Vinayak Chatterjee gets down to the brasstacks on India's slow rate of infrastructure development, dismisses theories on the shortage of funding and recommends an overarching political authority for infrastructure.
Category: Power & New and Renewable Energy
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Karnataka to add power capacity
Karnataka is planning to add 1,600 MW of generating capacity by the end of the current financial year.
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New transmission lines with private participation
The Empowered Committee of the Ministry of Power for deveÂlopÂment of inter-state tranÂsmission lines has recommÂended setting up of five new transmission lines with an estimated length of 2,600 km through tariff-basÂed competiÂtive bidding
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Vedanta buys more into Cairn
Vedanta Resources will buy another 10 per cent in the Indian arm of Cairn Energy as part of a restructuring of the much-delayed deal that will result in a $600 million reduction in the price tag.
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Jaypee's hydro power project to come up by Aug 15
Jaypee Group's Rs 7,000-crore Karcham Wangtoo hydro power project in Himachal Pradesh is expected to be opeÂrational by August 15, much ahead of schedule.
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WB aid for THDC hydro power project
The World Bank will proÂvide a loan of $ 648 million to the state run THDC India for constructing the Vishnugad Pipalkoti hydroelectric plant. This plant on the Alaknanda river is expected to generate 1,665 million units of electriÂcity annually
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Gujarat wind power capacity leaps 500%
The wind power generation capacities of Gujarat have seen a sharp increase since 2006 from 338 MW to 2175.5 MW in 2011. The share of Gujarat in the country's total wind power generation capacities has jumped from a mere 6.32 per cent in 2006
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Five cos bid for NTPC tender
Five firms have bid for NTPC's Rs 9,000-crore tender for supply of nine units of
supercritical power equipment: Bharat Heavy Electricals, L&T-Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Thermax-Babcock & Wilcox, Alstom-Bharat-Forge and
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Landmark: Critically yours
22 December 2010 was an important day for Indian power: On that day, Adani Power commissioned first unit of 660 MW of Phase III of Mundra Power Project, the country's first unit based on supercritical technology.
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Case Study: Niagara Tunnel breaks barriers
In an ambitious project, an engineering landmark takes shape 140 m under the Niagara Falls in Canada. When finished, the project will increase output by about 1.6 billion kWh, enough to supply renewable energy to 160,000 homes.