Sonthalia Group is likely to set up a dual 600 MW solar power park and Special Economic Zone over a 1,250 hectare barren land in Odisha on a long-term lease for 35 years.
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Category: Power & New and Renewable Energy
ReNew Power awards 50 MW turnkey wind project
ReNew Power, a renewable energy company, has placed a 50 MW turnkey project order to Gamesa. The order will be likely be commissioned by March 2017. Gamesa will supply 25 units of G114 - 2.0MW T106 turbines which will be set up at Amba, Madhya Pradesh.
AP to start 5 MW bund solar project
All set to achieve a new high, the state of Andhra Pradesh will commission a 5 MW Canal Bund Solar Project, a first of its kind in the country, on November 24, 2016.
Guj Alkalies sets up 15 MW solar unit
Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals may set up a 15 MW solar power project. The solar project will be based on engineering, procurement and construction with an estimated cost of Rs.100 crore.
India Grid Trust to go in for IPO
India Grid Trust has filed its draft red herring prospectus with SEBI for a proposed IPO of Rs 2,650 crore. The investment trust, sponsored by Sterlite Power Grid Ventures Ltd, owns inter-state power transmission assets in India.
ABB India and IIT Madras collaborate for micro-grids
ABB India and IIT Madras will collaborate to develop a power management system to optimise the operation of multiple micro-grids, with and without grid connection, while managing electricity supply to villages.
Power demand to rise | NTPC CMD
Exuding confidence that the Centre´s UDAY scheme will help revive debt stressed discoms, NTPC Ltd Chairman and Managing Director Gurdeep Singh has said that electricity demand is going to increase in the future.
SJVN Limited awards 50 MW order to Inox Wind
Inox Wind Limited, a wind energy solutions provider, has bagged an order for a 50 MW wind power project to be deployed in Gujarat from SJVN Limited, a Category-I Mini Ratna CPSE and hydroelectric power major.
Haryana Power starts solar plant
The Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited (HPGCL) has commissioned its first 10 MW solar project at Panipat Thermal Power Station. The solar plant, on its first day, generated nearly 10,000 units.
Centre urged to give up proposal to set up Kudankulam nuclear park
The Union Government should give up its proposal of establishing a ´Nuclear Park´ at Kudankulam by constructing four more reactors in addition to the already built first two 1,000 MW reactors with Russian assistance.

