Major Renewable Energy players have called for state-level policies and green corridors to achieve the national target of Ăâ175 GW by 2022Ăâ at the 4th CII Renewable Energy Summit which was recently held at New Delhi.
Category: Power & New and Renewable Energy
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ABB India bags Rs 178-crore contract from Bangladesh Power Grid Corp
ABB India has said that it has bagged a contract worth Rs 178 crore from Power Grid Corporation of Bangladesh (PGCB) for setting up two new sub-stations and upgrading two existing ones.
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NALCO dedicates 100.80 MW of Suzlon’s wind power plants to the nation
NALCO has dedicated 100.80 MW of wind power plants to the Nation. Jual Oram, Minister for Tribal Affairs and Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines, were present on the occasion at Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
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Hartek Power bags 1,025 MW solar grid EPC orders in FY17
Chandigarh-based Hartek Power has said that its solar grid EPC order size has increased by 733 per cent to 1,025 MW in 2016-17, compared to 123 MW worth of orders the company had received in the previous fiscal.
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BHEL bags order from Railways for solar power plant
Power equipment major BHEL has said that it has bagged an order from Indian Railways for installing 2 MW rooftop solar photovoltaic systems at Diesel Locomotive Modernisation Works (DMW) in Patiala. The contract agreement was signed between BHEL and the Indian Railways Organisation for Alternate Fuels (IROAF).
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Essar Power’s generation up 49percent in 2016-17
Essar Power has delivered a strong operational performance in 2016-17, with its power generation moving up 49 per cent. Apart from generating more power, the company added 165 megawatt (MW) capacity to its portfolio by commissioning one unit each at its Paradip and Hazira plants. The generation increased 57 per cent year-on-year in the quarter ended March 31, 2017.
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Asian Development Bank extends $175-million loan to Power Grid
The Asian Development Bank has extended a $175-million loan to public sector undertaking Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL).
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Infrastructure sector sees deals worth $3.49 billion in FY17
The infrastructure sector raised a total of $3.49 billion across 33 transactions in FY17 compared with $2.98 billion raised in 31 transactions in FY16, highlighting the growing number of deals in the sector, according to data from investment bank Equirus Capital.
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544 ULBs sign MoUs with EESL for LED streetlights
A total of 544 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) have entered into an implementation agreement with Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) for replacement of streetlights with LED streetlights, till 3rd April, 2017.
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Centre releases details on nuclear energy generation
The electricity generation from nuclear power in the last two years, i.e., 2014-15 and 2015-16, was 37,835 million units (MU) and 37,456 MU respectively. The generation in 2014-15 was 35,592 MU of commercial generation and 2,243 MU of infirm (non commercial) generation, while the entire generation in 2015-16 was commercial.