Posts by T&D India

RInfra moves closer to selling off Mumbai power distribution outfit

Reliance Infrastructure Ltd (RInfra) has entered into exclusive negotiations with Adani Transmission Ltd for the potential sale of Reliance Infra’s power business in Mumbai, spanning generation, transmission and distribution. Both firms have entered into a period of exclusivity till Read more

L&T puts winning bid for mega smart meter tender

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has emerged as the lowest bidder of the tender issued by Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL) to procure 50 lakh smart meters. With a quote of Rs.2,722 per single-phase smart meter, L&T won the tender Read more

Kalpataru wins overseas power transmission orders

Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd, in a stock exchange filing, announced the winning of overseas power transmission orders valued at Rs.913 crore. The Mumbai-headquartered company said that these orders relate to design, supply and construction of 500kV and 225/90kV lines Read more

GE

Phase-I of Champa-Kurukshetra UHVDC transmission system completed

GE has announced that it has recently commissioned the second pole of the ±800kV UHVDC Champa-Kurukshetra transmission system. This marks the completion of the first phase of the project. The two-phase project, owned by Power Grid Corporation of Read more

New DC transmission system for medium voltage from Siemens

With MVDC PLUS (Medium Voltage Direct Current Power Link Universal System), Siemens is introducing a new direct current (DC) transmission system to the market that will serve as an efficient transmission route in medium-voltage AC grids from 30 Read more

Wind tariffs fall further in second SECI auction

Wind tariff in India touched its lowest level of Rs.2.64 per kWh in the second wind auction conducted by the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) on behalf of Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, Government of India yesterday. The Read more

Vestas wins 40-mw order in India

Atria Brindavan Power Pvt Ltd has placed a 40-MW firm and unconditional order on Vestas for the first phase of its wind power project in Karnataka. For the Basavane Bagewadi wind farm in Read more

Schneider Electric launches latest version of EcoStruxure Plant

Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management and automation, has expanded the range of its EcoStruxureTM product, under its industry portfolio, with the launch of  Process Expert System ( PES the new age DCS) Read more

GE Power to supply ESPs to Doosan India

GE Power India Ltd (formerly Alstom India Ltd) has reported the winning of an order worth Rs.327.50 crore from Doosan Power Systems India Pvt Ltd for the supply of four units of 660-mw electrostatic precipitators (ESP). These ESPs Read more

Sameer Gupta, Chairman & Managing Director, Jakson Group

We welcome the Saubhagya Scheme launched by Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi for providing free electricity connections to an estimated 40 million poor households across India, rural and urban. The new scheme is bound Read more