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

May 1, 2016

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

May 1, 2016

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

May 1, 2016

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

May 1, 2016

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

May 1, 2016

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

May 1, 2016

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

May 1, 2016

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

May 1, 2016

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

May 1, 2016

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 […]

Adopting New Methods: Techniques used in tunnelling projects across sectors

May 1, 2016

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. […]

Last Ten Years…: PLF and installed capacity

May 1, 2016

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 […]

Solar Push: Recent initiatives at Indian airports

April 8, 2016

The huge power requirements for large infrastructure projects such as airports have always been an issue for both governments and private developers alike. […]

Enabling Hydro: Government initiatives to revive the segment

April 1, 2016

The hydropower segment is back on the central government’s list of focus areas. Having given a push to the solar segment, the government now appears to be working on a policy overhaul for the hydro segment. […]

Seamless Transfers: New coal linkage policy aims to improve generation efficiency

April 1, 2016

The Ministry of Coal (MoC) recently finalised the guidelines for the automatic coal linkage transfer policy to enable the seamless transfer of fuel from old thermal power plants (TPPs) that have been scrapped to new supercritical plants. […]

Stake Sale: Government garners Rs 50.3 billion through NTPC’s OFS

April 1, 2016

The central government recently concluded the sale of 5 per cent stake in NTPC Limited, garnering about Rs 50.3 billion from it. […]

Power Sharing: Plans to increase cross-border electricity trade in SAARC region

March 1, 2016

India is emerging as a frontrunner in developing interconnections with the South Asian Association for Regional Corporation (SAARC) member states for trading electricity. […]

Project Woes: Escalating costs have adverse effect on RPower’s UMPPs

March 1, 2016

Reliance Power Limited (RPower) has had a mixed experience on the ultra mega power project (UMPP) front. […]

Innovative Issue: Sterlite Grid launches India’s first AAA (SO) transmission bonds

March 1, 2016

Sterlite Power Grid Ventures Limited (Sterlite Grid) has successfully issued India’s first transmission bonds. This move is in line with its policy of using innovative financial instruments for projects. […]

Strong Investment Climate: Key projects in the power sector

February 10, 2016

India Infrastructure Research identified 539 major power projects (investment of over Rs 10 billion for each project) aggregating an investment of almost Rs 35.4 trillion in the country. This comprises Rs 32.6 trillion invested in […]

Focus on Power: Top projects on the drawing board

February 10, 2016

India Infrastructure Research has tracked 521 infrastructure projects in the power sector that are on the drawing board, and at various stages of planning. The total value of these projects is estimated at over Rs […]