The Hyderabad-headquartered Konaseema Gas Power Ltd has announced a sale under liquidation of its 445 MW combined cycle power plant located in the East Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh.

Hitachi ABB Power Grids, listed on the Indian stock exchanges as ABB Power Products and Systems India Ltd, has won a project worth more than Rs 1 billion from HPCL Rajasthan Refinery Ltd (HRRL), a joint venture between the state-run Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) and the Government of Rajasthan.

The Indian electricity grid is going through various transformational changes linked to the initiatives taken bythe Government of India for renewable energy, reduction in distribution losses, improvement in the availability of supply, better services to consumers and energy efficiency.

The Central Government is charting a plan to set up three large manufacturing zones for power equipment in different places in the country.

Hitachi ABB Power Grids India, which is listed on the Indian stock exchanges as ABB Power Products and Systems India Ltd, along with consortium partner Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL), has successfully energised the first stage of the 6,000 megawatt (MW) +/-800 kilovolt (kV) ultra-high voltage direct current (UHVDC) transmission link connecting Raigarh in Central India to Pugalur in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.

In an order worth Rs 1.2 billion, Hitachi ABB Power Grids India will be delivering its transformers to the government-owned electric locomotive manufacturer, Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW), for the production of 400 passenger and freight locomotive engines.

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power & New and Renewable Energy, Raj Kumar Singh has assured that the proposed reforms in the nation’s power sector weren’t directed at undermining federalism.

The Power Minister pointed out that from the data on item-wise quantum of imports in power sector given by Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence (DGCI), Department of Commerce it is seen that many types of equipment like transmission line towers, conductors, industrial electronics, capacitors, transformers, cables and insulators and fittings, etc.

ABB Power Grids has been awarded a project worth Rs 1.65 billion by state-owned refiner Indian Oil Corp. Limited (IOCL) to ensure reliable grid connection at its Barauni refinery in Bihar.