India
India energy models to enhance distributed power generation
                                                                                                 
                        
                        		Dasappa has proposed three basic models for distributed power generation -- small power plants in stand-alone
                    
                                        
                    
                India's 450 MW hydel project gets $315-M funding
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	India's hydro energy gets needed boost.
                    
                                        
                    
                India looking to utilize biomass power in rural areas
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	Inefficient and environmentally hazardous technology.
                    
                                        
                    
                Competitive bidding or feed-in-tariff; which is better suited for India's wind energy sector?
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	There has been a lot of debate about adopting competitive bidding for wind power, with states favoring
                    
                                        
                    
                Additional 10,000 MW of wind power in India possible without govt intervention
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association (IWTMA) is confident that the country can add a whopping
                    
                                        
                    
                Indo-ASEAN cooperation touts solar energy as new stimulant for power sector
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	orging useful partnerships between India and ASEAN member countries to rev up production and
                    
                                        
                    
                India’s Veer Energy to diversify into solar energy
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	From wind to solar.
                    
                                        
                    
                Bangladesh oil-gas body opposes Rampal coal power plant
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	Devastating impact particularly on Sundarbans.
                    
                                        
                    
                Bhutan targets global hydropower market
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	Better utilization of its untapped potential. 
                    
                                        
                    
                Gamesa to double its India wind power installations
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	Double wind turbine installation in India.
                    
                                        
                    
                India's Yamne Energy to set up 96MW hydropower plant
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	Rs 1,450 crore. 
                    
                                        
                    
                IAEA inspects Indian nuclear power plants
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	First safety audit of Indian-made reactors shows mixed results.
                    
                                        
                    
                Bangladesh told to generate power via coal
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	It's time for Bangladeshi coal.
                    
                                        
                    
                Essar Energy commissions 225MW unit in India
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	Part of 510MW coal-fired plant.
                    
                                        
                    
                6,500MW power units taken offline during India's festival of lights
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	A generation capacity of 6,494MW.
                    
                                        
                    
                RECTPCL scouts for transmission service provider for importing power to southern region
                                                                                                 
                        
                        	REC Transmission Projects Company Limited (RECTPCL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Rural Electrification Corporation, has invited proposals from transmission service providers on build, own, operate and maintain (BOOM) basis for system strengthening in the southern region for import of power from the eastern region through the tariff based competitive bidding process.	8The scope of work includes establishment, operation and maintenance of the project including survey, detailed project report formulation, arranging finance, project management, necessary consents, clearances and permits (way leave, environment & forest, civil aviation, railway/ road/river/canal/power crossing/PTCC, etc.), land compensation, design, engineering, equipment, material, construction, erection, testing and commissioning.	8As per the bid document, the transmission service provider will also seek Transmission License from the Appropriate Commission, as per the provisions of the Electricity Act and regulations made thereunder, if it is not a deemed licensee.	8Any company who wishes to participate in the bidding process must have executed projects, in the last five years, with an aggregate capital expenditure not less than Rs 875 crore while each project should be worth at least Rs 175 crore.	8With regard to the financial criteria, the average annual turnover of the bidder in the preceding three financial years, as on the last date of submission of response to RFQ, should not be less than Rs 437.5 crore.	8All bidders should submit their bids, in the requisite format, latest by December 12, 2012.
                    
                                        
                    
                 
            	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                             
                             
                     
                             
           
                                 
                                 
                                 
               
                                     
                                     
                                     
 
                                                                                                
                                                
                                                                                                                                         
 
                                                                                                 
 
                                                                                                
                                                
                                                                                                                                         
 
                                                                                                
                                                
                                                                                                                                         
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                