Suzlon Group's wind park in Kutch district of Gujarat has crossed 1,000 MW of installed capacity. This makes the company's Kutch wind park one of the largest of its kind in India. Suzlon currently has a total installed capacity of over 1,500 MW in Gujarat.Apart from Kutch, the company's other installations in the state are at Jamanagar, Porbandar, Rajkot and BhavÂnagar.
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Welspun investment plans
Welspun Energy will make investments worth Rs 15,000 crore in the next three years for renewable energy capacities in India. The board of directors of the company has recently given its approval for the investment plans. Vineet Mittal, Co-founder and Managing Director, Welspun Energy said in Gandhinagar that the company has invested around Rs 3,500 crore for
power capacities in the renewable energy space.
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GAIL commissions 5-mn t LNG terminal
BC Tripathi, Chairman, Gail India, informed that it has commissioned the 5 million toÂnne (mn t) capacity liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Dabhol facility in Maharashtra.
He also informed that the firm plans to double its capacity by 2016 in a phased manner. Initially, the firm would focus on completing construction of break-water facility, which will help in expanding the terminal's capacity to 7.5 mmtpa in next two years and finally to 10 mmtpa in 2016.
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Ore shipment doubles in December
In December 2012, 11 major Indian ports handled a total of 1.89 million tonne of iron ore export cargo compared to 907,000 tonne in November 2012. This is a over 100 per cent rise in export of the steel-making raw material in December compared to the previous month
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Global clean energy investments fell by 11% in 2012
According to reports, the overall global clean energy investments in 2012 was $268.7 billion, down from $302.3 billion in 2011. Clean energy investment declined 11 per cent in 2012, weighed down by regulatory uncertainty and policy changes in big markets such as the US, India, Spain and Italy. Sharply lower prices of solar and wind technology also provided downward pressure on investment volumes.
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India, China to contribute considerably to rise in oil demand
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh remarked that India and China may account for a major part of the increase in global demand for crude oil. He said this at the launch function of National Electric Mobility Mission Plan 2020. In order to reduce transport sector's dependence on oil, Singh emphasised on the need for development of el
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India to have world’s most extensive road network
India will soon have one of the world's most extensive National Highway networks through various phases of the National Highways Development Project. The projects were being financed largely through user fees from toll collection points on these improved highways, Union Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways Sarvey Sathyanarayana said in Coimbatore on January 8.
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Iran to develop Chabahar port for India
Iran reiterated its commitment to develop Chabahar port to bolster its ties with India. Iran plans to expand the port in five phases and to ramp up its capacity to 20 million tonne by 2020. India's interest in the Iranian port is not only to get a direct access to Central Asia but also to facilitate import of mine
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India should get into long-term oil tie-ups, says expert
To meet its future energy needs at low cost, India should acquire oil assets overseas and if its workable enter into long-term bilateral development and supply agreements with oil-exporting countries.
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Pricing, marketing policies hit gas sector growth: Report
The growth of India's natural gas sector has been constrained by curbs imposed by pricing and marketing policies of the government, a FICCI-PWC report said last week. The gas sector in India holds tremendous potential.