India is likely to have met its target of adding 10,000 watt of solar power generation capacity in the year ended March 2018, thanks to a sudden spurt of installations during the final months of the year (Jan-Mar), going by numbers released by an independent group. According to Mercom India, a consultancy that tracks the […]
Within weeks of starting the first ever long-term LNG supply from the US, India opened up yet another source of natural gas with the arrival of the first LNG shipment from Russia. Russia is currently, world’s largest crude oil & second largest gas producer in the world. While, lndia is world’s 3rd largest energy consumer […]
NLC India Ltd, formerly known as Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, said it has been able to reduce the price of its power by another Rs 35 to 58 paise per unit from this year due to improved efficiency and lower taxes. This is in addition to the 45 to 75 paise already reduced due to the […]
India has withdrawn its decision to impose a duty of 7.5% (effectively around 10%) on imports of solar modules, and this could give a shot in the arm for the solar power industry, according to India Ratings. The move could also help achieve the government’s target of achieving total, grid-connected solar power capacity of 100 […]
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd, India’s largest hydrocarbon producer, said it plans to spend Rs 17,615 cr on drilling activity in the current financial year. This is a 24% increase over the Rs 14,200 cr spent in the year ended March. The company also set a record in financial year 2017-18 by drilling the […]
Adani Group said it appointed Anil Sardana, who stepped down as Tata Power CEO three months ago, as the new CEO of its power transmission and distribution business just as it gets ready to take on the Tatas in Mumbai. Two months ago, Adani announced an agreement to purchase the transmission and distribution business of […]
Indian Oil Corporation said it will set up a unit at its Paradip refinery to manufacture the main ingredient used in the production of polyester. The plant to manufacture ethylene glycol will be set up in Paradip in Odisha at a cost of Rs 4,221 cr, the company said. Ethylene Glycol is used to manufacture […]
Reliance Industries said it was not aware of any inquiry into the funds received by entities connected with it or its promoters from Singapore-based Biometrix Marketing. It also said, as far as it was aware, that the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal “was satisfied with the source of funds”. The clarifications came after report by the […]
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone said it signed a long term agreement with Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) to provide Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) regasification services on a use-or-pay basis at its upcoming LNG import terminal at Dhamra in Odisha. As per the contract, IOC has booked 3 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) regasification capacity […]
Government-controlled infrastructure equipment maker Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) said it has been awarded a Rs 137 cr renovation and modernisation order for a pollution control system at NTPC Ltd’s Ramagundam Super Thermal Power Station. The order is for the modernization of the plant’s electrostatic precipitator (ESP), a device that removes suspended dust particles from a […]
Construction major Larsen & Toubro said its Hydrocarbon Engineering unit, along with its partner, won an order to supply three Gas Production Deck Modules from Saudi Aramco, one of the world’s largest oil companies. “This is the fourth award for the consortium of L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering (LTHE) with Subsea 7,” the Indian company said. The […]
Heavy equipment maker Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited said it won a Rs 4,400 cr order from the UP state electricity generation company to set up a 660 MW thermal power plant near Kanpur. The order has been placed on BHEL by Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd (UPRVUNL). Located at Panki in Kanpur district […]
Two weeks after it announced a deal to supply forgings for six indigenous nuclear plants being set up by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India, construction major Larsen & Toubro reported yet another order related to same plants. This time, L&T’s order is to supply steam generators and shields for the Fatehabad plant. Interestingly, Bharat […]
Industrial equipment maker Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd said it won its biggest ever solar power plant contract to set up a 75 megawatt farm in Gujarat. The order from Gujarat Industries Power Company Limited (GIPCL) was won against “stiff competitive bidding,” the company said. BHEL has the lion’s share of the power equipment market in […]
Power generation company JSW Energy Ltd said it has appointed auto industry veteran Sergio Luiz Pegoraro Rocha of Brazil to head its upcoming electric vehicle unit. In his previous stint, he was President, CEO and Chairman of GM Korea (General Motors, Korea), Uzbekistan and Vietnam operations based out of Seoul, South Korea. The power company […]
Around 82.5% of the landowners at the site of the upcoming Jaitapur Nuclear Power Plant in Maharashtra have agreed to receive compensation under the project, the ministry of atomic energy said today. Out of 2,236 people whose land needs to be acquired for the mega project, 1,844 have accepted the compensation and 1,820 have received […]
Tata Power, which supplies power to much of Mumbai, is offering a 50% subsidy to its customers who want to buy a BLDC or ultra-low power fan. Instead of Rs 3,500 per unit, customers will be able to get four units of the fan at Rs 1,750 each, making the remote-controlled ‘smart fans’ cheaper than […]
Suzlon Group, one of pioneers in India’s wind energy sector, said it has won construction orders for two wind energy farms in Kutch region of Gujarat, totaling 500 MW of capacity. Suzlon will execute both the projects on a turnkey basis and will also provide operation and maintenance services, the company said. The bids were […]
Yes Bank said it will lend Rs 750 cr to Mahindra Renewables Pvt. Ltd., part of the Mahindra Group, for constructing a 250 megawatt solar farm in the solar park at Rewa in Madhya Pradesh. The project has raised another Rs 200 cr from other financial institutions and achieved financial closure, the bank added. The […]
Suzlon Energy, one of the pioneers of wind power in India, said it has finished commissioning its entire solar order book of 340 megawatt, and will focus on hybrid solar-wind projects going forward. Out of the 340 MW erected, 210 MW was erected in Telangana, 60 MW in Rajasthan and 70 MW in Maharashtra. The […]
