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Dry Run: Power plants face a looming water crisis

While coal shortage has been a major cause of concern for the power sector until recently, there is now a bigger resource constraint facing the sector – water. […]

Catching On: Renewables become an attractive option across industries

Until now, the Indian solar market has been driven by independent power producer-led utility-scale projects. […]

Transmission Roadmap: Perspective plan released for the period up to 2036

There have been several positive developments in India’s power generation and transmission segments over the past year. […]

Out of Cash: SunEdison files for bankruptcy raising concerns for the Indian solar market

Confirming the rumours surrounding the company for almost a year, SunEdison filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on April 21, 2016, thus commencing the process to restructure the company. […]

Generation Overview: Significant capacity addition and resolution of fuel issues augur well

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 […]

Project Pipeline: Sector-wise analysis of tunnelling projects

The tunnelling market is largely dominated by the hydropower, railway, road and highway, metro rail and irrigation, water and sewerage sectors. […]

Key Contractors: Tunnelling segment provides opportunities across sectors

In India, the construction of tunnels is primarily undertaken by domestic contractors with very few foreign players present in the segment. […]

Overview: Positive outlook for segment with increased emphasis on infrastructure development

Tunnel development in India is driven by investments in the hydropower, railway, road and highway, metro rail, and water and sewerage sectors. […]

Distribution Overview: Focus on system strengthening and financial revival of discoms

The operational performance of the distribution segment continues to be a key concern as aggregate technical and commercial (AT&C) losses of discoms have stagnated at 25-26 per cent over the past few years despite the […]

Generation Overview: Significant capacity addition and resolution of fuel issues augur well

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. […]

Transmission Overview: Capacity augmentation plans need private participation to come to fruition

With the rising power demand and increasing share of renewable energy in the total energy mix, India is developing new strategies to strengthen its.. […]

Trading Options: Growing role of short-term market in meeting power needs

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. […]

Expanding Footprint: Strong capacity addition in the renewable energy sector

The development of renewable energy-based power has been one of the key focus areas of the current government. […]

Necessary Moves: Recent policy and regulatory measures

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 […]

Encouraging Growth: Update on government schemes in the sector

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 […]

Subdued Order Flows: BTG equipment market outlook

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 […]

Major Players: Performance highlights of the past 12 months

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 […]

Last Ten Years…: Generation and capacity addition

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, […]

Equipment Options: Tunnelling equipment and technology available in the market

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 […]

Material Choice: Preferencse vary by tunnel type, design and construction method

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 […]

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