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Clouds around coal
Coal plays an essential role in our global energy mix, particularly in India and the developing world through electricity generation. This fossil fuel has gained prominence due to its availability in abundance in the bowels of earth, lack of disastrous impact like nuclear plants do, and favourable economics it continues to enjoy in power generation
Coal, Electricity Generation, Power Generation, RES, SCCL, TISCO, IISCO, DVC, Wind, Biomass, Cogeneration, Waste To Energy, Solar, Paris Summit, IPPAI
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Budget 2016-17: Thrust to nuclear to raise capacities, doubling ‘Clean Cess’ to boost renewables
The Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has turned his focus on to nuclear energy as a source of power generation in a bid to diversify the power sources, in his Budget 2016-17, presented on February 29, 2016. This will be in addition to the renewable energy initiatives announced a few months back.
Arun Jaitley, Power Sources, Renewable Energy, Clean Environment Cess, Coal, Manish Aggarwal, Natural Resources, KPMG, Anish De, Deendayal Upadhayaya Gram Jyoti Yojna, Integrated Power Development Schemes, VEA, Electricity Generators, Shilpi Cable Technologies Limited, SARFEASI Act
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A static mission
Private firms in the sector are keen on becoming integrated players by investing in the transmission sector, where the rate of return is on a par with the generation sector (around 16 per cent).
TBCB, Transmission, KEC International, Kalpataru Transmission, Sterlite Grid, L&T Infrastructure Development Projects, Essel Infraprojects, Tata Projects, Adani Power, PGCIL, IS Jha, MN Ravi Shankar, Adhunik Power, Natural Resources, PPP
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Transmission Conundrum
India´s current aggregated technical & commercial (AT&C) losses have been estimated to be around 27 per cent of the electricity generated. Such high AT&C losses are counted as one of the main reasons for the state electricity board´s (SEBs) financially weak status.
Rahul Kamat, Technical, Commercial, Power, SEB, CTU, IPP, PGCIL, IS Jha, PFBR, Vimal Kejriwa, KEC International Ltd, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana, Sharan Bansal, Skipper Limited
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Pumping Up
It is estimated that the production of pumps in the country is presently of the order of Rs 1,200 crore, contributed by some one million pumps per year, produced by 500-odd manufacturers of large, medium and small scales.
Pumps, Indian Pumps Manufacturers Association, Liberalization, Manish Aggarwal, KPMG, Natural Resources, Roadmap, Grundfos Pumps India Pvt Ltd, Tobias Engelmeier, Director, Bridge, Gangetic Plains, Grid Power, Diesel Pumps, Avinash Jain
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India, Australia should make joint investments in coal: Steel minister Verma
India and Australia should look at the possibilities for joint investments in developing coal assets, Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma has said. Leading a high-level delegation to Australia and New Zealand to strengthen ties in areas such as mining and coal supply, Verma met Minister of Natural Resources & Mines, Queensland, Andrew Cripps.
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