Tata Power joins race for Equis hydropower projects in Sikkim

August 2018

Tata Power have shown interest in buying two hydroelectric power projects in Sikkim that are owned by Equis Energy. The Asian infrastructure investor...

Tags: Tata Power, Hydroelectric power projects, Equis Energy, Greenko Group, Asian infrastructure investor company

We need more govt involvement to start stuck projects

March 2018

If you look at the current state of power generation projects in India, we have around 40-45 GW of stranded capacity. Of this, around 10-15 GW of cap...

Tags: Power generation projects, R Venkataraman, Greenfield power projects, NHAI, IPP, PPA, Rahul Kamat

Advanced LED Solution

February 2018

The forward thinking HiLight V5+ light tower from Atlas Copco offers advanced LED solutions. It is the safest and most efficient light tower for road...

Tags: Atlas Copco, Road construction, Airports, Hydro power projects, Mining, LED lamp, LED lighting technology, HardHat® canopy, Yellow Dot Design Award of 2017

Jammu and Kashmir get power boost

January 2018

Four power projects are operational on river Chenab, while seven more have been proposed to be constructed, which will provide clean power to the sta...

Tags: Four power projects, Jammu and Kashmir Government, BHEP, Salal Hydro Electric Project, DPR, Lower Kalnai Project

Thirty-four power projects in distress

January 2018

As per data from the Power Ministry, almost one third of the distressed power plants are unable to repay loans totalling crores of rupees are in Chha...

Tags: Power Ministry, Distressed power plants, Power sector, GNPA, PPA, Thermal power projects, RK Powergen, IDFC Bank, MoU, Chhattisgarh Government, SHAKTI, Coal Ministry

We expect Excon to be more vibrant and industry-specific

December 2017

With the revival of road construction projects in India, the market for construction equipment (CE) and road building equipment- such as crushing and...

Tags: Road construction projects, RAP-mixing asphalt plants, Crushing, Screening plants, Railways, Metro projects, Solar power projects, ICEMA, CII-Excon, CE manufacturers, Manitowoc, Hyster, Astec, Cone crusher, Hyster-TIL® reachstacker

Development of Rs 4.6 crore J&K hydroelectric project to begin in two months

October 2017

According to reports, a senior government official has said that the development of Rs 4,640.88 crore Kiru hydroelectric project on River Chenab will...

Tags: River Chenab, Kiru, Kwar hydel projects, Chenab Valley Power Projects, Jammu and Kashmir State Power Development Corporation, Power Trading Corporation India, National Hydroelectric Power Corporation

New guidelines for solar project bidding, a good move

September 2017

According to ICRA, the new guidelines for bidding on solar power projects are a positive move for the sector and address several major issues relatin...

Tags: ICRA, Solar power projects, Grid, Grid back down