Chennai Metro Rail (CMRL) has awarded a Rs 305 crore contract for power supply and overhead equipment (OHE) to Siemens AG, Germany, and its Indian arm Seimens India Consortium.
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Power cos in Guj to pay cess
Gujarat Green Cess Bill, 2011 that stipulates levying a cess of Rs 0.02 per unit of electricity generated by power firms using non-renewable sources was passed by the state assembly.
Budget 2011-12: Infra on higher pedestal
The government intends to spend Rs 214,000 crore on infrastructure, 23.3 per cent higher than the allocations in 2010-11, accounting for major share of 48.5 per cent of the gross budgetary support to the central plan.
Power cos' tax holiday extended to Mar 2012
In a bid to boost power capacity, Union Budget 2011-12 extended tax holiday for power sector projects including Ultra Mega Power Projects which take off this fiscal.
Brighton is setting up nuclear reactor making plant at Vizag
Brighton Group of USA signed a memorandum of understanding with the Andhra Pradesh government for setting up a Rs 2,880 crore nuclear power equipment manufacturing facility near Visakhapatnam.
Acute coal shortage says CIL
Power generation projects with investments to the tune of Rs 75,000 crore are facing a threat—an acute shortage of domestic coal.
How smart is your grid?
The potential to adopt smart grid technologies and designs in India in a big way in view of the anticipated growth in power infrastructure within the country is huge.
Jain Irrigation to enter green energy sector
Jain Irrigation Systems is planning to commercially enter the green energy sector by offering its expertise to food processing.
Subsidy for wind power gen
India plans to continue offering a subsidy to wind farm developers which rewards them based on the amount of power they generate and the incentive will conÂtinue beyond March 2012.
WBGEDC uses green power
The West Bengal Green Energy Development Corporation (WBGEDC) along with a private partner will execute a central project to supply power to 41 villages in the Sunderbans on a public-private partnership basis.

