India

One of India's largest private sector power companies, Reliance Power Limited (RPL) currently has three projects worth a total capacity of 6,960 MW under construction. These include two coal based projects, one in Madhya Pradesh and another in Maharashtra, and one gas based project in Andhra Pradesh which is the country's largest gas-based power project. The website carries here, for reference purposes, details of these projects with regards to the project name, capacity and status of development. 8Butibori thermal power plant (600 MW): Steam blowing has been completed for the first 300 MW unit in Maharashtra and the unit is expected to be synchronized in this quarter. 8Samalkot power project (2,400 MW): Two of the gas turbines of the project have been synchronized while two more gas turbines have been tested at full speed no load (FSNL) 8Sasan ultra mega power project (3,960 MW): Boiler hydro test of the first 660 MW unit has been successfully completed. This unit is expected to be commissioned ahead of schedule by December 2012.  

May 24: Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has plans to put up about hundred off-grid solar power plants at various retail outlets during the current financial year. The aim is to replace diesel used for power generation. 8Such off-grid solar photo-voltaic systems have already been installed at 69 retail outlets of the state-run company. In addition, two solar power plants have also been installed at pipeline headquarters in Noida and the R&D centre in Faridabad, with an individual capacity of 75 KWp and 35 KWp, respectively. 8Indian Oil has also won the competitive bid for setting up a 5 MW solar power plant in the state of Rajasthan under Jawaharlal Nehru Solar Mission of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. The project is under implementation and is likely to be commissioned soon. 8IOC seems to be working towards diversification of its portfolio in renewable energy. The company is implementing a 48.3 MW wind power project in the state of Andhra Pradesh and another one of its projects-- the 21 MW wind project in Gujarat-- has completed almost three years of continuous operation since commissioning in January 2009.

The 1,400 MW nuclear power plant of NPCIL-Indian IOC Nuclear Power Corporation Limited, a joint venture between the two PSUs is expected to become commercially operational by 2016-17. Currently, the civil construction of the project is in progress. 8Indian Oil's board has approved 26% (Rs 961 crore) equity partnership for setting up the power plant in Rawatbhatta, Rajasthan. However, it is possible that IOC may acquire 49 percent stake in the proposed joint venture which will own the seventh and eighth unit of the Rajasthan plant of 700 MW each. 8The project is being set up at a total outlay of Rs 12,000 crore, to be financed in the debt-equity ratio of 70:30. 8Notably, the two state-run companies signed an MoU in November, 2009 and formed the JV company in April, 2011. The MoU covers setting up of nuclear power plants in the country for generation of electricity and any other area as mutually agreed upon.Worried Karnataka CM pleads PMO to help speed up coal linkage allocation for thermal projects  

The growing mismatch between coal requirement and availability in Karnataka has prompted Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda to seek Prime Minister's Office's (PMO) help on expeditious allocation of coal linkages for thermal projects. 8The GoK has further sought the PMO's intervention to issue specific directions to Coal India Limited (CIL) and its subsidiary Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) to immediately resume the coal supply to unit-II of Bellary thermal power station (TPS). 8A total of six TPPs have been undertaken by the state government through Karnataka Power Corporation Limited are in advanced stages of implementation. 8Out of these, two projects, the 1,320 MW Gulbarga TPP and the 1,320 MW Ghataprabha TPP have not been able to proceed with the bidding process due to lack of assurance of coal linkage. 8Once the coal linkage has been allocated by the coal ministry for the above mentioned projects, the successful bidders can submit their Requests for Proposal (RfP) at competitive rates which will benefit the consumers to a large extent. 8Speaking on another issue, Gowda has asked the PMO to request the coal ministry to circulate the list of areas containing coal blocks along with details of reserve price. This information is required to help project developers submit the necessary applications for allotment of coal blocks.

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State-run BHEL has bagged an order worth Rs 380 crore from Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited (RRVUNL) for setting up a 160 MW gas based combined cycle power plant (CCPP) in the state. The plant will power the fourth phase expansion of the Ramgarh power plant located in Jaisalmer. 8This is a repeat order for BHEL as the project`s third phase of expansion was also awarded to the state-run manufacturer. 8Under the contract, the equipment major will be responsible for design, engineering, manufacture, supply, erection and commissioning of the main plant along with providing equipment for gas-based power project with one frame 9E gas turbine with generator, one heat recovery steam generator, one steam turbine generator and associated auxilliaries with state-of-the-art controls and instrumentation (C&I) system. 8To meet its customer demand, the company says that it has introduced new rating thermal sets of 150 MW, 270 MW, 300 MW, 525 MW and 600 MW, in addition to 250 MW and 500 MW sets in the sub-critical range. 8BHEL also adds that it has equipped itself to produce thermal sets with supercritical parameters of 660/700/800 MW unit ratings, suited to Indian conditions, using Indian as well as imported coal.

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