Vedanta Ltd has emerged as the highest bidder for Radhikapur west coal block located in Angul district of Odisha at a distance of about 190 km from the company’s Jharsuguda aluminium smelter. The coal block is an optimal fit for Jharsuguda smelter, given its logistical location and annual capacity, the company said. The mine has […]
Month: December 2020
L&T construction arm wins ‘significant’ orders in overseas, domestic market
Infrastructure company Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Thursday said its construction arm has received orders in the overseas and domestic market. The company did not provide the value of the contracts, but said the orders fall under the ‘significant’ category, which ranges between Rs 1,000 crore and Rs 2,500 crore, according to the classification of […]
TNERC clarifies single/three-phase inverter usage in rooftop solar systems up to 4 kW
Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) heard a petition filed by the Solar Energy Developers Association, Salem, seeking clarification on ‘Low Tension (LT) Connectivity’ covered in the ‘Order on Rooftop Solar Generation’ issued on March 25, 2019. The Association requested directions for inverters in rooftop solar systems (up to 4 kW) irrespective of whether it […]
Solar generator’s plea to get compensation for power supplied over 19% CUF turned down
The Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) has rejected a solar power generator’s petition seeking compensation for power supplied over the contracted amount. It directed the developer to limit annual generation to the prescribed capacity utilization factor (CUF) of 19% specified in the power purchase agreement (PPA). CUF refers to the ratio of actual output […]
Manipur invites bids for 100 MW of solar projects with ceiling tariff of ₹3/kWh
Manipur Renewable Energy Development Agency (MANIREDA), an autonomous agency under the state’s power department, has invited bids to develop 100 MW of grid-connected solar power projects at Jiribam in Manipur. The last date to submit the bids online is January 15, 2021. The bids will be opened on the same day. The pre-bid meeting will […]
BHEL bags Rs 3,200 cr order for hydro projects in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana
State-run engineering firm BHEL on Thursday said it has bagged orders worth Rs 3,200 crore for hydro projects in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. “BHEL has bagged significant orders, valued at Rs 3,200 Crore, for Electro-Mechanical (E&M) works for a Hydro Electric Project (HEP) in Andhra Pradesh and E&M (electrical and mechanical) works of Pump-Motor sets […]
Tata Steel eco-friendly long pipe conveyor
Tata Steel installed an environment-friendly long pipe conveyor (LPC) at its open-cast coal mines at West Bokaro division in Ramgarh district of Jharkhand on Wednesday. The facility, as part of endeavour to continually improve technology and drive productivity, was virtually inaugurated by Tata Steel chief executive officer and managing director T.V. Narendran. Congratulating the entire […]
Cabinet approves modified scheme to enhance ethanol distillation capacity
The government on Wednesday approved an interest subvention of Rs 4,573 crore for new distilleries producing ethanol, which can be used for doping in petrol, oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan said. The minister said the government was targeting to more than double the blending of ethanol in petrol to 20 per cent by 2030, for which […]
Reliance-BP alters gas price terms
The consortium of Reliance Industries and BP on Wednesday invited bids for gas it plans to produce from the second-wave discoveries in the KG-D6 block, pricing them for the very first time against JKM or Japan/Korea Liquefied Natural Gas Import Price, an international gas benchmark. “The gas produced for KG-D6 will be available for sale […]
Covid tests for 700 from 3 UK flights
The state government will conduct Covid tests of 700 passengers and crew members of three Air India flights from London that arrived in Calcutta since November 30, after the mutated strain of coronavirus that was first detected in the UK, was found in the sample of one of the passengers, who had arrived in the […]
Ban on UK flights till January 7
Passenger flights between the UK and India would remain suspended till January 7 and will resume in a “strictly regulated” manner thereafter, aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Wednesday. The directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA) has also extended the suspension of all international flight operations in the country till January 31, 2021. The […]
Flights to and from UK suspended till January 7
Passenger flights between the UK and India would remain suspended till January 7 and they will resume in a “strictly regulated” manner thereafter, Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Wednesday. The Civil Aviation Ministry had last week suspended all flights between the European country and India from December 23 to December 31 as a […]