The state-owned NTPC plans to import 17 million tonne (mt) of coal this fiscal which is higher than the quantity purchased last financial year.
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Category: Power & New and Renewable Energy
RIL plans $13-bn projects
Reliance Industries (RIL) plans to invest about $13 billion in energy projects, including a 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) crude refinery at its Jamnagar complex.
CIL misses output target again
Coal India produced only 34.54 million tonne of coal in August, missing the target for a fourth month, even as acute fuel shortages continue to hit power generation. The target for August was 35.13 million tonne (mt).
Alstom bags Rs.3,250 cr PowerGrid contract for transmission link
Alstom has been awarded Euro 400 million (Rs 3,250 crore) from Power Grid Corporation for building a transmission link between Haryana and Chhattisgarh.
NTPC to revise Katwa capacity
NTPC remained optimistic of the super critical 1,320 MW Katwa thermal plant in West Bengal.
Mysore-Kozhikode power line gets nod
Despite protests from environmentalists, the Karnataka state government has decided to go ahead with drawing of a 400 kV power line from My- sore to Kozhikode via Kodagu, to evacuate power from Kaiga nuclear plant, near Karwar.
Telangana turns to solar power
The Telangana government is placing its bets on the sun to help it tide over the energy crisis.
TPS wins order from JNNSM
Tata Power Solar (TPS) has won one of the largest orders of JNNSM phase-2 batch-1. The company will supply the entire module requirement for the 20 MW (AC) project to be built by ACME Solar.
NTPCs fuel supply pacts for FY14
NTPC has signed fuel supply agreements for 14,010 MW capacity to be commissioned by March 2015.
BHEL to explore new business models
BHEL is exploring new business models apart from scouting for overseas opportunities in Russia, Kazakhstan and other countries

