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Tag: Tata Power
Tata seeks waivers from Mundra UMPP lenders
Hit by higher price of imported coal and lower tariff realisation, Tata Power has sought 'certain waivers' from lenders to ensure further disbursements of loans to the 4,000 MW Mundra plant
Tata registers wind energy plant in Karnataka
Tata Power has registered its 50.4 MW wind energy plant at Gadag in north Karnataka. As the project has been set up under the clean development mechanism (CDM) programme of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC),
Tata to add 1,600 MW
By adding two more units to its 4,000 MW Mundra ultra mega power project (UMPP) in Gujarat, Tata Power Company is to expand the project's capacity to 5,600 MW.
Tata Power suggests steps to boost power sector
Tata Power Managing Director Anil Sardana urges government to take policy measures to enable the power sector grow at 12 per cent every year. He said the power sector must grow at 12 per cent every fiscal in order to support a GDP growth of 7-8 per cent
Tata Power to modernise Trombay thermal plant
Tata Power has proposed modernisation of its 500 MW Unit 6 at Trombay Thermal Power Station. The plan includes addition of coal firing equipment and installation of pollution control equipment
to make the unit work on coal, oil and gas, wherein all three fuels can be combined in any percentage.
This is being done to control spiralling oil cost, the company said. The proposed modernisation will improve utilisation of full capacity of 500 MW. It will also reduce fuel cost and help lower tariffs
Felicitating industry leaders
Over the last fiveyears there has been increased private sector participation in infrastructure via Public Private Partnerships (PPP), and as an objective but active participant in documenting this growth, Infrastructure Today established the InfrasÂtructure Today Awards in collaboration with KPMG. It is our endeavour to applaud and recognise partners in the nationÂ’s growth through partnerships, a mode that has caught the fancy of the nationÂ’s policymakers, owÂners and developers.
A powerful visionary
Anil Sardana is the Managing Director of Tata Power since February 2011. Beginning August 2007 till January 31, 2011, he was the Managing Director of Tata Teleservices (TTSL) and Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra). Prior to August 2007, he worked in Tata Power for more than five years.
Tata’s Mundra UMPP
Tata Power has synchronised the second unit at the Mundra ultra mega power project in Gujarat with the grid. With this, the company’s installed capacity surpassed 6,099 mw.
Tata to add 8,500 mw
Tata Power is looking to put up 8,500 mw power plant by the end of FY 2013, of which 5,050 mw is to come from Mundra and Maithon power projects.