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Advisory panel suggests transnational power network

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June 3, 2013 In an ambitious move, a high-level advisory panel on power sector has suggested setting up a transnational electricity transmission network that will connect India with various fuel resource rich nations including Iran and Tajikistan. The network, as mooted by the panel, could see the Indian power grid......
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Transmission line work halted due to forestry rules in Nepal

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June 26, 2013 Work on the 220 kV Hetauda-Bharatpur transmission line project has come to a halt after intervention by the District Forests Office, Makawanpur. The work involving the clearing of forests for the right-of-way for the transmission line remains halted for the next four months starting June 29 and......
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Vietnam needs USD 4 billion to upgrade power transmission

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June 15, 2013 The Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN), the country’s sole power distributor, said that the country needs roughly VND 90 trillion (USD 4 billion) to upgrade its power transmission network from now to 2015. The money will be used to build and upgrade lines and transformer stations to mitigate......
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SGCC to invest USD 3.9 billion in power transmission in Western China

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June 24, 2013 China’s largest power supplier, the State Grid Corporation, is to invest more than 24 billion yuan (about USD 3.9 billion) in boosting infrastructure in western China. Currently, around six hundred thousand people living in China’s western regions have no electricity, or an unstable supply. Earlier, the State......
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Govt plans Rs. 43,000 crore “green corridor” for renewable energy

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May 26, 2013 The Government is planning to roll out Rs. 43,000-crore “green energy corridor” project to facilitate the flow of renewable energy into the national grid. The blueprint for the project has been submitted to the Power Ministry by Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (PGCIL). For implementation, the......
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Tamil Nadu to upgrade power transmission with Japanese aid

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June 19, 2013 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa said a new project to improve the power transmission in the state will be implemented with the financial assistance of Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA). She also requested JICA for a line of credit to for viability gap funding and credit......
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Haryana to invest Rs. 2,000 crores in power distribution system

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May 20, 2013 Haryana government plans to strengthen power distribution system at a cost of Rs. 2,000 crore during next two years. Besides this to strengthen power transmission system in the state, the government will construct 197 new substations of various levels and augment capacity of 163 existing substations during......
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Powergrid gets Ethiopian, Kenyan energy deals

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June 24, 2013 Powergrid has clinched the management of transmission, generation and distribution company of Ethiopia and Kenya after a highly transparent and competitive bidding exercise beating other big firms on financial and technical evaluation. In Addis Ababa, the contract was signed between the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) and......
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Rs. 10,000 crore transmission projects

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June 6, 2013 A host of power companies are set to aggressively bid for Rs. 10,000 crore worth of transmission projects. Those in the fray include L&T, Reliance Infrastructure, Tata Power, Sterlite Grid, Isolux and Gammon, which are pitching for the over half-a-dozen transmission projects. However, private players fear that......
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Alstom T&D India successfully delivers Power Grid’s 230 kV transmission project in Myanmar

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May 29, 2013 Alstom T&D India has concluded the successful delivery of Power Grid Corporation of India Limited’s (PGCIL) 230 kV transmission project, worth around Rs. 105 crore, in Myanmar. The contract covered the supply of a turnkey substation for the 230 kV transmission project which links the 3×40 MW......
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