K.P. Energy announced that the Company participated as a lead bidder along with consortium partner a foreign Independent Power Producer (IPP) Evergreen Power Mauritius, in competitive bidding process held on 21 December 2017 under Gujarat 500 MW GUVNL wind tender. The consortium has won 30 MW wind power project to be set up in state […]
Month: December 2017
Govt confident of achieving target of 100 GW solar power by 2022: R K Singh
The government is confident of achieving the target of 100 Giga Watt (GW) of solar power capacity by 2022, Power Minister R K Singh said on Thursday. As against the target of installing 100 GW of solar power capacity as on December 15, a capacity of 16,676 MW has been installed with another 6,500 MW […]
IndiGo commences ATR operations, launches Hyderabad-Mangalore flight
Low cost carrier IndiGo today commenced its regional jets ATR operations, with the maiden flight taking off from here to Mangalore. The first flight of the ATR plane took off from the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here this morning to Mangalore, the airline said in a release. By December 2019, IndiGo, with its fleet of […]
In-principle approval for 19 greenfield airports given: Raju
The government has given “in- principle” approval for 19 greenfield airports, of which some would be developed through Public Private Partnership (PPP), the Lok Sabha was informed today. Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju said the country’s civil aviation sector was growing leaps and bounds but the safety of air passengers will never be compromised. […]
Haryana Hydro Scam
Haryana government appears to be on a massive drive to buy 303 MW of super expensive hydro power from two private developers – 193 MW from two projects developed by DANS group and one project of 110 MW developed by Gati Infrastructure Pvt Ltd. The power from all these three projects will be bought at […]
Solar Power
Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) has proposed a scheme to build manufacturing capacity of solar PV modules, cells, wafers, ingots and poly-silicon in India. It has sought views of stakeholders by December 31, 2017.
EESL invites bid
Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL) has invited bids to procure 1 crore pre-paid meters for Uttar Pradesh as part of the Saubhagya scheme, which aims to add more than 4 crore households to the power grid by December 2018.
NTPC issues RFP
On November 25, 2017, NTPC issued an RFP inviting proposals from eligible entities for offering their operational domestic coal based power assets located in India. It is a two stage bid – techno-commercial followed by price bid. The last date of submission of techno-commercial proposal is January 5, 2018. NTPC intends to shortlist the suitable […]
Freight Corridor
After nearly over 16 months of investigation, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on October 13, 2017 registered First Information Report (FIR) against five officers of Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd (DFCCIL) and three firms supplying ballast material for the construction of the project in the western corridor.
Madhya Pradesh issues new regulation
Madhya Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (MPERC) has issued a gazette notification on November 15, 2017 through which it has taken away the must-run status of power generated from renewable energy sources.
UPERC turns down Bajaj’s plea
On July 8, 2017, the BJP led Uttar Pradesh government (GoUP) had cancelled the power purchase agreements (PPAs) that the erstwhile state governments had entered into at high tariff levels, which have become unviable for the state discoms. These included 450 MW PPAs that the Mayawati led SP government had signed with the Bajaj Energy, […]
Wind Power
On December 12, 2017, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has issued guidelines for the procurement of wind power through tariff based competitive bidding process. The guidelines have been issued under Section 63 of the Electricity Act, 2003 providing a framework for procurement of wind power through a transparent process of bidding including standardisation of […]