Seven new ultra mega power projects on way, three in Orissa
Gunjan Pradhan Sinha Posted: Wednesday, Jun 03, 2009 at 0006 hrs IST
Gunjan Pradhan Sinha Posted: Wednesday, Jun 03, 2009 at 0006 hrs IST
Most of the plants are located in Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Maharashtra NEW DELHI: The Union Coal Ministry on Friday cracked the whip on power companies by cancelling coal linkages of 25 captive power plants (CPPs). These plants with a combined capacity of 1,292 MW required 5.844 million tonnes of coal annually.
TE Narasimhan / Chennai September 4, 2009, 1:35 IST Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd (NLC) is planning to invest Rs 10,000-12,000 crore in setting up power projects. It is also planning to foray into renewable energy, by setting up wind energy farms and solar units. This year
The state can look forward to overcoming power shortage by 2011.
The Government of Karnataka has signed a joint venture agreement with Larsen and Toubro for establishing a 1600 MW (800x2) power plant in Chattisgarh.
State-owned power generating company Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd (KPCL) and Larsen & Toubro today signed a joint venture agreement for the 1,600 MW (2X800 MW) coal-based thermal power project at Godhna in Chhattisgarh.
L&T POWER Development Company, a unit of India
Move Part Of Strategy To Become Fully Integrated Mining Entity Subhash Narayan NEW DELHI
MUMBAI: L&T Power Development Company, a subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro (L&T), plans to set up coal-based power projects worth 5,000 MW by 2015.
THE government will bid out at least two ultra mega power projects (UMPPs) of 4000mw each in April 2010 to make up for the slippage in power capacity addition in previous years, a senior power ministry official said.
Funds For Setting Up Raigarh Plant JINDAL Power, owned by industrialist Naveen Jindal, has raised Rs 10,057 crore from a group of 23 lenders led by State Bank of India to establish a power plant at Raigarh in Chhattisgarh.
DIVERSIFIED business conglomerate Videocon today said it plans to generate 5,000 MW power through projects in Gujarat, Chhatisgarh, Maharashtra and West Bengal.
Lack Of Clarity On Allocation Of Captive Coal Blocks To Chhattisgarh Project THE last date for submission of requests for qualification for the first ultra mega power project (UMPP) on offer this fiscal has been extended by a couple of months, due to a lack of clarity on the allocation of captive coal blocks to the project.
Thermal projects of more than 14,000 MW, at an estimated investment of Rs 70,000 crore, are embroiled in power play. The Chhattisgarh Government and Union Ministries for Power and Coal are ranged against Union Ministry for Environment & Forest for refusing clearances and putting the projects on hold.
If it wasn't for frenetic industrial activity underway in the backwaters of Chhattisgarh, Chief Minister Raman Singh's dreams would sound utopian. But the clanging of metal and bright sparks coming out from a welder's torch at the third unit of the 1,620-mw Lanco Amarkantak power plant under construction just off the Korba-Champa highway are a clear pointer to changing times.
PFC To Invite Pre-Qualification Bids For 4,000 MW Project Subhash Narayan NEW DELHI THE government will kick-start the bidding process for the 4,000 mw Orissa power project this week, undeterred by the setback suffered by the Chhattisgarh ultra mega power project that faces uncertainty over allocation of captive coal blocks.
New Delhi: Reliance Industries (RIL) has firmed up its plans to enter the power sector. Sources said the company will bid for two ultra mega power projects (UMPPs) in Chhattisgarh and Orissa. In addition, it is also likely to bid for the 2,000-MW Bhadravati project of the Ispat group in Maharashtra.
Due to coal shortage power production in thermal power projects of the MP Electricity Board has affected adversely. Several units have been closed because of shortage in coal supply. Electricity Board officials are trying their level best at the highest level to overcome the coal shortage. In spite of this supply of coal is being reduced.
Govt Yet To Clarify Status Of Captive Coal Block Bundled With The 4000 MW Project POWER Finance Corp (PFC), the nodal agency for ultra mega mega power projects (UMPP), has extended by two months the deadline for submitting initial requests for participation in bidding for the Chhattisgarh project, delaying the project further.
New Delhi: Jindal Power Ltd (JPL) could be in for more trouble with the Chhattisgarh government filing legal proceedings against it for illegally starting work on its 2,400 MW thermal power project in the state.