It’s been an eventful 30 years for Ashwani Khillan, chief operating officer, ATC India, in the telecom industry as he has witnessed the sector evolve into one of the biggest and most vibrant in the […]
The power generation segment in the country continues to grow rapidly. The total installed generation capacity increased at a compound annual growth rate of over 10 per cent from 2012-13 to reach 298 GW in March 2016. Of this capacity, about 82 per cent is fired by coal, which remains the mainstay of power generation. […]
With the rising power demand and increasing share of renewable energy in the total energy mix, India is developing new strategies to strengthen its.. […]
Facilitated by traders and exchanges, the short-term power market is playing an increasingly important role in meeting the short-term seasonal demand of the sector. […]
The development of renewable energy-based power has been one of the key focus areas of the current government. […]
During the past year, the central government has undertaken a number of significant policy and regulatory measures, including amendments to the Tariff Policy, 2006 and the notification of guidelines for short-term power procurement. Clearly, the […]
The power sector, especially the transmission and distribution segments, has been one of the key focus areas of the current government. The government has embarked upon a massive programme to provide uninterrupted power supply across […]
The equipment market outlook for the coal-based generation segment remains subdued, as only a handful of projects are being undertaken. Over the past few months, generation companies placed only five major boiler, turbine and generator […]
Fiscal year 2015-16 was marked by a number of developments in the power sector. There was continued policy thrust on renewable energy. While thermal continued to dominate the energy mix, not much progress was made […]
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has announced a Rs 200 billion plan to decongest Delhi, prompted by in-
creasing emphasis on pollution abatement and traffic reduction. […]
Power generation recorded a compound annual growth rate of 5.67 per cent to reach 1,102,140 MUs in 2015-16 from 670,654 MUs in 2006-07. Thermal generation accounted for 85.6 per cent of the total in 2015-16, […]
Several recent policy measures initiated by the government have led to a modest pickup in project award and completion under the National Highways Development Programme (NHDP). […]
Ravichandran, Senior Vice-President and Co-Head, Corporate Ratings, ICRA […]
The equipment and technology market can broadly be divided into three categories – drill and blast equipment, tunnel boring machines (TBMs) and other equipment. Tunnelling equipment is usually acquired through purchase of new machinery, purchase […]
Tunnel construction requires various types of materials including explosives, concrete, steel, shotcrete material, lattice girders and rock reinforcement supplies. Materials used in tunnelling vary with the design and construction methods chosen for each project. The […]
Significant progress in technology as well as increasing focus on cost efficiency and safety have necessitated vast changes in the methods and techniques employed in tunnelling. […]
With Mumbai’s population growing at a brisk pace and with an ever-increasing number of private vehicles, the key characteristic of the city now is its overcrowded roads. […]
Tunnel development in India is driven by investments in the hydropower, railway, road and highway, metro rail, and water and sewerage sectors. While the railway sector was the first to undertake tunnel development, the maximum […]
Leister Technologies offers welding solutions in the fields of plastic fabrication, roofing, tunnelling, vinyl flooring, technical textile welding, etc. Tunnel geomembranes are utilised in surface mining or deep mining. Once the concrete casing is complete, […]
The national plant load factor (PLF) registered a decline from 64.25 per cent in 2014-15 to 62.29 per cent in 2015-16. Against the overall declining trend, the private sector PLF saw a marginal increase to […]
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