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Creating demand for surplus energy key challenge of government policies: Secretaries

By : sustainabilityo..., Apr 1, 2016

India's energy sector has turned around from an era of scarcity and faces a problem of plenty, making demand creation a key driver of government policy, secretaries of power, coal and renewable...

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Subject Tags: Energy Demand , power

RBI announces private placement of special securities under UDAY

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 29, 2016

The RBI today asked market participants interested in subscribing to the special securities under UDAY scheme through private placement route to approach it by March 30.

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Subject Tags: distribution , power

Torrent inks pact to develop 197.40 MW wind power project

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 29, 2016

Torrent Power Ltd today said it has entered into a contract with a leading wind turbine generator manufacturing group for development of the 197.40-MW project.

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Subject Tags: power , wind

Rs 4,000-crore investments in wind energy on brink of becoming NPAs

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 28, 2016

Investment of Rs 4,000 crore in wind energy projects is on the verge of becoming non-performing assets, as over 550 MW of projects that are ready to generate electricity are stranded because a...

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Subject Tags: industry news , power , wind

Kalpataru Power bags Rs 1,320 crore orders from Power Grid Corp

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 23, 2016

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd (KPTL) today said it has secured orders worth Rs 1,320 crore from Power Grid Corp.

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Subject Tags: power , solar , transmission

Haryana joins UDAY to restructure Discom debt

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 15, 2016

Haryana along with its DISCOMs—the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam and the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam— has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) under UDAY – “Ujwal DISCOM...

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Power Grid approves Rs 885 crore to boost transmission, capacity

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 11, 2016

Central utility Power Grid Corporation of India today said its board has approved a total investment of Rs 885 crore in projects to strengthen transmission and augment transformation capacity....

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Uttar Pradesh to issue bonds worth Rs 3,677 crore to aid ailing state discoms

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 11, 2016

The government's ambitious debt-recast plan for ailing state distribution companies received a shot in the arm with the decision of Uttar Pradesh to issue bonds worth Rs 3,677 crore to help...

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Subject Tags: distribution , power

Zimbabwe-India venture to build 30 MW hydro-power plant

By : sustainabilityo..., Mar 9, 2016

Zimbabwe's state-owned power producer has picked a local company and two Indian firms to build a $128 million hydro-power plant to generate 30 megawatts of electricity, an official said on...

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Subject Tags: hydro , power

Tamil Nadu's debt ridden power discom, with a debt of Rs 80,000 crore, needs to be put on the recovery path

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 29, 2016

There was a promise of a fierce summer in March 2012 when Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa decided to meet activists and fishermen protesting even more fiercely against the Kudankulam...

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Subject Tags: distribution , power