Indian state-run Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has won the INR10bn (US$215m) contract for supplying electro-mechanical equipment to the 1200MW Punatsangchhu-I hydroelectric in Bhutan. Under the terms of the agreement, BHEL’s Bhopal facility will manufacture and supply six Francis turbines and generates of 200MW each with the associated equipment. The company’s electronic division at Bangalore …
Bangladesh is inviting foreign investors to raise US$7bn to boost the country’s electricity generation and consequently, accelerate its economic development. Shortfalls in natural gas supply and technical constraints limit national power production to a maximum of 3700MW while the country’s peak hour demand surpasses 5000MW, according to officials. Electricity consumption has been growing by 7.5 …
The burgeoning construction of nuclear newbuild in Asia and the concerns over fuel security to power these plants is to increase international merger and acquisition activity to ensure supplies of uranium, according to a Nomura International report. “The key feature of worldwide uranium resource distribution is that a couple of countries own most of the …
When Tata Power Decided to upgrade its coal handling facilities, it called on FLSmidth’s expertise to overcome several challenges.
The US has decided to step up the pressure on the World Bank to stop funding the construction of coal-fired power stations in the developing world. In a letter sent to the World Bank and obtained by the Times of India, US Executive Director to the World Bank, Whitney Debevoise said: “The Obama Administration believes …
Russia will build six to eight nuclear power units in Haripur, West Bengal, India, the head of the Russian Atomic Energy Corporation (Rosatom) Sergei Kiriyenko announced. He sees India’s decision on the new construction site as crucial. ‘We have been discussing this site for four years. As a result Indian government has taken a decision …
Power Grid Corporation of India has announced that it will invest INR500bn (US$10.85bn) in developing seven transmission corridors across the country over the next five years. This will enable more efficient use of around 55,000MW of power, generated from independent power producers and merchant power plants in Chhattisgarh, Orissa and Jharkhand. A PGCIL executive said …
India’s Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) announced its new rules relating to energy trading and power market development. Under the new renewable energy certificate (REC) legislation, the commission will designate a central agency for the registration of renewable energy generators participating in the scheme. Generators will have two options, either to sell their output at …
Tata Power’s efforts to expand its generating capacity by more than fourfold, as part of a national drive to help solve India’s widening power-demand-supply gap, are certainly not cheap, by any means. In a recent interview with Dow Jones Newswires, the company’s Finance Director Sowmyan Ramakrishnan said that: “We have close to 6,000 megawatts (of …
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