INDIAN POWER SECTOR

KSK Energy commissions 600 MW unit of Mahanadi project

Himanshu Arora — Tue, 21 May 2013 03:59:52 +0000

KSK Energy Ventures Ltd has synchronised its first 600 MW unit of KSK Mahanadi power plant with the national grid and begun power generation. This is part of the 3,600-MW (six units of 600 MW) fuel-integrated power plant in Chhattisgarh. It will go through the necessary stabilisation procedures before commencement of power supplies to contracted

Welspun set to complete MP solar plant a year ahead of schedule

Himanshu Arora — Tue, 21 May 2013 03:57:10 +0000

Welspun Energy will complete its 130 MW solar photovoltaic project in Madhya Pradesh this August, close to a year earlier than originally scheduled, Vineet Mittal, Co-Founder and Managing Director, told Business Line recently. Welspun Energy won last year the right to put up the plant and sell the power to Madhya Pradesh’s state-owned

Chinese solar PV firms seeking local partners: Titan Energy Chairman

Himanshu Arora — Tue, 21 May 2013 03:55:43 +0000

Chinese solar photovoltaic module producers are scouting for partners in India to use the local manufacturing capability to serve the global markets, according to Chairman of Titan Energy System, Rao S.Y.S. Chodagam. With several countries seeking to levy anti-dumping duties on Chinese solar PV products, their efforts to seek Indian manufacturing partners is aimed at

State to offer 20% extra subsidy to solar units

Himanshu Arora — Tue, 21 May 2013 03:49:51 +0000

Andhra Pradesh Government is planning to offer 20 per cent subsidy in addition to the 30 per cent subsidy offered by the Union Government for solar units. According to a statement from the Energy Conservation Mission, the additional subsidy will come through budgetary support. Households can sell extra solar power to the grid at pool

Coal Ministry blames NTPC for row over quality

Himanshu Arora — Tue, 21 May 2013 03:47:59 +0000

The Coal Ministry has hit back at the Power Ministry for raising coal quality issues with the Cabinet Committee on Investments (CCI), headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The issues raised are “completely unjustified,” the Coal Ministry said in a strongly-worded reply to the Power Ministry on its note submitted to the CCI. It, in

Where’s the coal?

Kalyan Verma — Mon, 20 May 2013 15:26:18 +0000

The developments relating to the issue of licences for coal mining during the United Progressive Alliance regime’s first term have trained the spotlight on the weaknesses and inadequacies of the process that was followed. Almost seven years after the exercise began, the most visible outcomes are the resignations of a Cabinet minister and a senior

Steps toward Green future : IndianPowerSector.com

IndianPowerSector.com — Mon, 20 May 2013 12:27:39 +0000

GETTING GREEN IS NOT THAT DIFFICULT ANY MORE Today our world moves with the power of internet on websites and Apps provided platform where we spend lot of time. However, have we, ever thought that how much power or electricity we are consuming while surfing on the website or using different mobile applications? Have we

‘Gas-based power plants can’t survive without hiking tariffs’

Himanshu Arora — Mon, 20 May 2013 03:43:52 +0000

The viability of nearly 20,109.85 MW domestic fuel-starved gas-fired power plants now solely depends on State distribution companies’ (discoms) agreeing to pay a higher price for electricity. This is because generating power from expensive imported gas would push tariffs up by at least Rs 3-4 per kwh. The Power Ministry, which has tried several measures

‘Industry, commercial consumers should not be made to cover losses of power utility’

Himanshu Arora — Mon, 20 May 2013 03:41:21 +0000

Tariff hike is no panacea to the ills plaguing the State’s power utility Tangedco and the Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) should find out the causes for its losses and suggest a remedy, according to the Tamil Nadu Electricity Consumers’ Association (TECA). It also wanted an end to industrial and commercial users being made

India worried over WTO’s verdict on Ontario solar case

Himanshu Arora — Mon, 20 May 2013 03:39:13 +0000

The World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) recent ruling against Ontario’s domestic content requirements for renewable energy projects is setback for India, which is defending a similar case filed against it by the US. But the country has not given up hopes of a favourable verdict, as it believes that the finer details of its case are