The fully autonomous vehicle is now around the corner 8Find out more on which car manufacturers are coming out with autonomous vehicles. What are their timelines? 8In any case, autonomous emergency braking is expected to be a common features in most cars by 2022. 8While there have been setbacks, the progress has been very rapid indeed Click on Reports for more
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Limiting global warming to 1.5 °C will require rapid decarbonisation of the world’s electricity and transport systems. 8What will a city of the future look like? It will have to be built around a different transport and urban paradigm. 8Latest research shows that the new model will be a polycentric city linked by fast electric rail, with local access based on autonomous “community” owned electric cars and buses supplemented by bicycles, electric bikes and scooters, with all electricity generated from renewables. 8Less space will be wasted on roads and parking, enabling higher accessibility yet more usable public open space. 8The precise way in which individual cities move into the future will vary, but illustrative examples are given on how some of the great cities will evolve over the years. Click on Reports for more
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In such a dramatically changing world, what kind of base data can oil & gas analysts take into account? 8A harmonizing exercise done of projections made by BP, Exxon Mobil, the IEA and others show that they differ dramatically. 8Estimates for renewable energy can vary from minus 68% to plus 240% 8There are also wide variations in projections of other energy sources as well 8There are instances of under and over reporting too Click on Reports to know more on what kind assumptions and data you need to use to ensure that your forecasts are reliable
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The general perception that that technological change has plateaued out in the solar power industry is incorrect 8New technology is still being injected at a rapid pace into the sector. 8Tariffs of less than Rs 2/kwh is already looming ahead, and the possibility of a Rs 1/kwh, paradigm, when transformational technological change, including the production of chemicals from solar energy, can take place is now very real. 8The technology is no longer about producing more efficient solar panels but also about intelligent e-management, customised solar power, ubiquitous power sources and, interestingly, about esthetics as well (solar panels now come in different colours and shapes, and they add rather than subtract from the aesthetics of a building or a surface). 8Seven different trends have been identified within the solar industry that will make power more efficient, far cheaper than today and more greener. 8The oil & gas industry must keep a close watch on these developments Click on Reports for more
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders: 8Supply and Erection of 25MVA, 110/33-22 KV Power Transformers Details 8Supply and installation of Total Station Survey Instrument for TPP Details 8Tender for the work of Round the clock operation and mechanical maintenance of PLC controlled pneumatic Coal Mill Reject Handling System Details 8Tender for the Round the Clock running/preventive/ break down maintenance work of MAX DNA DCS control system Details 8Tender for the Supply of 1600mm Butterfly Valve with Worm Gear Box Assembly for Cooling Water Inlet Details 8Restoration and Strengthening of Existing Ash Dyke for Super Thermal Power Project Details 8Supply of Crushers Hammers for TPP Details 8Supply of Crushers Hammers Details 8Annual Maintenance of Generating units for Power station Details 8Supply of OIP Condenser Bushing for 3x210 MW TPS Details 8Tender for the Work of Force Monitoring and Restressing of Pre-Stressed Anchor Cables of Dam of Power Station Details 8Supply and Erection of 16 MVA, 110 KV Power Transformers Details 8Supply and Erection of Damper assembly full Unit with frame Details 8Supply of Single Phase Meter with & without Box Details You can also click on Tenders for more For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips: 8World's first floating nuclear plant put to sea by Russia. Details 8Government set to seek 20 gigawatt solar bids. Details 8MSEDCL floats tenders for buying solar power from new plants. Details 8Govt to procure 2500 MW power without PPAs. Details 8CIL seeks stakeholders' views on new pricing policy Details 8Good news: All 5,97,464 villages electrified, says power ministry Details 8Coal mining: Changing supply paradigm could take 7-10 years, more needed to rid sector of woes Details 8Lack of technical expert hampers waste-to-energy project progress Details 8China solar power growth to slow this year: official Details 830 electric buses to hit Patna roads soon Details 8ISA to create ecosystems for startups in solar innovations Details 8Adani Green Energy joins renewables firms planning IPO Details 8L&T Synchronises MP Power Plant Unit in Record Time Details 8Corporate funding in solar sector declines 65% to USD 2 bn in Q1 2018: Report Details 8India should secure its development, remain committed to climate-related actions: Ex-AEC chief Details 8Spot power prices to be around Rs 4/unit in May, June: Experts Details 8Electric vehicle policy in offing Details 8How renewables are powering, empowering Germany's rural economy (Energy Feature) Details 8One milestone crossed: Govt meets electrification target of 18,000 villages Details 8Up to 98 per cent hike in Jharkhand's domestic electricity tariff Details 8Tsunami' of hydropower dam building threatens Europe's last wild rivers - campaigners Details 8Tanzania asks bank to finance hydropower project in heritage site Details 8Fortum gets Russian nod for Unipro stake purchase Details 8Thriveni Earthmovers bid rejected, Lanco Infratech may be headed for liquidation Details 8State Bank of India plans recast of stressed power assets Details 8Alinta bids for AGL's Liddell coal-fired power plant in Australia Details 8Competition to help grow Electric Vehicle market: Chinese BYD Details 8Gondwana Ispat Ltd, director convicted in coal scam case Details 8ANALYSIS-Strong Asian demand continues to hold up thermal coal markets Details 8Solar-powered cooking system at NCL canteen saves 55% LPG Details 8Renewable power developers headed for transmission woes Details You can also click on Newsclips for moreDetails
What exactly is wrong with the Adnani's 1600 MW power plant? 8Quite a lot, it seems. 8The power supply is meant to go to Bangladesh Power Development Board at about double the current cost of solar and wind power in India. 8Coal is to come from the Carmichael's megamine in Queensland. 8But the coal will be expensive: it is estimated that the 700km – and 8km/h – train journey to Godda from the coast would add US$16 a tonne to the cost of coal to fuel the new plant, relative to a coastal power plant. 8Find out more on what is going with this rather strange power plant Click on Reports for more
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Coal prices retreated from three-month highs late this week, as weaker technical and related-market signals and profit-taking offset emerging fundamental market strength. 8Overall however thermal coal prices next year could average around 10% less than in 2018 amid the prospect of slackening Chinese and Indian import demand, Click on Reports for more
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8Project Name: Thermal Power Plant - Dismantling Project 8Project Cost: 100 crores 8Project Description: Owner has decommissioned 300 MW of capacity out of its 1000 MW thermal power plant. RFQs for civil work and dismantling services of various equipment are expected soon. 8Project Event: RFQs for dismantling services of various equipment are expected by August 2018. 8Expenditure Approval: Q4:2017 8RFQ Date: Aug/2018 8Release Date: Aug/2018 8Start Date: Q1:2019 8Completion Date: Q2:2020 Click here for more informationDetails
8Project Name: Thermal Power Plant - Installation of FGD 8Project Cost: 500 crores 8Project Description: Owner'splans to install a flue gas desulphurisation unit (FGD) in the 600 MW plant of its 1800 MW thermal power station is getting delayed. The consultant has prepared the draft feasibility report and it is currently under submission to the state government for approval. 8Project Event: RFQ for supply of a FGD Unit is expected by June 2018. 8Expenditure Approval: Q2:2017 8RFQ Date: Jun/2018 8Release Date: Jun/2018 8Start Date: Q1:2019 8Completion Date: Q4:2020 Click here for more information 8Project Name: Thermal Power Plant - O&M contract 8Project Cost: 5 crores 8Project Description: Promoter is expected to come out with an annual contract bid for O&M of the ash handling plant in a 1600 MW thermal power plant. 8Project Event: RFQs for an annual contract (O&M) of the ash handling plant are expected by Q1 2019. 8Expenditure Approval: Q1:2018 8RFQ Date: Q1:2019 8Release Date: Q1:2019 8Start Date: Q3:2019 8Completion Date: Q3:2021 Click here for more information 8Project Name: Thermal Power Station Maintenance Project (Unit-2) 8Project Cost: 15 crores 8Project Description: Owner has planned a 25-day annual scheduled overhaul of boiler in 1200 MW thermal power station. The mandatory work includes cleaning and replacement of spare parts of wind box in the burner area, check of buckstay links, support drums, replacement of coal nozzle with tip, replacement of air seal, refurbishment of pressure parts of boiler, repairing job in air pre-heater inlet, among others. 8Project Event: RFQs for required equipment are expected by mid of May 2018. Click here for more information Procurement of pumps in a thermal power station : RFQs coming ahead 8A state government generating company is expected to come out with a bid for procurement of hydraulic pumps in a thermal power station. Click on details for more information including the key contact detailsDetails
For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders: 8Construction of 132 kV D/C LILO on turnkey basis Details 8Construction of 220 kV line on turnkey basis Details 8Supply, drawing and commissioning of 1.6 KM 11 KV Arial Bunched Conductor Details 8Tender for the Supply of Flexible coupling with rubber pads for Cooling Water Pumps Details 8Supply of RCC Base Plate (450x450x75mm) Details 8Supply and Installation of MI 601-type OLTC for 53.33 MVA, 220/110 KV Transformer Details 8Tender for the work of Augmentation of 220 KV substation by providing additional 100 MVA 220/33 KV Transformer Details 8Construction of LILO on one ckt of 132 kV line at 220 kV substation Details 8Tender for supply of 33KV Outdoor Vacuum circuit Breakers Details 8Supply of 01 No. Backhoe Loader for HEP Details 8Supply of Movable Hydraulically operated New trash rack cleaning machine (TRCM) including designing, dismantling of old TRCM Details 8Annual Running Contract for Operation & Maintenance of Electrical Distribution System and 11 KV Switching Station Details 8Construction of 220 kV DC line from 400 kV Substation to proposed 220 kV Substation on turnkey basis Details 8Supply of Boiler FSSS (MFT) TRICONEX system spares Details You can also click on Tenders for more For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips: 8We are helping states make EV policy stable: ABB India MD Sanjeev Sharma Details 8India’s first industrial solar microgrid commissioned in Gujarat Details 8Coal India's new GCV-based billing system for consumers likely from July Details 8Global wind power market up 95% Details 8Coal supply situation improves over last 7 months Details 8Vietnam building more power plants as economic growth accelerates Details 8PSEG settles U.S. power market violation allegations Details 8Tuticorin industries, thermal plants fuel pollution fears Details 8Engie and sonnen team up for French solar power package Details 8Grundfos bets big on solar, smart pumps to double India revenue to Rs 1,000 crore Details 8Power Surcharge On Farmers Waived Off, Says Yogi Adityanath Details 8First Solar to build new U.S. panel factory in win for Trump Details 8Industrial schemes for J&K, Himachal Pradesh & Uttarakhand notified Details 8U'khand Cabinet approves use of dry pine leaves for generating power Details 8Tamil Nadu villagers protest frequent power outages, irregular supply Details 8UP power utility to introduce Urja Mitra mobile application on 1 May Details 8Statkraft's Q1 profit quadrupled on high power prices, offshore wind exit Details 8Green certificates sales on power exchanges up 42 per cent in April Details 8China orders local governments to ease burden on renewable power firms Details 8OPINION: China's coking coal imports are starting to rebound Details You can also click on Newsclips for moreDetails
8Project Name: Thermal Power Station Maintenance Project 8Project Cost: 22 crores 8Project Description: Owner has planned a 25-day scheduled overhaul in the 2000 MW thermal power plant. The mandatory job includes refurbishment of pressure parts of boiler, replacement of turbine rotating blades, burner refurbishment, replacement of spare parts of turbine, replacement of air preheater basket, among others. 8Project Event: RFQs for required equipment are expected by July 2018. Click here for more information 8Project Name: Thermal Power Station - Annual Maintenance Contractor 8Project Cost: 1 crores 8Project Description: Promoter will come out with an open bid for selection of an annual maintenance contractor (AMC) for operation and monitoring of the AHP. Currently preparation of tender documents are underway. Further RFQs are expected soon. 8Project Event: RFQs for an annual maintenance contractor of AHP are expected by July 2018. 8Expenditure Approval: Q3:2017 8RFQ Date: Jul/2018 8Release Date: Jul/2018 8Start Date: Aug/2018 8Completion Date: Aug/2019 Click here for more information 8Project Name: Office buildings and township package in Thermal Power Plant 8Project Cost: 300 crores 8Project Description: Developer is continuing with the construction activities for a 1500 MW thermal power plant. Owner is expected to come out with bids for civil works involving the office buildings and township package. NIT documents are under preparation. The project requirements are: cranes, dozer, piles, structural steel, pipe support structures & foundations, trenches, drilling machine, among others. 8Project Event: RFQs of civil works for office building and township package are expected to come out by the end of April 2018. 8Expenditure Approval: Q1:2018 8RFQ Date: 30/Apr/2018 8Release Date: May/2018 8Start Date: Q3:2018 8Completion Date: Q1:2019 Click here for more information Maintenance works in a thermal power station : RFQs coming up ahead 8A major utility company is expected to come out with a bid for maintenance of air heater in a thermal power station. Click on details for more information including the key contact details Details
For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders: 8Tender for Manufacture, Testing, Supply & Delivery of 198 nos. Isolators & additional spare 150 nos. Solid Core Insulators Details 8Tender for Consultancy Services for Preparation of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) / Environmental Management Plan (EMP) Studies for HEP Details 8Annual Running Contract for Operation & Maintenance of Air-conditioning system, Ventilation system installed at 2x600MW TPP Details 8Installation and Supply of 400 kV, 125 MVAr bus shunt reactor with bay at 400 kV substation Details 8Tender for the work of maintenance contract for attending Emergency breakdown and allied maintenance on EHV Line Details 8Tender for Establishment of 220 kV end bays and laying of 220 kV EHV underground power cable Details 8Supply of 33 kV Potential Transformers (Qty.- 116 Nos) Details 8Supplying and drawing of 6 Km LT ABC Details 8Supplying and drawing of 3 Km LT ABC Details 8Tender for Supply of CT-PT Unit for Uday Scheme Details You can also click on Tenders for more For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips: 8India can be the epicentre of a common SAARC electricity market Details 8PTC India Q4 PAT may dip 20% YoY to Rs. 63 cr: ICICI Direct Details 8To cut power subsidy bill, govt ‘categories’ farmers Details 8Tata Power Renew may invest Rs6,100 crore in Andhra, Karnataka solar power projects Details 8Thermal plant pollution to be controlled by 2022: Govt to SC Details 8Adani builds coal-fired power plant in India to send energy to Bangladesh Details 8Siemens Gamesa bags largest wind turbine order in India Details 8New wind farms, strong winds boost renewable energy group Orsted Details 8France's Mersen expects energy transition to drive sales growth Details 8Credit Agricole closes first two U.S. Green loans Details 8Nepal Electricity Authority to replace its 15-year-old SCADA/EMS system Details 8Chinese automaker plans electric car production in S Africa Details 8Thriveni Earthmovers leads race for Lanco Infratech Details 8General Electric workers, shareholders protest at annual meeting Details 8PM Modi says Karnataka’s renewable energy capacity doubled in 4 years Details 8India defends safeguard duty on solar cells opposed by EU, Japan in WTO Details 8NCLT adjourns Monnet Ispat case hearing till May Details 8Volvo expects half its sales to be pure electric vehicles by 2025 Details You can also click on Newsclips for moreDetails
8Project Name: Super-critical Thermal Power Greenfield Project 8Project Cost: 7000 crores 8Project Description: Owner along with a consultant is planning the installation of a 660 MW super-critical thermal power complex. Owner will come out with a bid for a consultant for preparation of an EIA report. 8Project Event: RFQs for an expression of interest (EOI) of an EIA consultant is expected by May 2018. 8Expenditure Approval: Q1:2018 8RFQ Date: May/2018 8Release Date: May/2018 8Start Date: 2020 8Completion Date: 2025 Click here for more information 8Project Name: Hydroelectric Greenfield Project 8Project Cost: 8000 crores 8Project Description: Owner's 1200 MW hydroelectric greenfield project is on hold due to protest by the villagers in the project area which is a serious issue. Further bid for an EPC contractor is getting delayed and is expected only after the issue is resolved. 8Project Event: RFQ for an EPC contractor is expected by Q4 2018, instead of Q2 2018. 8Expenditure Approval: Q4:2017 8RFQ Date: Q4:2018 8Release Date: Q4:2018 8Start Date: 2020 8Completion Date: 2025 Click here for more information 8Project Name: Thermal Power Maintenance Project 8Project Cost: 14 crores 8Project Description: Promoter has planned a 19-day annual overhaul of boiler and its auxiliaries maintenance in a 600 MW thermal power station. The mandatory job includes servicing of burner system, servicing of HP valves and safety valves, replacement of axial seals, inspection of generator and its parts, condenser cleaning and inspection, replacement of pipe supports, angles, beams and channels for flue gas ducts. 8Project Event: RFQs for required equipment are expected in first week of May 2018. Click here for more informationDetails
8Find out how India needs to do more on developing core capacities in battery manufacturing Click on Reports for more 8Get the latest update on transmission projects coming up in India Click on Reports for more 8Find out why a quantitative analysis feels that ABB India is currently underpriced in the stock market Click on Reports for more 8As the market for thermal power shrinks, BHEL is looking for new technology tieups Click on Reports for more 8Can nuclear power work on non-base load, peaking power mode? Click on Reports for more 8The first digital transformer can change the dynamics of the industry Click on Reports for more
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Know why currently high LNG prices are not likely to last even though there is a sharp upsurge in demand 8Then again, expect a divergence between oil and gas prices going ahead 8This may make gas prices linked to crude to flare up in relation to hub-based prices Click on Reports for more
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For many years, natural gas was considered a natural ally to renewables in the transition to a low-carbon economy. 8This natural alliance between gas and renewables in the power generation sector is increasingly tenuous, as renewable cost declines continue at a rapid pace, and utility-scale renewables now regularly beat gas-fired projects in competitive power auctions in many parts of the world. 8Even in the Middle East, natural gas demand can be much lower because renewable power is turning out to be cheaper. 8Flexible gas-fired power plants are uniquely well suited to balancing the daily intermittency of wind and solar PV in particular. 8But grid-scale battery storage, whose costs are also declining rapidly, and proliferating electric vehicles, whose batteries can also be used as a grid asset, can soon erode the cost advantages of gas-fired backup generators around the world. Click on Reports for more
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Want to go Europe 8One state government is looking for 11 Indian mangers from the public and private sector for seminars and field visits that will take place in Europe and India. 8The topic is how to push solar demand through consumption initiatives 8The trip will be fully funded Click on Reports for details
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A new car battery charger has shown being capable of charging up a car for up to 200 kms in just eight minutes 8Range that can be elicited with the same amount of time has gone up seven times when compared with previous charging models 8Chargers can now become come up everywhere, from shopping malls to company parking lots 8Know more about the new fast-charging revolution on the cards Click on Reports for more
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A total of 27 hydro electric projects have been suggested by a hydrological study in one tributary of the Brahmaputra 8With a total capacity of over 1100 MW 8Some of these are to come up in tributaries of the tributary. 8Hydro electric power is one of the most sustainable development paradigms in the world. 8The projects have a wide range of capacity, fitting entrepreneurs with different pocket sizes. 8Find out where your business opportunity may lie Know more on where they can come up
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8Operation and Maintenance in a hydro power station : Find out the equipment required 8Plans dropped for a major 400 MW greenfield hydro power station : Find out more 8RMU of a hydro power station : Find out about the upcoming RFQs 8Meghalaya : Greenfield hydropower rush ahead Click on Details for key contacts an other project details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders: 8Tender for Supply of 132 kV Current Transformers of various ratings Details 8Tender for Replacement of 11 KV/3.3 KV/415V Switchgear relays with numerical relays Details 8Tender for the work of loading, unloading, transportation, Erection/dismantling of T/F and Transportation of various EHV & HV equipment Details 8Supply, Erection and Commissioning of Boiler Acoustic Steam Leakage Detection (ASLD) System Details 8Design, Engineering, Manufacture, Supply, Installation and Commission of Mobile type Transformer Oil Filtration Machine of capacity 2400 LPH Details 8Supply of 27870 coils of 6mm2 Twin Core Weather Proof Wire Details 8Rate Contract for Supply of 400KVA, 630KVA & 1000KVA Packaged substation Details 8Rate Contract for Supply of Magnetic Float Switch (Qty.-4500) Details You can also click on Tenders for more For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips: 8Solar cell imports: EU, Japan question safeguard duties recommended by India. Details 8Global wind capacity to rise by more than half in next five years. Details 8Chennai has potential to generate 1.38GW solar power, says Greenpeace study. Details 8Adani Transmission ties up Rs 13,250 crore of funds to buy Reliance Infrastructure assets. Details 8Shadow over renewables Details 8Power Grid Corp Q4 PAT seen up 13.8% YoY to Rs. 2,172 cr: ICICI Direct Details 8Electricity to all MP villages by October: CM Details 8J-K Cabinet approves setting up of JK Renewable Energy Corporation Details 8IndiGrid outperforms in its first year on back of 12% portfolio IRR Details 8Centre clears largest ever 1856-MW Sawlakote project Details 8EBRD says would back Poland's electric cars, anti-smog plan Details 8Enforcement Directorate attaches property worth Rs 1,122 crore of Diamond Power Details 8ONGC fosters Solar Chulha manufacturing to fuel Indian households sustainably Details 8General Electric to trial world's largest wind turbine in Britain Details 8US renewables firm takes Poland to court over U-turn on windmills Details 8SunSource Energy to install 2.5 MW solar plant at Jamia Millia University Details 8China's March coal imports from Indonesia surge, Australia remains top supplier Details 8European spot power prices lifted by expected rise in demand Details You can also click on Newsclips for moreDetails
8Project Name: Thermal Power Plant - FGD Addition 8Project Cost: Rs 650 crore 8Project Description: The Promoter is planning to install FGD (Flue Gas Desulphurisation) units at its 1050 MW thermal power plant in order to comply with new environmental norms. Currently, preparation of NIT documents is underway. Tenders are expected to be floated out soon. The major requirements are: absorber system, gas to gas heat exchanger, piles, scaffolding, ladders, dozers, limestone silos, slurry tanks, booster fan, wet ball mills, slurry re-circulation pumps, bucket elevator, gypsum dehydration, stairways, among others. 8Project Event: RFQs for supply and installation of FGDs are expected to be out by June 2018. 8Expenditure Approval: 2016 8RFQ Date: Jun/2018 8Release Date: Jul/2018 8Start Date: Q1:2021 8Completion Date: Q4:2021 Click here for more informationDetails
For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders: 8Tender for Procurement of LT single Phase Two Wire DLMS Compliance Static Watt Hour Meters Details 8Tender for Removal and Re-erection of Air Pre heater tubes Details 8Supply of ISI marked, three Core, 11kV, stranded Aluminum Conductor, XLPE insulated PVC sheathed, screened, armoured cable Details 8Tender for the Work of overhauling, Servicing & Supply of Spares of various types of 245KV & 145KV SF6 Circuit Breakers Details 8Supply, Erection and Commissioning of 1 set of 332V/330AH Nickel - Cadmium battery bank with standard accessories Details 8Tender for the work of Renewal/ Rectification of eroded & damaged duct wall and renewal of expansion joints Details 8Supplying and drawing of LT ABC on Turnkey Basis Details 8Tender for the work of Supply of Equipment’s/Material, Erection, Testing & Commissioning of 08 Nos. of 33KV & 01 No. of 22KV Bays Details 8Tender for Purchase of Clamps & Connectors for air insulated 220 KV Switchyard Details 8Providing services for routine mechanical maintenance work of Electro-mechanical systems of Power House Details You can also click on Tenders for more For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips: 8Haryana to reduce power tariff for MSMEs. Details 8Tata Power, Adani, ReNew Power jostle for space in Odisha to set up units. Details 8Despite Opposition, Work on Controversial Rampal Power Project Continues Details 8Addl coal secretary Suresh Kumar assumes interim charge as Coal India CMD Details 8Diu Smart City first in India to run on 100 pc renewable energy during daytime: Official Details 8From industry joke to a real threat: Oil firms can't ignore electric buses Details 8Reforms essential to strengthen power sector in AP: Minister Details 8Trump likes coal, but that doesn't mean he's hostile to wind energy Details 8Sea of solar panels turns Mexican desert green Details 8Power up: Will our future be bright? Details 8SC seeks report on compliance of safety features of Kudankulam n-plant Details 8India-Poland bilateral trade crosses $3 bn in 2017: Polish envoy Details 8Coal supply to power plants may remain tight for two years: KPMG Details 8EU's biggest coal producer ends dispute with unions, raises pay Details 8Rusal sanctions seen risk to Kazakh coal venture -Samruk Energy Details You can also click on Newsclips for moreDetails
8Project Name: Thermal Power Brownfield Project 8Project Cost: 7000 crores 8Project Description: Owner's 660 MW super-critical thermal power plant in the existing premises of it's thermal power complex is getting delayed on the lack of issue of the LOA to the EPC contractor. The EPC contractor will come out with further bids subsequently. The project requirement are: water cooled condenser, vacuum pumps, boiler feed pumps and its drives, feed pump motor, deaerating heater and closed heaters, condensate extraction pumps, suction basket strainer, furnace system, furnace chamber, bed media and fuel feed system, air supply and distribution system, soot blowing system, ESP, chimney (275 m),ash handling system,water treatment plant, DM plant, fire fighting system,turbine oil purification system, switch-yard equipment, cranes, thermo mechanically treated steel, DG sets, rolling shutters, fencing materials, down shop lead (DSL) crane, carbon steel and pipe, Cu Ni / Al bronze tubes, stacker cum reclaimer, wagon tippler, piles, reinforced steel, structural steel, MS & Electro forged gratings, conveyer belts, side arm charger, among others. 8Project Event: RFQs for civil works are expected to be out in June 2018. 8Expenditure Approval: May/2018 8RFQ Date: Jun/2018 8Release Date: Jun/2018 8Start Date: Q2:2020 8Completion Date: Q3:2025 Click here for more information 8Project Name: Thermal Power Station - FGD Addition 8Project Cost: 800 crores 8Project Description: Owner's plans to install a Flue-Gas Desulfurisation Unit (FGD) in its 1500 MW thermal power plant is getting hampered because funds has not been allotted by the state government. Further bids are expected soon. The project requirements are: absorber system, gas to gas heat exchanger, piles, scaffolding, ladders, dozers, limestone silos, slurry tanks, booster fan, wet ball mills, slurry re-circulation pumps, bucket elevator, gypsum dehydration, stairways, among others. 8Project Event: RFQs for supply of an FGD are expected to be out by the Q3 2018. 8Expenditure Approval: Q1:2018 8RFQ Date: Q3:2018 8Release Date: Q3:2018 8Start Date: Sep/2021 8Completion Date: Q4:2023 Click here for more information 8Project Name: Thermal Power Maintenance Project 8Project Cost: 18 crores 8Project Description: Promoter has planned a 20-day scheduled maintenance of 250 MW in the 2000 MW thermal power complex covering annual overhaul of boiler parts and its auxiliaries. The mandatory job includes servicing of burner system, servicing of HP valves and safety valves, replacement of axial seals, inspection of generator and its parts, condenser cleaning and inspection, replacement of pipe supports, angles, beams and channels for flue gas ducts. 8Project Event: RFQs for required equipment are expected in June 2018. Click here for more information 8Project Name: Thermal Power Station - Installation of FGD 8Project Cost: 800 crores 8Project Description: Promoter is planning the installation of a Wet Flue Gas Desulphurization (WFGD) Unit at its 1500 MW thermal power station. Further bids are expected soon but only after getting approval from the state government. The project requirements are: absorber system, gas to gas heat exchanger, piles, scaffolding, ladders, dozers, limestone silos, slurry tanks, booster fan, wet ball mills, slurry re-circulation pumps, bucket elevator, gypsum dehydration, stairways, among others. 8Project Event: RFQ for supply of an WFGD is expected to be out by May 2018. 8Expenditure Approval: Q3:2017 8RFQ Date: May/2018 8Release Date: Jun/2018 8Start Date: Q3:2019 8Completion Date: Q4:2021 Click here for more information 8Project Name: Super Thermal Power Plant - AMC Contractor 8Project Cost: 1 crores 8Project Description: A JV company will come out with a bid for annual maintenance contract (AMC) for electrical equipment in the switch-yard area after preparation of the Notice Inviting Tender documents in the 2500 MW thermal power station 8Project Event: RFQs of an AMC for electrical maintenance of the switch-yard area are expected by Q3 2018. 8Expenditure Approval: Q1:2018 8RFQ Date: Q3:2018 8Release Date: Q3:2018 8Start Date: Q4:2018 8Completion Date: Q1:2020 Click here for more information 8Project Name: Thermal Power Plant - Annual Rate Contract 8Project Cost: 3 crores 8Project Description: Owner is in preparation of the Notice Inviting Tender document for the ARC for a 600 MW thermal power plant. Further bids are expected soon. 8Project Event: RFQs for an annual contract for the O&M of coal handling plant are expected by Q3 2018. 8Expenditure Approval: Q1:2018 8RFQ Date: Q3:2018 8Release Date: Q3:2018 8Start Date: Q4:2018 8Completion Date: Q4:2019 Click here for more informationDetails
On the gas front, the performance of the duo has been worse 8ONGC produced 2013.61 MMSCM of gas in March, which is 8.7% lower than the monthly target while in all of 2017-18, output was at 23429.47 MMSCM , 3.22% lower than the target 8OIL's production at 2881.50 MMSCM for 2017-18 was was 4% below target 8Private and JV output was at 6338.34 MMSCM during the year, a massive 20.03% below target 8At a time when the government has ambitious targets of plugging import dependency, this performance is abysmal by every yardstick 8ONGC's failure to get the B-127 cluster going and its inability to get more punch out of the WO16 cluster is a self-made failure. To accord sanction to an inexperienced contractor to convert the Sagar Samrat to an MOPU and the subsequent inability to coax the contractor to get the system operational, in fact, requires a full a full fledged investigation on its own 8Technical downhole problems with OIL's producing wells and snags with faulty compressors procured from BCPL were to be blamed for OIL's lack of performance 8RIL's D-6 wells have been underperforming for a long time. One well went of production for nearly a month on low reservoir pressure. All of this added up to create the big shortfall in overall output from the private and JV segment. 8ONGC claims 2018-19 will be a different year, as output is going to come in from all directions, including from the East Coast as well as from the long-delayed Daman field. Let's wait and see. Click on Reports for moreDetails
A growing number of businesses around the world are turning to internal carbon pricing as a tool to manage climate-related risks and transition to a low-carbon economy. 8There are early signs that internal carbon pricing is also making inroads into forward-looking Indian businesses. 8The website carries here a seven-point primer for developing and implementing an internal carbon-pricing scheme. 8The primer is based on the experience of five Indian companies who have gone through this route. 8The Indian government has signaled its intent to transition to a low carbon economy by committing under the Paris Agreement to have about 40 percent of non–fossil fuel-based electric power capacity in its energy mix by 2030. There is currently only a cess of Rs 400 levied per ton of coal purchased or imported by power producers. 8Additionally, programs such as clean energy and energy-efficiency standards (BEE 2012), renewable energy certificate schemes and renewables purchase obligations (MNRE 2016) also, in effect, impose a cost on carbon emissions. 8It is not yet clear how Indian regulations will evolve as the nation works to reduce emissions. 8Nevertheless, the current regulatory landscape provides a favorable setting for increased corporate adoption of internal carbon pricing across sectors. Click on Reports for more Details
For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders: 8Tender for the work of Repairing, Hot vulcanising and Cold jointing of Conveyor belts installed in CHP Details 8Supply of Rectifier Transformer for 3x210 MW TPS Details 8Tender for the work of Reconditioning of High & Low profile Band Elements (50 Nos) for DRYCON conveyor system in Bottom ash Handling system Details 8Supply, Construction, testing and Commissioning of 15.45 Km of HT line with ABC Details 8Supplying and Constructing of 1.5 Km 11 line using ABC. Details 8Tender for Balance Works of Site Leveling & Infrastructure Civil Works for Thermal Power Project Details 8Annual contract for CHP Operation and Maintenance activities of TPP Details 8Tender for Renewal/rectification of flue gas duct portions from mechanical hopper to chimney Details 8Supply of ERW MS Black Bracing Pipes of different sizes Details 8Tender for procurement of 6840 Nos. of 22KV PT Insulator Details 8Tender for Rectification of 5 Nos. barrage gates at Barrage Power House Details 8Tender for the Supply of Pulverizer outlet Elbow Assemblies including kicker blocks for HP 803 Bowl Mills Details 8Tender for the work of Renewal/rectification of flue gas duct portions Details 8Construction/Laying of 17 km of 11 kV single circuit line Details 8Tender for the supply of 132 kV Capacitor Voltage Transformer (Qty.- 114 Nos) Details 8Supply of the Spares for ash slurry pump of ash handling system Details 8Annual Maintenance Contract of preventive /routine / breakdown maintenance of Plant Lighting,HT/LT Switchgear, Transformers & associated equipments for TPP Details You can also click on Tenders for more For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips: 8NCLT asks Bhushan Steel CoC to consider Liberty House bid Details 8JBVNL looks up to 'firm power' to handle irregular supply Details 8India sets pace for Asian clean energy race Details 8China Targets 100% Clean Power for Xiongan New Area Near Beijing Details 8Power demand goes down in Telangana Details 8State power sector poised for a big leap Details 8The spectre of losing power Details 8Banks should liquidate stressed power projects to remove deadwood from balance sheet Details 8UDAY scheme impact: Now, complacency to cost electricity discoms dear Details 8SJVN to aim for power generation target of 9,200mn units for FY19 Details 8Smart Cities: Transforming through Renewable Energy Details 8Making water-smart energy choices for development Details 8Solar power capacity at Charanka Solar Park to touch 790 MW Details 8MNRE reminds Agencies of Transparent Bidding Process Details 8Essar Steel auction: ArcelorMittal faces dues bill of over Rs 7,000 crore to clear eligibility hurdle Details 8RTPS facing severe coal shortage Details 8No question of coal shortage during monsoon: Secy Details 8China coal imports tumble on new rules, India yet to take up the slack: Russell Details 8Two thermal power units at Umred proposed Details 8China auto show highlights industry's electric ambitions Details 8Households in Punjab pay highest for using power Details 8Power lines near RRTS corridor to be shifted soon Details 8DERC frames regulation for forum and ombudsman to redress consumer grievances Details 8Exclusive: CenterPoint Energy nears deal to acquire Vectren Details 8Bids for Moser Baer Solar likely this week: Resolution professional Details 8Sunsure Energy Commissions 20 MW Utility Solar Plants in Karnataka Details 8Mundra Solar eyes to become $1 bn company in 2-3 years Details 8Micromax plans an electric vehicle trip as mobile battle gets fiercer Details 8Mahindra, Meru to deploy electric cabs in Hyderabad Details 8Zirakpur promised new grids before summer gets over Details 8General Electric shares rise despite 1Q loss on hefty legal charge Details 8Indonesia's Adaro targets 35 pct growth in coking coal output Details 8Coal India gets third chairman in eight months Details 8Coal India to offer 45 mt for stressed power Gencos Details You can also click on Newsclips for moreDetails
A new type of protectionism is sweeping through the power sector 8After a proposal for high tariffs on Chinese solar imports, every lobby is now looking at higher import tariffs 8The electrical equipment industry has now put forward a set of demands, all of which will push tariff higher Click on Reports for more
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8Get the MOU between SJVN and the ministry of power for 2018-19 8A mechanism has been set up wherein other states can bid for states which have given up their share of power 8The government has put offgrid Solar PV projects on hold pending the evolution of a new benchmark cost for the year 2018-19 8L&T Infrastructure Finance Company: Moving away from thermal to renewable projects. 8The energy transition is being driven by the interplay of increasingly complex dynamics, making it hard to predict future trajectories. As electricity consumption grows, the power sector fuel mix becomes a key battleground for competing fuels, with exposure to electricity — the key element for achieving decarbonization targets — becoming a major risk. Know more 8GE says that it is unsure how the global thermal power industry is going to fare in the current year 8Gayatri Projects: Find out why the going is good.
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Siemens seems to have run into trouble with Uttar Pradesh Power Transmission Corporation. 8UPPTCL has faced a "total failure" of its SCADA and EMS. 8What is more standby servers and "hot" standby servers have failed as well 8Siemens engineers have been found to be untrained and unable to resolve the problems in hand Click on Reports for more
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The village electrification scheme seems to be proceeding well 8Data shows the number of states will 100% electrification is on the rise 8Others are on the way to full electrification 8The point then is to see how much power do these villages end up getting Click on Reports for more
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It is interesting to witness how frequency oscillations in the pan-India grid can be narrowed down with technology and deductive logic as well as reports from unit levels to specific causes within a turbine or a generator of a generator. 8An investigation of all India SCADA data narrows down the oscillations to a particular area and then a plant 8The regional data can be matched with MW and MVAR data 8But all systems have to work properly for this to happen. 8Unfortunately that is not always the call Click on Reports for more
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UK is now an enthusiastic member of the International Solar Alliance, after the successful holding of the joint event between the ISA and London Stock Exchange (LSE) with support from the two governments as part of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting week in London. 8The UK is keen to demonstrate its solar business’s expertise to support the delivery of ISA’s objectives. 8What UK is also excited about is that the event also highlighted the role of the LSE as a financial organisation which can play a role in the mobilisation of investment of over US$1,000 billion into solar energy by 2030 in target ISA countries. 8Then again, it was decided that the corpus of Green Growth Equity Fund (GGEF), a joint initiative by the Governments of India and the UK under India’s flagship National Investment and Infrastructure Fund, will raise up to £500 million from institutional investors. Click on Reports for more
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Islanding schemes are vital to be able to keep off grid failure from spreading rapidly. 8Efforts should be made to design islanding scheme based on frequency sensing relays so that in case of imminent grid failure, electrical islands can be formed. 8These electrical islands can not only help in maintaining supply to essential services but would also help in faster restoration of grid. 8Interestingly enough many states do not have such islanding schemes in place Click on Reports for more
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8A huge capex is expected to come in emission control equipment. 8Click on details below to know the status of thermal power stations for implementation of FGD. Our sophisticated project monitoring software encompasses the detailed information of the requisite project along with the RFQs and the key contact details. Click on details for further informatioDetails
For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders: 8Tender for Renovation and Modernization of the Honeywell TDC 3000 system in unit-I of TPS Details 8Tender for Supply of 5 nos. battery chargers of various capacities for Hydro Power stations Details 8Design, manufacturing, supplying, laying, testing and commissioning of 175 meters 110kV XLPE UG cable Details 8Tender for the work of Re-orientation of 220kv line & 220kv Bus sectionalizer bay and PT Bay at 220kv Substation Details 8Tender for the Work of providing and installations Digital Communicable Transformer Auxiliary Monitoring system at 100KV & 110KV Substation Details 8Operation and maintenance of power plant equipments, mechanical/ electrical auxiliaries and other Power House/ Switchyard systems Details 8Tender for the work of Replacement of 11 Kv Circuit Breaker Control Panel Details 8Tender for Repair & Rehabilitation works for Chimney of Unit-2 in TPS Details 8Annual Maintenance Contract of preventive /routine / breakdown maintenance of C&I System Details 8Tender for the Work related to wheel fixing, dragging, erection,oil filtration and electrical testing of 01no. 84 MVA, 11/420 KV spare Generator Transformers Details 8Operation and Maintenance of Gauge and Discharge site at Dam site Details 8Tender for the work of Re-orientation of 400KV bay at 400/220KV substation Details You can also click on Tenders for more For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips: 8Siemens Gamesa bags multiple wind power orders of 140 MW. Details 8Reliance Power Q4 net rises 16%. Details 8Australian energy leaders look to end power and climate policy war. Details 8Honeywell announces expansion of its Pune facility. Details 8RP21 will open gateway for coal transportation Details 8Thyssenkrupp: JV with Tata Steel to be finalised by 2018-end Details 8Italy's Generali to sell holdings in coal sector in 6-12 months Details 8Coal India’s acting chairman may be replaced: IAS Suresh Kumar Details 8Ministry calls for time-bound execution of clean air plan Details 8Schneider-Temasek may announce a deal to buy l&t’s electric & automation business Details 8Power regulatory bodies must have a judicial member: Supreme Court Details 8Government on target: All villages to get electricity by month-end Details 8Power bills set to rise in Punjab, regulator clears about 2% hike in tariff Details 8 NTPC wants to exit joint venture with BHEL Details 8Strike cuts French power generation by over 4 GW Details 8Get ready, green Metro stations coming Details 8Steag expects more deals in Germany after RWE-E.ON swap Details 8NTPC calls tariff-based bids for 2,000MW of renewable energy Details You can also click on Newsclips for moreDetails
8Project Name: Absorber System Package in Thermal Power Station 8Project Cost: 200 crores 8Project Description: Owner is planning to install an absorber system package in order to comply with environmental norms for its 660 MW Unit in the 3000 MW thermal power complex. Approval from owner's headquarters is pending. Further RFQs are expected subsequently. The project requirements are: absorber limestone slurry re-circulation pumps, absorber oxidation air blowers, absorber tank slurry agitators, mist eliminator, silos, scaffolding, piles, elevators, water distribution systems, hand railing and fittings, slurry tanks, among others. 8Project Event: RFQs for an absorber system package are expected in May 2018. 8Expenditure Approval: Q1:2018 8RFQ Date: May/2018 8Release Date: Jun/2018 8Start Date: Q3:2018 8Completion Date: Q2:2019 Click here for more information 8Project Name: Hydroelectric Power Greenfield Project 8Project Cost: 4000 crores 8Project Description: Promoter is currently selecting a drilling contractor for a 500 MW greenfield hydro electric power project. Further bid are expected soon. The project requirements are: load cum excavator, hydraulic excavator, dumpers, jack hammer, water sprinkler machine, aggregate crushing plant, grouting pump, needle vibrator, air water jet blaster, drilling machines, DG sets, bending and cutting machine, fuel/water tankers, EOT crane, mobile crane, air compressor, tunnel boring machine, dozers, piles, elevators, building supports, gantry crane, spillway radial gates and hydraulic hoists, spillway stop logs, discharge pipe, valves, main inlet, intake trash rack, intake fixed wheel gates, desilting chamber gate, surge shaft gates, draft tube gate, trash rack cleaning machine, sluice gates, penstock, actuation system, flap gates, Francis turbine, pumps, spiral, casing, runner blades, guide vanes, oil pressure unit, water seal and air seal, generator and its control panel, guide bearings, protection relays, transformer and its auxiliaries, lightning arrester panels, excitation system and its auxiliaries, battery bank, SCADA, unit control board, sensors, console, display panels, gas insulated switch-gear and its auxiliaries - circuit breakers, isolators, capacitor bank, dis-connectors, governor panel, cables, transmission lines, nozzles, among others. 8Project Event: RFQs for consultancy services for DPR preparation are expected by the end of April 2018. 8Expenditure Approval: 2017 8RFQ Date: 28/Apr/2018 8Release Date: May/2018 8Start Date: Q2:2020 8Completion Date: Q3:2025 Click here for more information 8Project Name: Thermal Power Station - FGD Addition 8Project Cost: 700 crores 8Project Description: Owner's plans to install a flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) Unit at its 1200 MW unit in its 2500 MW thermal power station is getting hampered. The major requirements are: absorber system, gas to gas heat exchanger, piles, scaffolding, ladders, dozers, limestone silos, slurry tanks, booster fan, wet ball mills, slurry re-circulation pumps, bucket elevator, gypsum dehydration, stairways, among others. 8Project Event: RFQ for supply of an FGD is expected to be out by June 2018. 8Expenditure Approval: Q4:2017 8RFQ Date: Jun/2018 8Release Date: Jul/2018 8Start Date: Q2:2019 8Completion Date: Q2:2021 Click here for more informationDetails
The 600 MW Kameng and the 100 MW Pare hydroelectric power plants are going to be operational this month 8But tariff rates have not been settled yet 8The tariff determination will not be completed before the declaration of COD and the process is expected to take 3 to 4 months’ time. 8Till note provisional rates have been fixed Click on Reports for comprehensive tariff calculation sheets
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The rate of at which nuclear power plants are built must be increased in order to meet the goal of a low-carbon economy 8The Indian nuclear power industry has suffered from massive cost and time overruns 8The website carries here a full diagnostics of these findings to obtain a better understanding why some projects can go awry and why others go well. 8Taking advantage of lessons learned will contribute to lowering the costs of construction and improving nuclear technology’s reputation among policy-makers, regulators and civil society. Click on Reports for more
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ABB's Terra HP high power electric vehicle chargers chosen for use along U.S. highways in an ambitious 10-year project 8The company has been selected to supply its Terra HP charging stations as part of the biggest electric vehicle infrastructure project to date in the United States. 8The chargers, which can refresh even the largest electric vehicle battery in under 15 minutes, were selected for deployment by Electrify America, which plans to place hundreds of charging stations within and around 17 metropolitan areas and along multiple nationwide highway corridors. 8Meanwhile, ABB has deployed five of its highest-capacity motors – each capable of pumping 23,000 liters per second – as part of the Mahatma Gandhi Kalwakurthy Lift Irrigation Scheme Click on Reports for more
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Global coal prices have been buoyed by the possibility of large Indian imports 8Indian coal inventories are low, water reservoirs are at very low levels even as Coal India’s production struggles to keep up with demand. 8What is more, stocks at Indian coal-fired plant were pegged last at 16.3m tonnes, some 40% lower than at the same time last year. 8The stage is therefore set for imports to surge 8Overall, global seaborne thermal coal import demand could rise by 5% this year to more than 960m tonnes amid growing appetite from China and India. Click on Reports for more
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders: 8Construction of 2x40 MVA, 132/33KV and 2x20 MVA, 132/33KV Substation with SAS on turn-key basis Details 8Supply, Design, Erection, Retrofitting & Commissioning of 400 KV & 132 KV Circuit Breakers Details 8Tender for the supply of Lattice Type Main & Auxiliary Sub Station Structures Details 8Construction of 2x40 MVA, 132/33KV Substation with SAS on turn-key basis Details 8Construction and commissioning of 02Nos. 400/220 kV ICT bays at 400/220kV Substations Details 8Tender for the Supply of Poly Aluminum Chloride for TPS Details 8Tender for the work of Rewinding of L T Motors of CHP Details 8Construction of 220/132/33KV Substation with SAS on turn-key basis Details 8Procurement of Areva (GE T&D India Ltd.) make Relay Details 8Construction of Ash Water Recirculation Pump House Building at TPS Details 8Tender for Balance critical works (Civil Portion) of main Plant & offsite civil works of TPS Details 8Supply, Installation & Commissioning of Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations at TPS Details 8Supply, Installation, Testing & commissioning of HT ABC Details 8Construction of Hydrogen Generation Plant Building Details 8Tender for the supply of 33 kV Vacuum Circuit Breaker (Qty.- 203 Nos.) Details You can also click on Tenders for more For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips: 8Everstone-Lightsource BP to set up $710 mn energy platform; NIIF among key backers Details 8Clean energy sector misses capacity target for second consecutive year Details 8NHPC can revive abandoned projects Details 8India, UK governments invest in $711 million Indian renewable energy fund Details 8Schneider Electric beats Q1 revenue forecast on upbeat China demand Details 8PM Modi meets Theresa May, discusses climate change Details 8Chinese city launches wind power lottery to ease grid strains Details 8Wind power capacity addition to improve to 3 GW this fiscal: ICRA Details 8BHEL appoints Subodh Gupta as Director Finance Details 8SMEV, Taiwan council ink pact to strengthen electric vehicle ecosystem Details 8500 new electric buses to power PMPML’s shift to green transport Details 8HP to raise issue of its share in BBMB power projects Details 8Power firm may use gas transformers in Kolkata Details 8Record power transmission in Maharashtra Details 8Britain's Banks Mining to challenge government rejection of new coal mine Details 8Greece submits bill on coal-fired plants sale, union threatens strikes Details 8Power plants in Rajasthan face coal shortage Details 8Importers to gain from 22% dip in Indonesia coal prices Details 8ICICI Bank loan case: CBI questions CFO of NuPower Renewables Details 8NuPower, Pinnacle Energy trust board member quits Details You can also click on Newsclips for moreDetails
Torrent power -- which has a 2730 MW of gas based power projects -- is trying to build a 90 km pipeline from the LNG terminal in Dahej 8The idea is to have control over its own gas supply resources, including its own terminal import facilities. 8But objections are likely to come in against the pipeline from others who have already laid pipeline networks there Click on Reports to know moreDetails
Offshore wind energy might sound like a frighteningly new area for the Indian oil & gas industry 8But there is little option left for the industry but to step into this segment. 8A lot of oil & gas majors have taken advantage of their offshore oil & gas industry to build large subsidy-free offshore wind energy capacity Click on Reports for moreDetails
Find out how all kinds of lobbies are working at cross purposes to keep renewable energy tariffs high. 8The fact that solar tariffs have begun rising in India when they should be falling is an insidious indicator of counter-intuitive lobbying by well funded groups of companies and the government inability to look beyond the horizon on these issues. 8Also, there seems to be a divergence between the interests of solar advocates and the goal of global decarbonization 8Is the gas lobby too working at cross purposes here? Click on Reports for moreDetails
In the E&P sector hybrid micro-grids can work well to to save power costs, particularly in areas where grid supply is irregular or not available 8The full cost economics are carried here using Indian parameters 8Get the unsubsidized levelized tariff rates of different power sources in India here 8How will storage systems work in India and what are the cost parameters? 8Microgrids can reduce diesel consumption by 50% and bring down the cost of power to Rs 4 vs. Rs 18 Click on Reports for moreDetails
In many segments of the Indian economy, hybrid micro-grids can work well to to save power costs, particularly in areas where grid supply is irregular or not available 8The full cost economics are carried here using Indian parameters 8Get the unsubsidized levelized tariff rates of different power sources in India here 8How will storage systems work in India and what are the cost parameters? 8Microgrids can reduce diesel consumption by 50% and bring down the cost of power to Rs 4 vs. Rs 18 Click on Reports for more
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An explosive mix of electric vehicles, falling battery costs, increasing range and autonomous driving have disrupted the global transportation sector 8More change is coming and the world will be different place when the full impact of the revolution is unleashed. 8This time around, the change is driven more by China than any other country 8The Chinese have leapt ahead both in emission control and pushing electric vehicle use. They are likely to acquire leadership roles soon. 8The Chinese EV landscape is significantly different from that of India 8Get a comparison of how the two countries have embarked on different paths to electrifying their transportation fleets 8Can India "leapfrog" into the electric revolution? 8Find out how the Indian and the Chinese power sector will be impacted by the forthcomign EV revolution? Click on Reports for more
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The Indian government has withdrawn its earlier stand that the country will go "all electric" in the transportation sector by 2030. 8It did so because it found that to be an impossible target to meet 8The government originally planned to save the country an estimated $60 billion in energy bills by 2030 (whilst also decreasing carbon emissions by 37 per cent), by switching the country’s transportation system towards EVs; however, in early 2018 it backtracked from a declaration to electrify the country’s entire vehicle fleet by 2030, to a more modest target of 30 per cent of the fleet. 8Is India still capable of leapfrogging into a wholesale adoption of EVs? Some signs are there that this can well be possible 8While the Indian automobile sector is preparing for the ensuing revolution, will the power sector be able to hold up to the onslaught? 8Policy makers could, however, see utility in EVs not only for transportation but also for their benefits to the power sector. EVs offer an opportunity to encourage distributed generation, reducing dependence on electricity distribution companies and setting up commercially sustainable microgrids, especially in remote areas. Batteries used in EVs usually have a vehicle lifetime of eight to ten years, but they have significant potential after that for alternative uses, in particular as cheap storage for renewable energy capacity. 8Is battery swapping the right way to go in pushing EVs in India? 8When will EVs be cost compatible with ICE vehicles in India? Click on Reports for answers
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Setting up a gas trading hub is not easy as countries such as China, Japan and Singapore have not been able to successfully put up their own hubs despite a lot of background work and enabling factors in place. 8Indian teams in charge of building a gas trading hub will have to begin with visits to the US or UK or Australia to figure out how it works in these countries and whether what works there will work in India. 8Studies and recommendations will be needed in putting together the regulatory framework in terms of pipeline infrastructure, ensuring interconnectivity of pipelines, tariff models and separation of transportation and sales paradigm in existing monopolies 8Standardized unbundled contracts must be the order of the day and working them out will not be easy. 8A lot of learning will be needed among Indian players before a hub can actually be designed. 8Capacity data disclosure and transparency will have to be the order of the day. 8Role of different players will have to be clearly defined and regulations laid down accordingly. 8What kind of market clearing mechanisms will be in place? 8How will price discovery be done? 8Many questions will have to be answered. 8One thing is for sure: A gas trading hub of the kind prevalent in the West will take many years before it can become a reality in India Click on Reports for moreDetails