Alstom-Bharat Forge Supplies Supercritical Units to NTPC
Alstom Bharat Forge Power, a joint venture between Alstom and Bharat Forge, has secured a US$470 million contract to supply three 660-megawatt supercritical coal turbine islands to Nabinagar Power...
View ArticleGujarat State Petroleum Tenders LNG Terminal
Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation is seeking engineering, procurement and construction bids an liquefied natural gas re-gasification terminal at Mundra in Gujarat. The terminal will have an initial...
View ArticleRio Tinto Sends Steel Plant to China
A Rio Tinto steel plant in Australia is being dismantled and sent to China and not to India as was previously planned. Jindal Steel and Power in Orissa had signed an agreement with Rio Tinto in 2011...
View ArticleGAC India Named ‘Outstanding Logistics Service Provider’
GAC India has been presented with the Outstanding Logistics Service Provider award by key customer, Navin Fluorine International, part of the Mafatlal Group of Companies. Navin Fluorine is a...
View ArticleRoadblocks to Northeast India
Lack of access hurts economic development By V.L. Srinivasan Movement of over-dimensional cargo, known as ODC, into the northeastern states of India is a nightmare for project developers and...
View ArticleAllcargo Logistics Handles Generator Barge Transport
Palessa’s cranes discharge cargo from vessel to barge at Mumbai port Allcargo Logistics in India has transported a 218-tonne generator for Tata Projects. The generator was unloaded from the Palessa,...
View ArticleLarsen & Toubro to Build Rajasthan Power Plant
India’s Larsen & Toubro has won a US$1.04 billion engineering, procurement and construction contract from Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam to build a supercritical thermal power project in...
View ArticleJindal Steel and Power to Build in Africa
India’s Jindal Steel and Power will develop greenfield power plants across five African nations, including Senegal, Mozambique and Liberia. The news comes from Hindu Business Line who said a top...
View ArticleCanada and India Sign Nuclear Agreement
Canadian and Indian nuclear regulators have signed a nuclear agreement that will allow Canada to export nuclear equipment, technology and materials to India. The agreement, called the Appropriate...
View ArticleRickmers-Linie Carries Ferry on Baltic Winter
Vessel’s 400-tonne cranes used to load ferry at Chittagong in Bangladesh Rickmers-Linie’s Baltic Winter has delivered a ferry made in Bangladesh to Denmark. The Isefjord will be used by by...
View ArticleAlstom Supplies Boilers to BHEL
Alstom will supply boilers for Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited’s Gadarwara super thermal power plant at Madhya Pradesh, India. The supply and service contract is worth US$130 million, Alstom said in a...
View ArticleTata Power Expands Hydro Projects into Georgia
Tata Power has signed an agreement with Norway’s Clean Energy Invest and IFC InfraVenture to develop two hydropower projects in Georgia at a cost of US$700 million. The 400 megawatts of electricity...
View ArticleIndia Grows, Electricity Lags
By V.L. Srinivasan When Indian Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram rose to present the national budget for 2013-14 earlier this year, independent power producers expected some concessions....
View ArticleAndhra Pradesh Tackles Energy Conservation
As India faces an acute power shortage, the southern state of Andhra Pradesh has been leading the way in energy conservation measures. It launched the State Energy Conservation Mission, or SECM, to...
View ArticleNTPC Ahead of the Pack
Despite the Indian power sector’s problems, the government-owned National Thermal Power Corp., or NTPC, fared well during the fiscal year that ended March 31. Better management of available resources...
View ArticleSeven Countries, Seven Sets of Rules
The countries of the Black Sea Basin have their own rules governing the arrest of ships. Efforts to create a uniform set of rules have not fully succeeded, making it difficult to provide legal support...
View ArticleChevron Proposes LPG Plant in Bangladesh
Chevron Bangladesh has submitted a proposal to the Bangladesh government to build a liquefied petroleum gas plant near its Bibiyana gas field in the Sylhet region. The U.S. firm submitted its plans to...
View ArticleIndian Navy Seeks Drones to Fight Piracy
The Indian Navy has requested the Vizag-based naval Science and Technological Laboratory to develop unmanned sea and aircraft to help thwart pirates in the Indian Ocean. The drone would be capable of...
View ArticleAlstom T&D India Supplies Super Thermal Power Project
Alstom T&D India has been awarded a US$37 million contract by Bajaj Infrastructure Development Company to supply equipment for a super thermal power plant in Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh. Alstom will...
View ArticleNPCIL Receives Clearance for Mithivirdi Nuclear Plant
The Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) has received clearance from the Mithivirdi Nuclear Gujarat Coastal Zone Management Aurthority for a 6,000-megawatt nuclear power plant, Times of...
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