NTPC to invest Rs. 13,000 crores in coal mine, power plant

wirecableApril 1, 2013July 22, 2013

April 1, 2013July 22, 2013

February 27, 2013 NTPC Ltd. is planning to invest about Rs. 13,000 crore ($2.4 billion) to develop a coal mine and set up a new coal-fired power plant. The company’s board has approved an investment of 13.15 billion rupees to develop the Chatti-Bariatu coal mine in the eastern state of......

UP Power Corporation incurring loss of Rs 31,000 crore

wirecableApril 1, 2013July 22, 2013

April 1, 2013July 22, 2013

February 26, 2013 Uttar Pradesh government said that UP Power Corporation is incurring a loss of Rs 31,000 crore and situation has arisen due to faulty policies of the previous government. On question of commission taken in purchase of transformers to the tune of 25% by Singh, the Chief Minister......

PowerGrid to enter into contract with Ethiopia Power

wirecableApril 1, 2013July 22, 2013

April 1, 2013July 22, 2013

February 12, 2013 Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL) said that it will sign a $16-million management contract with Ethiopia Power Company for two years. “Ethiopia Power Company is an integrated firm with generation and distribution. PowerGrid will take up the key positions and manage the company for two......

Unbundling of Jharkhand State Electricity Board soon

wirecableApril 1, 2013July 22, 2013

April 1, 2013July 22, 2013

February 7, 2013 Decks have been cleared for unbundling of Jharkhand State Electricity Board (JSEB) after the Supreme Court of India disposed all petitions filed before it challenging the unbundling. As mandated under the central electricity act 2003, which came into effect from June 2003, the unbundling of state electricity......

India’s total power requirement to increase up to 900 to 1,100 Giga Watt by 2030

wirecableApril 1, 2013July 22, 2013

April 1, 2013July 22, 2013

February 22, 2013 Mr. B.K. Chaturvedi, Member (Energy), Planning Commission, urged power distribution utilities to work towards expanding electricity metering in rural areas of the country. “It is important for metering to do well in the country as the entire value chain of the power sector depends on realisation of......

Power sector says Budget 2013 is a mixed bag

wirecableApril 1, 2013July 22, 2013

April 1, 2013July 22, 2013

February 28, 2013 The Budget has evoked a mixed reaction in the power sector with large players slamming the import duty hikes, but those in the renewable energy space welcomed the proposal to incentivise wind energy projects. While some players criticised the upward revision of the import duty, from 1......

Tamil Nadu tops in renewable power generation

wirecableApril 1, 2013July 22, 2013

April 1, 2013July 22, 2013

February 27, 2013 Tamil Nadu tops the list of States that has added the highest renewable power generation capacity in the last three years. Most of it was wind energy. The figures were released by the new and renewable energy ministry. 12,436 MW of power through renewable energy was added.......

ELECRAMA-2014 poised to take India’s transmission & distribution equipment sector to the world

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April 1, 2013July 22, 2013

February 21, 2013 Indian Electrical & Electronics Manufacturers’ Association (IEEMA), the apex association of electrical equipment manufacturers in India, announced that ELECRAMA‐ 2014 will be held at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC) from January 8th to 12th, 2014. The stall bookings are now open and the details are available......

Organomodified Siloxanes

wirecableApril 1, 2013July 22, 2013

April 1, 2013July 22, 2013

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Ms. Kathrin Lehmann* Improved fire protection Flame-retardant plastics can save lives by delaying the spread of a fire, allowing valuable time for firefighting. But flame retardants based on metal hydroxide can achieve their full effect only if the right processing aids are used in the production of the flame-retardant......

High-Speed PlasmaANNEALER for Stainless Steel and Nickel Alloy Wire, Tube and Rope

wirecableMarch 30, 2013July 22, 2013

March 30, 2013July 22, 2013

Plasmait GmbH has introduced a second generation plasma annealer designed for wire, rope and tubes made of stainless steel and nickel alloys and with cross-sections from 20mm2 down to the smallest fine wire sizes. With this new second generation concept Plasmait allowed for a radical increase of continuous annealing speeds......