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Awards - 2016-2017
The cover story titled 'StUMPPed!!!' highlights the plight of UMPPs of Tata Power and Adani Power in the light of rise in coal prices due to change in regulations by Indonesia and Australia. But can India afford to forsake such huge assets built assiduously, is the question it raises.
Adani Power, Tata Power, UMPP, Blackouts Under Control, T&D Infrastructure, Solar Shines, Union Budget, Record Gains, REC, Making Tpps Sustainable, Moefcc Norms, LNG Imports, Reviving Gas Power
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Bidders had choice to bid for 'indexe' fuel cost
At the time of bidding for the Gujarat UMPP and also in the Case-2 Bidding based on imported coal, the bidders had a choice to bid for an (indexed÷ fuel cost, which meant that any variations in fuel cost could be passed through to the procurers based on an indexation formula defined in the PPA.
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StUMPPed!!!
Change in coal export regulations by Indonesia and Australia has queered the pitch for Tata Power and Adani Power. But can India afford to forsake such huge assets built assiduously?
Coal Export Regulations, Tata Power, Adani Power, EPGL, CGPL, APTEL, GUVNL, UMPP, Energy, Utilities, Mining, Pwc India, Shailesh Joshi, CERC, DBFOT
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Future Ready
In the past five years, coal power made up over two-thirds of capacity additions in India's generation, and currently accounts for more than 60 per cent of India's power capacity. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), India's coal demand will see the biggest growth over the next five years, despite a global slowdown.
Goi, Coal Sector, WBPDGCL, KPCL, CSPGCL, OPGCL, APGENCO, NTPC, Rajendra Prasad Ritolia, India Power Corporation Limited, Samir Ashta, CLP India, Discoms, Tata Power, Adani Power
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Green Shoots for BoP
The stagnant state of industrial output has resulted in lower demand for electricity. From the inactive state, when the economy starts picking up, it is expected that there would be a demand surge in the long term.
Discoms, Thermal Power Plants, Bop, National Electricity Plan 2016, UMPP, CPP, Subhash Sethi, SPML Infra Limited, Renjini Liza Varghese, Residential, Industrial, Commercial, Agriculture, Coal, Ash Handling
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Work on Adanis Jharkhand plant to start in June
The Adani group will start work on its 1,600 MW UMPP in Jharkhand in June, Jharkhand Chief Secretary Raj Bala Verma has said. The conglomerate has committed Rs.20,000 crore in various projects, including the plant at Godda, during the just-concluded Momentum Jharkhand investment summit.
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