http://www.EquipmentIndia.comGet the latest Power Today from ASAPP Media Information GroupCopyright:(C) 2013 ASAPP Media Information Group, http://www.ASAPPMedia.comwebmaster@constructionupdate.com (Admin)Export of #iron ore and #steel suffered immensely because of ban on #iron ore #mining in Karnataka, Goa and restriction of exports from Odisha. Although the Supreme Court allowed #mining in Category A and B mines in Karnataka, these miners may take some time to resume operation because of prochttp://www.EquipmentIndia.com/News.aspx?nId=lfuFiq8OtkirYGcXEq5//Q==&NewsType=Steel,-ore-exports-suffer-from-mining-ban-India-Sector5/18/2013#Lanco Solar, a unit of the #Hyderabad-based #Lanco Group, would kick-start the 300 mw #photovoltaic (PV) #solar cell manufacturing plant in the special economic zone (SEZ) in #Rajnandgaon of #Chhattisgarh next year.http://www.EquipmentIndia.com/News.aspx?nId=5Vui+7dyb8b7eULqiHPudQ==&NewsType=Lanco-to-start-its-solar-cell-making-plant-by-mid-2014-India-Sector5/18/2013A panel headed by HDFC Chairman #Deepak Parekh will meet next week with the representatives of #Tata Power, #Adani Power and state distribution companies to break the logjam over increase in electricity tariff from power plants being fed with imported coal.http://www.EquipmentIndia.com/News.aspx?nId=lTjigJl35kdRZ3cdffcvBg==&NewsType=Deepak-Parekh-headed-panel-to-meet-soon-over-electricity-tariff-India-Sector5/18/2013Investment analysts expect the government to launch dilute its stake holding in #Coal India (#CIL) to 80 percent from the current 90 percent by August or September 2013. They expect the government to mop up around Rs 19,000 crore through equity dilution. The success of the share sale would depend on investors' perception of the comphttp://www.EquipmentIndia.com/News.aspx?nId=IS9TPqbmOwFxeNnpWjhdxA==&NewsType=CIL-disinvestment-in-the-offing-India-Sector5/18/2013The #Union Coal Ministry is learnt to have issued #show-cause notices to 32 #companies for their failure to carry out any substantial progress in the development of the coal blocks allocated to them. Officials in the Coal Ministry said that coal blocks, which have been issued #show-cause notices, include those belonging to the Tata group, Jindal Steel and Power and Jayaswal group.http://www.EquipmentIndia.com/News.aspx?nId=VdzbWuJwEFkumhEC2p3c/Q==&NewsType=Union-Coal-Ministry-serves-notices-on-32-firms-India-Sector5/18/2013During the 12th and 13th Five-Year plans, #Jammu and Kashmir government will harness 9,000 megawatts of #electricity in the state, officials said. The government has drawn plans for #harnessing additional 9,000 mw of power during 12th and 13th Five-Year Plans, an official after a meeting chaired by the State Chief Minister #Omar Abdullah in #Srinagar.http://www.EquipmentIndia.com/News.aspx?nId=xUtWFLMOiq1GAUOfqhCSmA==&NewsType=J-K-to-harness-9,000-megawatts-of-power-India-Sector5/18/2013#Coal India (#CIL) could meet the fuel requirements of #power #companies without resorting to imports in 2012-14 because of subdued demand and higher off-take from its mines, reports indicate. Compared to initial estimates, demand for coal from #power producers grew slower and also there was a 7.4 per cent rise in supplies (off-take). These factors helped #CIL to fulfil its supply commitments (80 per cent for new statihttp://www.EquipmentIndia.com/News.aspx?nId=AYPuLxzdb/ziLJjMDblQmg==&NewsType=CIL-could-meet-fuel-needs-without-importing-India-Sector5/18/2013State-run power producer aims to #import 17 million tonne (mn t) of coal in 2013-14 to #fuel its power plants. The company, which has an installed capacity of 41,184 mw, could #import only 9 mn t coal against the demand of 15 mn t. #Coal India (#CIL) supplied 132.84 mn t coal to #NTPC during 2012-13 compared to 115.84 mt in the previous year. #NTPC, which chttp://www.EquipmentIndia.com/News.aspx?nId=efm2yMhi+wuqpiSieq+0mA==&NewsType=NTPC-to-import-17-mn-t-coal-in-FY14-India-Sector5/18/2013According to a direction from the state government, #Odisha Space Application Centre (#ORSAC) would use the differential global positioning system (DGPS) and electronic total station (ETS) for #survey of #coal blocks. Based on the #survey, the centre would determine the actual #boundary and prepare cadastral-based geo-referenced mapshttp://www.EquipmentIndia.com/News.aspx?nId=KrW2rlXGPsP8AxUrpDCeMw==&NewsType=ORSAC-to-use-DGPS-for-survey-of-blocks-India-Sector5/18/2013Prime Minister #Manmohan Singh recently pledged to double India’s #renewable energy capacity by 2017 at the #Clean Energy Ministerial hosted in New Delhi. This target adds to India’s already significant clean energy plans. In 2012, India was the world’s fourth-largest market for new wind power projects, it has ambitious solar energy and state-level targets, and it has significant government programmes on energy efficiency.http://www.EquipmentIndia.com/News.aspx?nId=/LeVL63QjWO20zCJ9hxCVQ==&NewsType=India-pledges-to-double-renewable-energy-capacity-India-Sector5/18/2013#Mahanadi Coalfield (#MCL) received request from #Odisha Power Generation Corporation (#OPGC) to take necessary steps to restore #supply of good quality of #coal. It is learnt that the state owned thermal power producer has been sustaining huge losses in production owing to poor quality of #coal supplied by #MCL from its Lakhanpur #coalhttp://www.EquipmentIndia.com/News.aspx?nId=UQGBjdrSRVW/yWQqORF/Ew==&NewsType=OPGC-requests-MCL-to-supply-good-quality-coal-India-Sector5/18/2013India’s biggest developer of solar projects, #Welspun Energy has stated that it will build a 60-megawatt solar power plant in south India after winning a local government auction. The company is in talks with banks to raise Rs 4 billion ($74 million) to fund the project in Tamil Nadu, Managing Director Vineet Mittal said on May 9 in Chennai.http://www.EquipmentIndia.com/News.aspx?nId=Bs+u49+zsoUUlqIftvJOIw==&NewsType=Welspun-Energy-to-set-up-60-mw-solar-plant-in-TN-India-Sector5/18/2013According to reports, #Wind energy, which has picked up in the last few days, is expected to go up steeply in the coming days, thanks to the #formation of a cyclonic storm over the #Bay. Since May 8 the average generation of wind power in Tamil Nadu is on the rise thanks to the #formation of a cyclonic storm over the #Bay of Bengal.http://www.EquipmentIndia.com/News.aspx?nId=l4I4g916hm70Ksz3wznQkQ==&NewsType=Wind-energy-generation-is-on-the-rise-in-TN-India-Sector5/18/2013Sources from the district administration of Jagtsinghpur in #Odisha informed that only 70 acre of #land is left to be acquired for the proposed 8 mn tpa greenfield #steel #project of the South Korean firm Posco. The administration acquired 2,630 acre of #land against the initial requirement of 2,700 acre of #land for thehttp://www.EquipmentIndia.com/News.aspx?nId=xhUdlKWldu0itzcfZGfvDg==&NewsType=Administration-almost-acquires-land-for-8-mn-t-steel-project-India-Sector5/18/2013In #Chandigarh, DRDO laboratory and the US army's #Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) have jointly developed a project of the #Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment (SASE). Under the project, a prototype has been developed to harness wind energy, which can overcome ice and snow accumulation on wind turbine structures.http://www.EquipmentIndia.com/News.aspx?nId=FZS+usbs3O03cfNDscARRg==&NewsType=DRDO-harnesses-wind-energy-in-snow-riming-areas-India-Sector5/18/2013Power shortfall has prompted #ITI students in #Visakhapatnam of Andhra Pradesh to find a solution from #solar power. Plagued by frequent power outages that hinder their studying, students of the regional government Industrial Training Institute (ITI) in the Araku valley, a popular tourist destination in #Visakhapatnam district, have found a way out.http://www.EquipmentIndia.com/News.aspx?nId=oU0x+brRIzXO8vcUUGx3Lg==&NewsType=College-in-Vizag-sets-up-solar-panel-to-beat-power-cuts-India-Sector5/18/2013Supply of #copper products in the domestic market was hit by the closure of a plant of Sterlite Industries would be environment reasons. Since March 30, the company's plant in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu, has remained shut after residents complained of emissions that led to breathing problems. The case was transferred to New Delhi from a southern Indiahttp://www.EquipmentIndia.com/News.aspx?nId=IUblQMx8inCOZsTRrYArFA==&NewsType=Supply-of-copper-declines-in-local-market-India-Sector5/18/2013#GVK Power & Infrastructure is at advanced stage of commissioning its 540 mw #Goindwal Sahib thermal power project located in #Tarn Taran district of #Punjab. Both the units of 270 mw each will be ready and operational during the second and third quarter of the current financial year, according to Issac A George, Director Finance.http://www.EquipmentIndia.com/News.aspx?nId=npDCThJ58BFNBhGq6Y5iyA==&NewsType=GVK-Power-to-start-540-thermal-project-in-Punjab-India-Sector5/18/2013Solar module manufacturer and turnkey solution provider #Emmvee Photovoltaic Power has won an order to set up a 2 mw #solar photovoltaic project for #MLR Industries. #MLR Industries is an associate of Bambino Agro Industries, is one of the largest vermicelli producers in South East Asia. The 2 mw plant will be built at the manufacturing plant of #MLR Industries at Bibinagar, Nalgonda district in Andhra Pradesh.http://www.EquipmentIndia.com/News.aspx?nId=IwyNawHUw7YWX4azEhb24A==&NewsType=Emmvee-gets-order-for-2-mw-solar-project-India-Sector5/18/2013Market analysts expect #India to #import 115 million-120 million tonne (mn t) of #thermal #coal in 2013-14 compared to 97.23 mn t in the previous fiscal. #India may #import more #thermal #coal in the ongoing fiscal as it implements several #thermal #power projects. In the 2012-13 year, #India imported 77.5 mn t from Indonesia, a jump of 40 percent on the prior year. The second-biggest supplier was Australia at 26.8 mn t, up ahttp://www.EquipmentIndia.com/News.aspx?nId=/MVbL+YqOwwfqAjLCNXLJA==&NewsType=India-may-import-115-mn-t-thermal-coal-in-FY14-India-Sector5/18/2013