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The Power Retreat

November 2016

The 17th Regulators and Policymakers Retreat, organised by IPPAI, witnessed a power-packed opening session where not only representatives from the power sector, but railways, roads, waterways and shipping gathered on the same platform at the Lalit Golf and Spa Resort in Goa, to address a common question

Tags: 17Th Regulators, Nitin Gadkari, Road Transport, Highways, Shipping, Govt. Of India, Power Generation, De-Silting Hydro Projects, Transmission, BOT, Suresh Prabhu, Ravi Arya, Hindustan Power Projects Pvt. Ltd, UDAY SCHEME, Sunil Wadhwa

Indian major ports set to install 200 MW renewable projects

April 2016

In a bid to become self-reliant in energy, the Ministry of Shipping has chalked out plans to install around 200 MW captive (150 MW solar and 50 MW wind) renewable power projects in as many as 11 major ports in India.

Tags: Renewable Power Projects, Ports, Ministry Of Shipping, Nitin Gadkari, Solar Rooftop Projects, JNPT, Kandla Port

MbPT to temporarily handle coal

November 2015

Union shipping minister Nitin Gadkari has said that the Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) will temporarily handle coal at its Haji Bunder facility following a request by state environment minister Ramdas Kadam.

Tags: Union Shipping, Nitin Gadkari, Haji Bunder, Mumbai Port Trust, Ramdas Kadam, Mbpt, MPCB, Coal Handling Port

Scania to construct biogas plant in Nagpur

May 2015

Scania Commercial Vehicles India Private Limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with another Swedish company- Swedfund-for joint construction of a biogas plant in Nagpur city, in the presence of Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari.

Tags: Scania Commercial Vehicles India Private Limited, Mou, Swedfund, Nitin Gadkari, NMC, Biogas, Vehicles, IVL

Tata Power acquires Ideal Energy´s 540 MW thermal plant

January 2015

Tata Power has said it has signed a share purchase agreement with Ideal Energy Project (IEPL) to acquire the latter´s 540-MW thermal power plant near Nagpur in Maharashtra for an undisclosed amount. With this acquisition, the company´s generation capacity increases to 8,885 MW.

Tags: Tata Power, Thermal Power Plant, IEPL, Mhaiskar, IRB Infrastructure Developers, Bharatiya Janata Party, Nitin Gadkari, ICICI Securities, Thermal Power