May 2011 - Wire & Cable India
Wire & Cable India

Month : May 2011

RINFRA awarded EPC contract to build Samalkot Power Project

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Reliance Infrastructure Limited (RInfra) announced securing EPC contract of 2400 MW Gas based Combined Cycle Power Project (CCPP) at Samalkot, East Godavari District in Andhra Pradesh. The other EPC contracts were for the Sasan UMPP in Madhya Pradesh and Butibouri in Maharashtra. The contact value for the project is Rs 7,200 crore and shall......

Coal ministry to cancel 5 NTPC blocks reserves of 3 bn tonnes

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In a major setback to India’s largest power generator and Maharatna NTPC Ltd, the Union government announced it would cancel allocations of five of the eight blocks awarded to the company over the past seven years. The five blocks – Chatti Bariatu, Chatti Bariatu (South), Kerandari, Brahmani and Chichiro Patsimal – have combined geological......

Installed power generation capacity in Turkey over 50,000 MW

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According to calculations based on data received from Turkish Electricity Production Company and Energy Market Regulatory Agency (EPDK), Anatolia reported installed power generation capacity across Turkey reached 50,422 MW at the beginning of last month. Of this capacity, 64.3 percent was attributable to thermal power plants and another 32.8 percent to hydroelectricity power plants. Most of......

Techno Electric & Engg to invest Rs 10,000 cr in power

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Kolkata-based Techno Electric & Engineering, an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) major which has presence in non-conventional generation, transmission and distribution, is planning to invest Rs 10,000 crore in power industry till 2017 and will also foray into contract farming soon, said a top company official. “Till the end of 2017, the company will......

ABB to deliver ultrahigh-voltage transmission system

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Power and automation technology group ABB has secured a contract from the Power Grid Corporation of India to deliver an ultrahigh-voltage transmission system, worth about $900m. The power link will supply hydropower from northeast India to the city of Agra over a distance of 1,728 kms. ABB will execute the north-east Agra transmission project......

First-ever project on underground power network in Vietnam

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The construction firm Tradincorp has made debut of a pilot project on underground electricity cables on Tran Hung Dao Street in Ho Chi Minh City of Vietnam. The success of the project will pave a way for putting the city’s electricity and telecommunication cable systems under the ground, helping improve the sightseeing and preventing......
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