extÂernal commercial borrowing (ECB) or foreign currency cÂoÂnvertible bonds (FCCB) for inÂfrastructure projects in the last two financial years.
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Power, telecom cos raise foreign funds
The Centre had approved companies' fund raising worth Rs 60,950 crore through extÂernal commercial borrowing (ECB) or foreign currency cÂoÂnvertible bonds (FCCB) for inÂfrastructure projects in the last two financial years.