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Southern India Mills’ Association (SIMA), which represents a large number of textile mills in the organised sector, is exploring various options to meet the energy requirements of its members as the power shortage in the State is expected to increase with the drop in wind energy generation. SIMA had submitted...

French energy major Areva Wednesday signed an energy procurement and construction (EPC) alliance agreement worth Rs.900 crore with the Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission Co for turnkey design and construction of 220 KV and 132 KV sub-stations. The scope of the agreement involves setting up 36 substations across Maharashtra over three...

Technology firms are set to cash in on the Union government’s push to reform the country’s power distribution network, as India lines up at least $2 billion (Rs9,200 crore) to help cap energy losses through use of information technology (IT), industry experts said. The government has launched a Rs 50,000...

The sizeable amount of garbage collected from Howrah station may actually help the Indian Railways to earn carbon credits. If things go according to plan, Eastern Railway may soon start converting the garbage to gas and then electricity. According to an ER official, nearly 35 cubic metres of garbage is...

Government officials said that the alternative strategy to tide over the paucity of funds and ramp up execution capability for new Light Water Reactor based projects hinges on roping in core sector public sector undertakings and implementing projects through joint ventures with state owned Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd....

A Nagpur-based industrialist claims to have devise a technique to harness the wind pressure on a moving train to generate power, and has even obtained patents for the concept. The technique has the potential to generate 1481 GW of power in India alone, with its 63,000 route kilometres of railways...

Shriram EPC, the Chennai based construction company, is looking at bidding for projects in the power balance of plant (BoP) space. He said the company is setting up a team and will bid for BoP projects in three months. Balance of plant is the sum of all the equipment for...

State-owned NTPC Ltd plans to again ask for bids to farm out a Rs 600 crore contract to set up a 100 MW wind power project as some firms who placed bids for an earlier tender failed to meet requirements and the utility also wanted greater participation. Wind power firms...

Suzlon Energy has said it has completed the worldwide programme for strengthening and reinforcing a certain set of blades, which suffered cracks. Instances of blade cracks were first discovered in late 2007 in the operation of some of Suzlon’s S88 wind turbines in the United States. Pursuant to this, a...

At a time when the entire renewable energy industry in India is keenly awaiting the announcement of the National Solar Mission, I came across a rather discordant news item that many Indian companies could be at least keen on China as they are on India with regard to investing in...