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Nov 2017

For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders: 
8Tender for Design,Manufacture,supply,Erection,testing &commissioning of turbines,Generators,Associated accessories and Auxiliary electrical, mechanical equipment,400 Kv GIS & Associated of 4*135 MW HE Details
8Tender for Supply of Steam Generator & Auxiliaries Package (Package code SE-1) for Super critical Thermal power Station-II, 2nd Expansion project (2*660 MW) Phase-1 Details
8Tender for Annual Rate Contract (ARC) for Maintenance of Electrical Equipments & Accessories (Inside Power House) of Unit#1-6 of TPS Details
8Tender for Earthwork excavation,stub setting,concreting,Transport and erection of400 KV(QD & 25M)Tower and stringing of DC line with twin Moose conductor from NNTPS Switchyard to Proposed Neyveli 230/110 KV SS Details
8Tender for work of Replacement of Cage Ladder, CI Cap and Hand Rails for three Chimney of Stage I in TPS II Details
8Tender of work of Providing assistance in Laying of Disposal Main MS Pipe Line, Drilling and Allied Works,Fabrication of Floats and other connected Mechanical/Electrical Works, & Other works in G&D /Mine-I for Two year Details
8Tender for work of technical feasibility study and underground coal gasification pilot project in UGC lignite Blocks Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8India plans 20GW solar tender, eyes domestic manufacturing boost Details
8Fin Min refuses to reveal names of NPAs in power sector Details
8EESL firms up £100 million investment plan to buy heat, power utility in UK Details
8EESL, UK firm collaborate on new renewable energy pact Details
8KERC yet to decide on state order on lower wind energy tariffs Details
8REC sets sight on foreign markets to boost revenues Details
8NTPC drops acquisition plans Details
8India inks energy work programme with IEA, key member countries Details
8Bajaj Electricals Q2 net profit up 13.9 per cent at Rs 18.98 crore Details
8NHPC second quarter net profit down 34.5 per cent at Rs 1,019 crore Details
8Will make enough money from each e-car sold to EESL: TataMotors Details
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8Project Name: Greenfield Hydroelectric Project
8Project Cost: Rs 300 crore
8Project Description: The owner along with an EIA consultant is carrying out the clearance activities for scoping the environment clearance for a 48 MW (3*16 MW) greenfield hydel power project. The project is a downstream development of Hydroelectric Project (180 MW) constructed and commissioned by NHPC. Currently forest clearance (Stage-1) has been accorded for diversion of forest land. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has agreed in principle to finance the project. The owner will come with an Expression of Interest for civil works costing 229. 35 crores soon following the HM and E&M works in a gap of a month.
8Project Event: RFQ for civil works are expected by Q1 2018 and award of work is expected by the following 4-5 months.
8Expenditure Approval: Q3:2017
8RFQ Date: Q1:2018
8Release Date: Q2:2018
8Start Date: Q4:2018
8Completion Date: Q4:2022
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8Project Name: Super Thermal Power Station - FGD Addition
8Project Cost: Rs 900 crore
8Project Description: The developer is scheduled to install an FGD for a 1600 MW (2*800 MW) unit thermal power plant. The company is expected to float tenders for the same. At present, feasibility studies are ongoing. The project is expected to kick off in early 2019. RFQ for supply and installation of FGD are expected to be out by the third quarter of 2018.
8The major requirement will be FGD, stacker and reclaimer, earth work, cranes, pipes, installation, gypsum disposal, wet lime among others.
8Project Event: RFQs for supply and installation of FGD are expected to be out by the Q3 2018.
8Expenditure Approval: Q1:2018
8RFQ Date: Q3:2018
8Release Date: Q4:2018
8Start Date: Q2:2019
8Completion Date: Q1:2022
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8Project Name: Thermal Power Maintenance Project (Unit - 11)
8Project Cost: Rs 12 crore
8Project Description: The owner has planned a 18-day scheduled mini overhaul of the Unit-11 B-TPS (200 MW) in the 1188 MW Thermal Power Plant covering a mini overhaul of the complete complex in which equipment includes turbine bearings, refilling of gas for HP, IP, LP turbine cylinders, boiler linings, safety valves, nozzles, inspection of rotor blades, relays, fuses, pipes, replacing of conveyor belts, bucker wheel, among others.
8Project Event: RFQ for equipment is expected by Mid-December 2017.
8Expenditure Approval: Q2:2017
8RFQ Date: 17/Dec/2017
8Release Date: Jan/2018
8Start Date: 1/Mar/2018
8Completion Date: 18/Mar/2018
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders: 
8Tender for Supply and Installation of Steam Turbine Generator & Auxiliaries Package(SE-2) for Super critical Thermal power Station-II, 2nd Expansion project (2*600 MW- Phase-1) Details
8Tender for Procurement of 66 KV Isolator Sets ( Qty.-25 Sets) Details
8Tender for supply of material,Erection,testing & commissioning of 5 Nos. New 33 KV S/S (Including civil works) consisting f 8 Panel set of 11kv breaker along with associated 33KV line(65 KM) and 11KV Details
8Tender for Supply of 1400mm Belt Width Conveyor Belts Details
8Tender for Supply of 10 MVA, 33/11KV(Cu.) Power Transformers (1 Nos.) Details
8Tender for Construction of 33KV & 11KV New Line, And Augmentation of 11KV & 33 KV Line with erection of interposing poles & accessories where required & Associated works Details
8Tender for supply of 11 KV,3P4W,0.5 Class accuracy,Oil cooled CT PT combined Metering Units of different Current ratio.( 400 Nos.) & Other Materials Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8Telangana govt to invest Rs 94,000 crore in power sector: CM Details
8Telangana to be power surplus with additional 13,752 MW generation Details
8Centre to brainstorm with states on power reforms in bi-annual meet Details
8Reliance Infrastructure set to bag Rs 1,000 crore NPCI Order Details
8Electric vehicle industry welcomes Karnataka HC decision Details
8Schneider-Temasek leads race to buy L&T’s electrical Biz for Rs 17,000 crore Details
8More work needed to widen renewables, solar: UNIDO official Details
8Commercial coal block sale may get Cabinet nod this month Details
8Coal shortage keeps 11,500 MW of thermal power generation capacity idle Details
8Coal India to legally examine show cause notices served to subsidiary Details
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8Get a comprehensive analysis of the real valuation of Power Finance Corporation of India in terms of its balance sheet and is the market reflecting this fair value.
8Offshore wind has fallen in cost by nearly 50% in just two and a half years. In achieving this, the industry has rewritten the rules for how to deliver cost reductions in energy through innovation and new business models. Click on Reports for case histories and costing data 
8Even as wind energy cost falls,the wind turbine market has become highly competitive, with at least one market leader registering a massive drop in sales. Their once profitable multinational arm is now losing money and the company is the process of shedding jobs. Find out what went wrong. Click on Reports and on Details below for more Details
Find out more on how the cost of non-conventional energy has fallen over the last five years.
8The data is given for wind energy in terms of levelized and mean costs
8Similarly, data is also given for solar power, but split up into the following segments:
-- Crystalline Utility-Scale, mean and range
-- Rooftop C&I, mean and range
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A solar vs. gas fired and diesel fired power generation comparison is also carried here.
8The cost economics vary depending upon where in the world the calculations are carried out.
8This is because the cost of gas or of diesel varies.
8Find out where India stands on the global scale.
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Then again, the entire exercise is conducted for all the different sources of power taking into account sensitivity to power prices
8The analysis throws up some interesting conclusion which are not easily apparent to the eye
8There is also a very crucial set of calculations where the cost of carbon abatement is taken into account for these different energy sources
8When carbon abatement is compared to coal based power, some very surprising results are thrown up.
8These are calculations based on real data after taking into account a series of cost and technical assumptions to make the data as authentic as possible.
8These calculations and assumptions are a must read for the power sector professional.
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For any policy maker either in the government or in a large power company, it is important to stay closely in touch with the fuel economics of power generation in what is now becoming a very fluid situation on the ground.
8The website carries here the most comprehensive and well-defined set of cost data on the cost of power according to generations source. The data is updated as of September 2017.
The levelized unsubsidized cost range is given for different power generation sources, including:
Non-conventional
8Solar PV—Rooftop Residential
8Solar PV—Rooftop C&I
8Solar PV—Community
8Solar PV—Crystalline Utility Scale
8Solar PV—Thin Film Utility Scale
8Solar Thermal Tower with Storage
8Fuel Cell
8Microturbine
8Geothermal
8Biomass Direct
8Wind 
Conventional
8Diesel Reciprocating Engine
8Natural Gas Reciprocating Engine
8Gas Peaking
8IGCC
8Nuclear
8Coal
8Gas Combined Cycle
The analysis assumes 60% debt at 8% interest rate anId 40% equity at 12% cost for conventional and alternative energy generation technologies.
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Given the fact that Bangladesh is dependent on liquid fuel or gas fired generation, it will perhaps make sense to supply low cost power from India.
8But the problem is who will handle the carbon emission overhang. In the longer run it will be futile for India to take the emission load in return for selling cheaper power to Bangladesh unless of course the emission overrun is compensated through a bilateral emission trading system.
8In that context perhaps, Bangladesh may be right to embark on LNG-based power generation. If the price of carbon is factored in, using LNG to fire its own power stations makes sense for Bangladesh (see our emission abatement costing analyis of different power sources below).
8The possibility of trading power to Bangladesh may still exist but that could be when there is an excess of renewable power during the day, and that too only if we have a surplus in a situation where inexpensive baseload coal powered stations have to kept running for technical reasons.
Click on Reports for more offers for LNG power plants which await approval from the Bangladesh government. Details
For Tata Power, the under-recovery at its 4000 MW Mundra power plant was down from Rs 0.93/kWh in Q-1, 2017-18 to Rs 0.70/kWh in Q-2 on higher availability (85% vs. 61% in 1Q) and savings in fuel coal.
8Its renewable energy portfolio continues to expand
8But despite conference calls by theTata brass pointing to a brighter future, there are few upsides as of now.
8The renewable business has become highly competitive and uncertainty hangs high over the company's thermal power capacity.
8The distribution business is hemmed in by over-regulation.
8Something has to give way in the power sector before clarity can prevail.
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8Project Name: Thermal Power Station - Dismantling
8Project Cost: Rs 65 crore
8Project Description: The developer is planning to retire and dismantle Units 1 and 2 (2*120 MW) of it's 870 MW (3*210 + 2*120MW) thermal power plant. At present, the consultant is working on the feasibility study. As of now, these two units have already been shut down since July, 2017 due to low schedule. RFQs for civil work and dismantling services of various equipment are expected by the 1st quarter of 2018.
8The major requirement will be cranes, dozers, dismantling services for electrical, mechanical and control and instrumentation (C&I) equipment, onsite inspection, inventorying, segregation and estimation among others.
8Project Event: RFQ for dismantling services of various equipment is expected by Q1 2018.
8Expenditure Approval: Q3:2017
8RFQ Date: Q1:2018
8Release Date: Q1:2018
8Start Date: Q3:2018
8Completion Date: Q2:2019
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders: 
8Tender for Supply of 3Phase 4Wire Static HT Tri-Vector Meter, 0.2s, -/5A, DLMS-C1 (Qty.-1000 Nos) & 3Phase 4Wire Static LT Tri-Vector Meter, 0.5s, -/5A, DLMS-C1 (Qty.-600 Nos). Details
8Tender for Supply of Single Phase Meter (10-60A) DLMS.(Qty.-100000) Details
8Tender For Manufacture, Testing, Supply & Delivery of 100 Nos. 15 KV NCTs Details
8Tender for supply of 11 KV , 30KN Strain Disc Hardwares suitable for Rabbit & Weasel conductor (21000 Nos) Details
8Tender for manufacture, Testing, Supply & Delivery of 118 nos. of 11 KV VCB Panels Details
8Tender for Operation & Maintenance of Pooling Sub-station and maintenance of 6 nos. of 33 KV Transmission Lines Details
8Tender for Work of Outsourcing of Operation & Maintenance of Coal Handling Plant and its auxiliaries during 2018-2020 Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8CEA to States: Work towards one power market, a la GST Details
8Rama Steel Tubes bags Rs 288 cr new orders from power sector Details
8Adani Powers signs long-term PPA, stock rises by 1% Details
8India again puts off flagship global renewable energy event Details
8Essar Power to commission Mahan-Sipat transmission line by Jan Details
8Over $270 billion investment in new power infrastructure could be avoided via digital tech: IEA Details
8BHEL second quarter profit rises 5.9 per cent at Rs 115.42 crore Details
8Digitalization in energy sector to be $64 billion market by 2025: BNEF Details
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8Project Name: Thermal Power Greenfield Project
8Project Cost: Rs 13000 crore
8Project Description: The owner along with an EIA consultant is carrying out the final estimation for a greenfield 1600 MW (2*800 MW) ultra super-critical thermal power plant. EC has been granted on 31 August 2017. The owner has proposed to export the entire power generated to Bangladesh. Currently the owner is planning to sign a power purchase agreement with Bangladesh Power Development Board in next 1-2 months. The developer will come out with an EPC contractor package soon.
8Project Event: RFQ for an EPC contractor is expected by March 2018.
8Expenditure Approval: Q2:2017
8RFQ Date: Mar/2018
8Release Date: Q2:2018
8Start Date: Q4:2018
8Completion Date: Q2:2023
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88 offers for LNG power plants await nod from Bangladesh government. Eventually, however tariff from these projects will be more expensive than average cost of power -- either from thermal or renewable power -- in India. Will importing power from India make better sense for Bangaldesh but then is India a dependable source? Click on Reports for more
8Find out more on a new Electronic Manufacturing Cluster (EMC) being promoted in Gujarat by a power company. Click on Reports for more
8Find out why promoters feel Su-Kam solar batteries are specially designed for optimum performance Click on Reports for more
8Find our more on who makes the best cast steel gate valves in India. Click on Reports for more
8Latest update on under-construction thermal power projects in India Click on Reports for more
8A template on gas demand and supply in India. Does gas have a bright future and how economical is gas-based power stations in India? Click on Reports for more
8Find out the effect of fault locations on the behavior of  a FSIG-based wind farm interconnected grid under different fault types Click on Reports for more
8The website carries here details of smart grid pilot projects in India in terms of name of name of the project, name of the consultant, key functionalities, key vendors, customers, total project cost, government support, project completion date, latest update. Click on Reports for more
8Researchers from Stanford University have developed cheap batteries as an alternative to expensive lithium-ion batteries that could better help us prepare for our renewable energy future. The group was able to create a sodium-based battery that can store the same amount of energy as a lithium-based battery at less than 80% of the cost. Click on Reports for more
8There secondary market in the renewable energy industry has suddenly become very active with a large number of seller and also buyers. Click on Reports for more
8There is no running away from paying up capacity relinquishment charges in transmission projects, it has been ruled, even though it was argued that the capacity could be easily booked by third parties without loss to the transmission company. For a long term customer, the charge can be as high as 66% of the estimated transmission charges (net present value) for the stranded transmission capacity for the period falling short of 12 (twelve) years of access rights. That is a lot of money to pay. Users must be careful when it comes to booking transmission capacity without adequate due diligence. Click on Reports for more
8Telengana has handed over an order for a 4,000 MW Yadadri supercritical thermal power project, valued at approximately Rs20,400 crore to BHEL. This is the single largest order for the company so far and is also the highest value order ever placed in the power sector in India. Click on Reports for more
8Full details on a company which claims to produce the lowest cost wind energy power in India. Click on Reports for more
8Hindustran Construction Company finally emerges from the shadows on the back of inflows from arbitration proceedings. Click on Reports for more
8Is ABB's MicoGrid solution over-hyped? Click on Reports for more Details
A big international bank is talking of an Asian super grid for electricity
8The grid can encompass Mongolia, China, India and its neighbors, Korea and go on to Japan
8In fact pre-feasibility studies have been completed for a 2 GB grid
8Bulk of the power to be transmitted will be renewable in nature.
8If this concept takes root, it will go a long way in creating  a uniform power power structure over bulk of Asia
82020 has been set an ambitious start date for the grid.
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It was upheld again last week that 100% subsidiary companies in the renewable sector should be allowed to utilize the connectivity granted to the parent company.
8But there can be the possibility that trading in connectivity can take place
8To obviate this possibility, any sale of shares in the subsidiary company(ies) shall be allowed only after one year of the commencement of supply of power from the SPV.
Click on Reports to find out more about how this order bring about a paradigm change in the way renewable power is wheeled in India   Details
Find out more on this one hydel project that a study has shown has been very adverse impacted ecologically.
8The area which was self-sufficient in food grain production has now become deficient
8Around 100,000 acres of land has been flooded.
8The project has devastated homesteads in the lake skirt areas, destroying peoples’ livelihood while leading to the disappearance of several indigenous fishes, indigenous varieties of aquatic edible plants the area
8This is a devastating indictment indeed
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8International best practices: Role of Regulators & Discoms in promoting EVs
8Impact of EV load on the local Distribution System
8Possible Business models for public EV Charging Infrastructure development
8Impact on tariff on the advent of EVs
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When the Adanis unveiled their grand Rs 100,000 crore coal-to-petrochemical project in Gujarat last week, the question on everyone's mind was: How would they fund such a project?
8Cash strapped Indian banks will be unwilling to extend a helping hand beyond a point. The Adanis currently do not enjoy a credit profile of a kind needed to loan that kind of money.
8A Supreme Court order that did not allow a pass-through of higher imported coal prices to the electric tariff out of their 4600 MW Mundra power project has forced the Adanis to put up the plant for sale at a token of Rs 1 despite spending billions of dollar to set it up.
8The family however cannot be faulted for the sheer scale of their ambition and their inability to give that up even in the face of looming adversity.
8In what can be termed as an attempt unprecedented in Indian economic history, the Adanis are now trying to secure funding for their Rs 100,000 crore project from sources that few Indian entrepreneurs could dream up
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The Adanis have told the Australian government that the coal from the group's controversial Carmichael coal mine will be part of what what is being termed as “integrated pit-to-plug strategy”.
8The idea now seems to be to use coal from the Carmichael mine to power the massive coal-to-petrochemical project.
8Earlier, the Adanis had told the Australians that they would utilize the coal to light up a 100 million homes but that dream has gone sour with the Supreme Court order on the family's Mundra power plant.
8The coal-to-petrochemical plant now fits very well with the “integrated pit-to-plug strategy”, with the quantum of coal (35 million tonnes per annum) needed for the project to be supplied from a captive mine in Australia
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Does a coal-to-petrochemical project of the size planned by the Adanis make sense in today's world?
8Apparently in does as the plant can be competitive, when compared to other conventional feedstock such as gas or naphtha.
8The landed cost of LNG or even domestically available gas (as the price is to be pegged to DES LNG price in the West Coast of India) is expensive in India whereas the costing exercise for Adanis' coal-to-petrochemical project will be an internal one, given that coal is being supplied from a captive coal mine.
8The cost economics of the integrated project is of importance then and not just the Australian project.
8Financing too will be on an integrated scale.
8India does offer a ready market for the products from the coal-to-petrochem project
8Click on Reports to find out how a super sized coal gasification project can work in India. Also find out more on coal gasification and how it compares with other competing feedstock.
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The fact that fresh coal-based capacity creation has to be halted is now a foregone conclusion given the compulsions of climate change.
8A study has shown that the estimated damage to society from air pollution reveals an implicit global subsidy to coal of US$ 2,400 billion in 2015, or US$ 3,100 billion (half of total implicit to all fossil fuels)
8Clearly, this is unsustainable
8Yet a transition away from coal-based power is not possible without widespread pain.
8So how can the transition be made in the smoothest possible way?
8The website carries here a lot of detailed data and analysis on how to handle this change -- both on the policy front and at the level of power companies -- in the best possible way.
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Auction regime is expected to increase the WTG market to over 6GW annually. The cost of wind power is now lower than even conventional sources of power.
The market is expected to see the following tractions:
84GW+ from SECI auctions
82GW+ from state auctions
81GW+ from PSU/captive orders
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8Project Name: Super Thermal Power Brownfield Project
8Project Cost: Rs 7000 crore
8Project Description: The owner along with consultant is carrying out the final EIA activities for a 1320 MW (2*660 MW) supercritical thermal power plant. Baseline data collection for EIA studies has been completed and submitted to RSPCB. Coal supply will come from the allocated Parsa East coal block. EC is likely to be elicited by third quarter of 2018. The owner will come come out with BTG, civil and BOP package wise contracts.
8Project Event: RFQ for the BTG package is expected by Q4 2018.
8Expenditure Approval: Q1:2018
8RFQ Date: Q4:2018
8Release Date: Q1:2019
8Start Date: Q3:2019
8Completion Date: Q4:2023
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8Project Name: Hydro Power Station Maintenance Project
8Project Cost: Rs 15 crore
8Project Description: The owner has planned a 7-day scheduled maintenance of Unit-2 (24.2 MW) in the 77.65 MW Hydro Power Station, covering annual inspection and RM works which includes overhauling of auxiliary parts of the turbine and its blade sets, seals, and the oil cooling unit.
8Equipment required will be blades of runner, turbine bearings, gland seals, pipes, guide vanes seal, spiral casing, spiral drain valve, draft tube drain valve, among others.
8Project Event: RFQ for equipment is expected by fourth week of December 2017.
8Expenditure Approval: Q2:2017
8RFQ Date: 27/Dec/2017
8Release Date: Jan/2018
8Start Date: 12/Mar/2018
8Completion Date: 18/Mar/2018
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8Project Name: Thermal Power Station Phase-I FGD Addition
8Project Cost: Rs 400 crore
8Project Description: The developer is planning the installation of an FGD unit and retrofitting of the ESP at it's 500 MW unit out of 1100 MW (1*500 + 1*600 MW) Thermal Power Station. At present the final stages of feasibility studies are ongoing. The installation is expected to begin by the end of December, 2020. RFQs for same are expected to be released in the first quarter of 2019.
8The major requirements will be Flue Gas Desulphurisation (FGD) unit, Cranes, Earth Work among others.
8Project Event: RFQs for supply and installation of FGD are expected to be out by the Q1 2019.
8Expenditure Approval: Q1:2018
8RFQ Date: Q1:2019
8Release Date: Q2:2019
8Start Date: Dec/2020
8Completion Date: Q2:2023
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders: 
8Tender for Earthwork excavation, stub setting,concreting, Transport and erection of KCR towers,Supply and erection of QD & QC towers,stringing of panther conductor and associated works Details
8Tender for supply of Earthwire 7/3.15 mm dia (120 km) and Earth wire 7/3.66 mm dia (40 km) Details
8Work of Upgradation of Alappuzha-Pooppally portion of 66KV Alappuzha-Kuttanad feeder (9 Km) to 110KV DC feeder under Transmission Circle,Alappuzha using narrow base towers on turnkey basis Details
8Tender for work of Extension of LT Line for providing street light phase in/c. service connection to Rurban cluster under Nirvoypur Cluste & 7 Nos. of GP’s under Electrical Sub-Division Kathalia Details
8Work of Providing stub setting, concreting, earthing,Transporting, erection of tower and stringing of Zebra conductor by making LILO of 230 KV Othakkalmandapam-Palladam feeder at the Proposed 400/230/110KV Substation Details
8Tender for work of Earthwork excavation, stub setting,concreting, supply, transport and erection of 400 KV tower and stringing of 230 KV DC line with Twin Moose Conductor and OPGW cable Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8India’s effort in renewable energy led to drop in solar price: US Details
8Actis explores sale of Ostro Energy to ReNew Power Ventures Details
8Gujarat High Court clears decks for state’s first wind power auction Details
8Coimbatore goes green, to set up two solar power plants at Rs 5.5 crore each Details
8REC may fund Indian Railways’ drive to electrify entire network Details
8Mahindra Powerol to grow 10% this year, launches high-powered generators Details
8OPINION: Stop power theft, for India’s sake Details
8REC second quarter net profit declines 30 per cent to Rs 1,214 crore Details
8Saubhagya scheme to be in spotlight at power ministers' meet this week Details
8NTPC to light up 4 more units in UP before Lok Sabha polls Details
8HSBC pledges $100 bn climate financing, to discontinue funding coal-fired plants Details
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8A business opportunity has come up for a captive power plant (1x12 MW to 52 MW) and a coal washery 100 TPH to 300 TPH. The power plant will have a (AFBC - 12 MW, WHRB - 4x7 MW - 28 MW) configuration. Click on Reports for more 
8For reference purposes, the website carries here an update on OPJ Trading Pvt. Ltd. It is an investment vehicle of Naveen Jindal family. Click on Reports for more  
8A review paper on on Wireless Power Transmission by using Inductive Coupling for different application is carried here. Click on Reports for more 
8Rooftop solar: Using smart technology. Find out more on 100-500kW capacity projects being set up in select cities. Click on Reports for more 
8Powergrid has capex plans of Rs 25,000 crore. Click on Reports to find out more.
8Scale is what matters in today's world. The website carries here details of a two-decade-old company engaged in design, supply, erection and engineering of control and instrumentation equipments, distributed control system (DCS), Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition System (SCDA), Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), 33kv & 11 kv Substation, 132 kv switchyard & equipments, Bus Ducts, lighting equipments etc, and how surviving in an increasingly cut throat market is getting to become more difficult. Click on Reports for more 
8In its continuing coverage of the changing landscape in the solar power business, the website carries here yet another example of how small solar units set up by companies are now beginning to face the crunch. Companies with decades-long experience in other businesses diversified into the solar industry looking for the proverbial pot of gold at the end of the rainbow only to find out to their dismay that it is no longer the case. Details
Dispatches grew at around 12% YoY in October, and they are likely to exceed full-year estimate for Coal India Ltd.
8Concerns around grade slippage, e-auction price decline, deceleration in volume growth, and wage hike are now behind.
8The company's prospects are looking up
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8Coal inventories in mines and at power plants
8E-auction premium over notified price, month-wise
8E-auction allocated volumes, month-wise
8Thermal coal imports, month-wise
8Estimated financials over the next two years
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The Adanis are keen to get the project off the ground as soon as possible.
Sources said that the first set of RFQs are expected soon for a DFR that will involve, for development and selection of best alternatives, execution and design philosophies, cost accuracy estimates. The next step will be to look for FEED, overall PMC and licensors for individual units and EPC contractors. Crucial capital approval decisions will be needed for a final go-ahead.
8Air Separation Unit
8Coal Preparation Plant (Conveyance, Size Reduction, Storage Facility & Preparation)
8Coal Gasification Unit
8Syngas conditioning and Cleanup
8Sour Shift Unit
8Acid Gas Removal Unit (AGRU)
8Sulphur Recovery Unit (SRU)
8Liquid Nitrogen Wash (LNW)
8Cold Box (CB) & Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA)
8Methanol Synthesis Unit
8SNG Plant
8Ammonia Plant
8MEG Plant
8Acetic Acid Plant,
8Methanol to Olefins and Poly Olefins
8DME Plant
8The offsite will be made up of:: Coal Preparation, Handling and Storage. Slag Storage,  Catalyst storage and handling, Sulphur Handling, Intermediate Storage, Utilities, Flare System, Fire Protection System, Product Storage and Distribution System, Chemical Storage, ETP & ZLD System
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The Adani Group has decided to get more ambitious with its coal-to-petrochemical project in Gujarat.
8The investment cost has now been pegged at a massive Rs 100,000 crore.
8It will import an unprecedented 35 million tonnes of Australian coal every year and source 2.2 million tonnes of lignite domestically for the project.
81000 acres of uninhabited land has been specifically identified for the project.
The following is the product slate:
8Methanol: 5 MMTPA (Million Metric Tons per Annum)
-- 1.3 MMTPA for Merchant sale
-- 3.7 MMTPA for downstream chemicals
8It will produce as much as 26 MMSCMD of syngas, a substitute for natural gas.
8Ammonia: 1.1 MMTPA
8MEG: 0.6 MMTPA
8Acetic Acid: 1 MMTPA
8Poly-olefins ( Poly-propylene and Poly-Ethylene) :0.65 MMTPA
8DME Plant: 1 MMTPA, a substitute for LPG.
8Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Limited (APSEZL) will be supplying the total water requirement for the plant. This RO water would be utilized to meet the cooling water make-up, DM water make-up and Plant/Utility water requirement of  the complex. The water system is highly integrated and is designed for Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD).
8The total estimated power requirement for CTP Plant is 2600 MW out of which 600 MW would be generated from internal process steam and balance 2000 MW power.
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For gas based power projects, is there now hope that cheaper indigenous gas will be available from 2019 or 2020 onwards?
8The website carries here the latest gas production profile of ONGC going up to 2022 and the curve shows a smart rise
8Then again RIL-BP too has announced that first gas from its KG Basin development will begin kicking in by 2020-21
8The problem, however, will be that the price of new gas will be pegged at the DES price of LNG
8For power companies, the differential between LNG and domestically priced gas will be very narrow indeed and, eventually, the use of domestic gas will not have a big impact on their overall viability.
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For reference purposes, the website also carries here full worldwide data on electric vehicle penetration rates at present and in the future
8An idea is also given of how fossil fuel consumption is going to be impacted
8There are different scenarios worked out in terms of low and high electric vehicle penetration
8Then again, in relation to these movements, find out how will electricity consumption go up
8Another set of international data shows a massive increase in EV population by the year 2030
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The advent of the electric car will dramatically change the ecosystem surrounding the automobile industry.
8The auto ancillary business will not survive the way it is now as there are far less moving parts in an electric vehicles compared to a conventional car.
8The website also carries here full details on the electric vehicle charging infrastructure and how it is going to evolve in India
8Find out what role can utilities play in this evolution
8Case studies are carried here
8The website also carries here the case study of India's first electric commercial vehicle operator. The company was EBITDA positive in 10 months and cash positive in 25 months.
8Its vehicles have clocked in excess of 20 million kms
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It is already a well known fact that electric two wheelers and even three wheelers have already become effective in comparison to their fossil-fuel run counterparts.
8The total cost of ownership (TCO) of an electric scooter is 22% lower than petrol-run scooter used for commercial purposes despite a higher acquisition cost due to low maintenance and comparatively very low fuel/electricity cost.
8More importantly however, latest calculations show that cost dynamics of running an electric four wheeler or an electric passenger vehicle (EV) for commercial purposes, with a high vehicle utilization, are quite favorable when compared to internal combustion vehicles.
8After the implementation of BS-VI emission norms in 2020, petrol and diesel passenger vehicles are expected to get pricier by 8%-15%, which will further reduce the differential between ICE vehicles and EVs, making electric cars viable for adoption by retail customers as well.
8Also find out how viability can be attained for electric buses as well as light and heavy commercial vehicles.
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The global automotive industry is at the cusp of a paradigm shift from internal combustion engine vehicles to zero emission vehicles.
8India has plans to go for an all electric fleet by 2030
8As various stakeholders look to understand the implications of this transition, the website provides answers here on the following questions:
8How would the current industry ecosystem change as a result of the electrification drive by the government?
8Which vehicle segments are likely to lead the drive toward electrification?
8 How will the charging infrastructure evolve and what charging models would be the most suitable in the Indian context?
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8Project Name: Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Project
8Project Cost: Rs 4000 crore
8Project Description: The owner along with EIA consultant is carrying out the final EIA activities for a 1000 MW (4*250 MW) Pumped Storage Plant which envisages re-utilisation of water of the dam. TOR has been granted on 4 November 2013. Baseline data for three seasons activities have been completed. EIA studies are underway in which public hearing and social impact assessment are pending. EC is likely to be elicited by second quarter of 2018. The company will float out with package wise contracts after getting EC.
8Project Event: RFQ for civil works are expected by Q3 2018.
8Expenditure Approval: Q2:2018
8RFQ Date: Q3:2018
8Release Date: Q4:2018
8Start Date: Q1:2019
8Completion Date: Q3:2025
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8Project Name: Gas Power Station Maintenance Project (Unit - GT4)
8Project Cost: Rs 15 crore
8Project Description: The developer has planned a 7-day scheduled maintenance of Unit-4 Gas Turbine (111.19 MW) in the 652 MW Gas Based Power Station covering major inspection (type C) of equipment which includes overhauling of auxiliary parts of the gas turbine set and compressor parts.
8Equipment required will be air filters, nozzle, water and oil piping, buckets, shrouds, support rings, combustion liners, thrust bearings, casings, pumps, seals, among others.
8Project Event: RFQ for equipment required in maintenance are expected by second week of December 2017.
8Expenditure Approval: Q2:2017
8RFQ Date: 15/Dec/2017
8Release Date: Jan/2018
8Start Date: 23/Feb/2018
8Completion Date: 1/Mar/2018
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India’s petcoke ban presents opportunities for importers of coal in a pretty big way
8A ban on petcoke usage in four Indian states from November 1 this year will also have a positive impact on dry bulk shipping in the short term, especially for the panamax and supramax segments.
8If the ban is extended to the whole of India, which is also expected, the nation would require additional imports of around 30m tonnes of coal annually.
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders: 
8Tender for Award of Rate contract for Single/Poly Phase Meter Installation Details
8Tender for Earthwork excavation, stub setting,and Associated work of 400 KV (QD+25m) tower and stringing of DC line with Twin Moose Conductor from NNTPS switch yard to the proposed Neyveli 230/110 KV Details
8Tender for Design, supply, erection, testing &commissioning of Double girder EOT crane of150/30 Ton capacity including supply of rail and DSL safe track at the newly established Transformer repair bay Details
8Tender for Design, Detailed Engineering,Supply, Erection, Testing and Commissioning of 43 Sets of 11KV, 2.4MVAR Capacitor Banks and 17 sets of 22KV, 2.4 MVAR Capacitor Banks Details
8Tender for Additional work shifting of 33 Kv Line, 11 kv Line,11/.4 kv,DT and LT Line for SKY WALK Details
8Tender for Award of Rate contract for MLCC/KCC/GCC/Prepaid/CT Meter Installation Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8Maharashtra launches project to connect farmlands with solar power Details
8Government to give 60 per cent stake in ONGC fields to private firms Details
8Environment clearances being taken for two dams in name of Pancheshwar: Activists Details
8Finance ministry, Asian Development Bank review 55 projects worth $13.5 billion Details
8Delhi power discoms to purchase 1,000 MW clean energy by 2019 Details
8Tata Power Q2 profit misses estimate, one-off items hurt Details
8CM Raghubar Das seeks manufacturing investments in Jharkhand Details
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8Project Name: Thermal Power Station - FGD Addition
8Project Cost: Rs 300 crore
8Project Description: The owner is scheduled to install an FGD for a 600 MW unit at it's 1440 MW (4*210+1*600 MW) thermal power plant. The company is expected to float tenders for the same. At present, feasibility studies and phasing plans are ongoing. The project is expected to kick off in late 2020. RFQ for supply and installation of FGD are expected to be out by the fourth quarter of 2018.
8The major requirement will be FGD, stacker and reclaimer, earth work, cranes, pipes, installation, gypsum disposal, wet lime among others.
8Project Event: RFQs for supply and installation of FGD are expected to be out by the Q4 2018.
8Expenditure Approval: Q3:2018
8RFQ Date: Q4:2018
8Release Date: Q1:2019
8Start Date: Q4:2020
8Completion Date: Q2:2023
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8Project Name: Gas Power Station Maintenance Project
8Project Cost: Rs 30 crore
8Project Description: The developer has planned a 35-days scheduled maintenance of Steam Turbine - II (154.51 MW) in the 817 MW (4x130.19 MW GT + 2x154.51 MW ST) Gas Based Power Station covering annual inspection of steam turbine, and renovation and modernization of C&I equipment which includes overhauling of auxiliary parts of C&I equipment. There will be a technology up-gradation in the DCS system of Seimens T3000.
8Equipment required will be console, display panels, sensors, turbine-generator bearings, casings, valves, filters, among others.
8Project Event: RFQs for equipment required for maintenance are expected by fourth week of November 2017.
8Expenditure Approval: Q2:2017
8RFQ Date: 28/Nov/2017
8Release Date: Dec/2017
8Start Date: 15/Jan/2018
8Completion Date: 18/Feb/2018
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8Sembcorp has continued to invest in the Indian renewable story but the emphasis has now shifted to drive asset performance and reduce costs.
8The website carries here the main presentation given to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he met with global oil and gas leaders last month. There is also an action taken report on the decisions last taken by the Prime Minister in this sector.
8Cooperation in power and transmission projects has a lot of scope among BIMSTEC countries. Find out what is holding back the association of countries from better utilizing the huge potential for trading in power. What are the opportunities and what needs be done next? The techno-economic rationale for cooperation is compelling but critical momentum is needed to move everything strongly forward. How can the lack of infrastructure, a result of market failure, be overcome? And what is in it for Indian power companies?
8A cold rolled strips company has jumped into the solar energy business but is finding the going tough. The promoter group however is involved in a varied range of businesses and will perhaps be in a position to sustain its solar operations for the time being. Click on Reports for more
8For reference purposes, the website carries here a set of business opportunities for new captive power projects along with waste heat recovery systems. Click on Reports for more Details
Coal India Ltd is the largest greenhouse emitter in the world. And the point to note is that emission levels have been going up over the years.
8The next highest emitter spews only half the carbon dioxide that Coal India does.
8Are there ways that Coal India can embark on a sustainable mission that will reduce its carbon footprint over time?
8The website carries here a full template on what can be done and how it can be done
8Details are given in terms of case histories, and a sustainable road forward.
8It has been established globally that there is a direct correlation between progress on reducing GHG emissions and the most common measures of business performance, such as total shareholder return, P/E ratio and employment levels.
8Capital costs also show a downward trend in case sustainability targets are systematically set and followed and changes are made at the core of the organization.
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Find here the latest update on the Indian power sector.
8What is up in the thermal power sector, what are the latest development and policies? Where is the catch and what can be done?
8How is the renewable energy sector faring? Is this the calm before the storm? What to expect next in this segment.
8Case histories of successful power companies are also given here
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JSW Energy on Wednesday reported a 38.31 per cent rise in the net profit for the quarter ended September 30 at Rs 297.23 crore on the back of better merchant realizations, increase in other income and lower finance cost.
8This is a remarkable performance
8But then the going is not going to be so easy going forward. JSWE’s merchant power capacities are exposed to the over-supplied power market and imported coal prices.
8The venture into EVs, though exciting, has increased the risk profile.
8Conclusion: The future remains uncertain
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8The website carries here a full model analysis of  the pressures on the Southern grid in case India were to achieve the 2022 renewable energy (RE) targets, including 100 gigawatts (GW) of solar and 60 GW of wind. It is assumed that the Southern grid will have to handle around 70 GW of this new power capacity.
8How much will the monthly curtailment, if any, be of renewable energy?
8How will a full RE penetration picture look like?
8Why will monsoons be the bad months for the Southern grid?
8How much of conventional energy have to be retired to absorb the new RE capacity in the Southern grid?
8Why should state-backed coal plants shut down?
8What would be the inter-state movement of electricity?
8How will the merit order dispatch system work?
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following tenders: 
8Tender for Supply of Meter Box for Single Phase Energy Meter(Qty. 170000) Details
8Tender for work of supply,Construction,testing & commissioning of 11.3 km of HT Line with ABC of size 3×150+ 1×120 sq.mm Insulated Messenger after strengthening existing distribution line at the site Details
8Tender for Supply of 11 KV Outdoor VCB with Structure for Substations Details
8Tender for construction of 2×3 MVA 33/11 KV Substation at chauraas Distt Tehri and its associated 33 KV line & Bay on Turnkey Basis Details
8Tender for Erection of 3rd PTR Bay for 160 MVA Capacity PTR at 220/132 KV SS Kamareddy in Kamareddy district of OMC Circle, Nizamabad Details
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For reference purposes the website carries here the following Newsclips:
8Clean coal, not solar, is the silver bullet for India’s carbon emission reduction Details
8POWERGRID Sets up 220KV Voltage Level Substation in Leh Details
8PowerGrid net profit rises 14 per cent in July-September quarter Details
8Private investment can help India reduce 35% greenhouse gas emissions: IFC Details
8EBRD inks pact with International Solar Alliance for cooperation in solar energy Details
8Government thrust on renewables cooling, say solar stakeholders Details
8Vedanta second quarter net profit climbs 43 per cent to Rs 2,036 crore Details
8ONGC to double gas output by FY'22 Details
8Coal India misses production target by 15 million tonne Details
8Coal stocks have started building up at power plants: Power Secy Details
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What are the major risks to existing businesses if the government were to introduce step changes in policies to accelerate decarbonization?
8The point to note is that the falling cost of low carbon technology allows policymakers to consider options that weren’t viable just a few years ago.
8But for those yet to act, there is the risk of knee-jerk climate policy responses at some point in future.
8And this is going to hurt some businesses more than others.
8Technology innovation and deployment will determine whether countries can achieve the Paris Agreement’s two degrees goal. Emerging technologies and new business models are already disrupting the energy system.
8These technologies include smart power and heating systems in buildings, autonomous electric vehicles, advanced biofuels and 3D printing.
8It is pertinent to note that currently few companies or financial institutions are comprehensively able to disclose the financial impacts of climate change to their business.
A power sector policy planner needs to keep the data in perspective as he prepares for an uncertain future.
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Clearly, the Indian power sector must know that the current decarbonization rate is inconsistent with the aim of keeping global warming confined to two degree centigrade. That is the raw truth and governments have to act to get the rate up. There is not hiding from it.
8Global decarbonization rate fell by 2.6% in 2016. but that is not a good enough rate.
8In future, assuming a global average economic growth of 2.1%, carbon emissions need to fall by over 4% every year on average to hit the two degrees target.
8The considerable gaps between current progress, the Paris Agreement’s national targets and the global two degrees goal highlight the risks to business and society.
8China and UK have been among the best performers in reducing carbon intensity in 2016 whereas India had lagged far behind. The UK has emerged as a leader in 2016 with a decarbonizing rate of 7.7% while China is among the fastest decarbonisers in the world.
8The Indian record is poor, even though its carbon intensity in terms of (tCO2/$mGDP) is much lower than of China in 2016.
8These readings are of importance for policy planners not just in the government but also in companies looking at de-risking their industries.
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8Project Name: Thermal Power Station - FGD Addition
8Project Cost: Rs 700 crore
8Project Description: The owner is scheduled to install FGDs for Units 1 and 2 of 600 MW each at it's 1830 MW (3*210+2*600 MW) thermal power plant. The company is expected to float tenders for the same. At present, feasibility studies and phasing plans are underway. The project is expected to kick off in late 2019. RFQs for supply and installation of FGDs are expected to be out by the third quarter of 2018.
8The major requirement will be FGDs, stacker and reclaimer, earth work, cranes, pipes, installation, gypsum disposal, wet lime among others.
8Project Event: RFQs for supply and installation of FGDs are expected to be out by the Q3 2018.
8Expenditure Approval: Q1:2018
8RFQ Date: Q3:2018
8Release Date: Q4:2018
8Start Date: Q4:2019
8Completion Date: Q2:2022
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8Project Name: Hydroelectric Greenfield Project
8Project Cost: Rs 500 crore
8Project Description: The developer is carrying out feasibility studies for scoping the environment clearance for a 75 MW (3*25 MW) greenfield hydel project. TOR was accorded on 9th December 2016. Currently tender for an EIA consultant has been out in October 2017 which is under scrutiny. The consultant would require another 20 months for preparing draft DPR and EIA activities. The owner will come out with an EPC package after getting environment clearance.
8Project Event: RFQ for an EPC contractor is expected by Q1 2019.
8Expenditure Approval: Q2:2018
8RFQ Date: Q1:2019
8Release Date: Q2:2019
8Start Date: Q1:2020
8Completion Date: Q1:2025
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8If you are planning to invest in putting up a plant anywhere in India, find out why Maharashtra is the best place to put your money in. Find out more more on the big companies which have already set up units. Also know more on the state government's "walk to work" programme. Click on Reports for more 
8As most discoms are shying away from new PPAs for thermal capacity, MoP is mooting a new proposal whereby discoms have the flexibility to discontinue payment of fixed cost to generators if no power is being purchased. Find out more on how it will impact the sector.Click on Reports for more 
8Find out more on who are trying to sell assets in the coal-fired thermal power sector. Click on Reports for more 
8Get the latest state-wise progress report of SCADA/DMS implementation under the Integrated Power Development Scheme. The companies involved are Schneider, Dongfang, Siemens, Chemtrols and Alstom (GE). But the discoms have been playing truant and cash isn't coming in at the pace it should. The implementing companies claim lack of cash and cooperation but they are now being made responsible by the sponsors to complete the projects in "national interest" but how far that will go in coercing them to continue working remains a moot point.Click on Reports for more 
8Get the latest pump storage capacity additional update. Click on Reports for more 
8Latest update on transmission lines commissioned in September, 2017. Click on Reports for more 
8NITI Aayog hosts portal to demystify vital and voluminous energy statistics as downloadable data accessible to all Click on Reports for more  Details
A diamond maker decided to venture into the manufacturing of Photo Voltaic (PV) solar modules with a capacity of150 MW.
8But the going has not been easy on account of its relatively small net-worth base, a highly competitive and fragmented industry, exposure to volatility in raw-material prices and foreign exchange fluctuation and its working capital intensive nature of operation.
8Clearly, the future does seem to look all that bright at this moment even though the government is willing to do some handholding.
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What are the latest trends in the renewable energy sector?
8The small players are now out and the big guns have moved in. Without the economies of scale, tariffs cannot be driven down any more.
8The small players are selling out, merging themselves with others to stay viable or getting out of the business entirely. Their time is past.
8Global players with deep pockets are now settling in.
8Equity capital is evaporating, as the risks are too high and financial closures are becoming more difficult
8Bidders are increasingly relying on mezzanine capital.
8The website provides full details of capital activity in the renewable energy segment in the last quarter
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