The state run Coal India Limited (CIL) will develop 18 new unused coal mines. The Expression of Interest in this regard will be invited shortly. The new mines are located at the Bharat Coking Coal, Eastern Coalfields and Central Coalfields areas. More than 800 million tons of coal is expected to have in these mines.
Coal India Limited (CIL) has set a target of growth of 6.7 per cent in the present year. The Coal India chairman Mr Partha S Bhattacharyya said that the company recorded a profit of Rs 8,738 crore before tax in the 2007-8 financial year. The net profit was Rs8622 crore in the last financial year.
Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL), Country's largest power equipment maker, has received a contract worth Rs 2,500 crore from Andhra Pradesh Power Development Company Limited, for supplying 800 MW supercritical boilers.
Under the deal, BHEL would set up 1,600 MW (2x800) steam generator at Krishnapatnam Power Project of Andhra Pradesh Power Development Company Ltd, a joint venture of APGenco and ILFS.
The contract includes manufacture, supply, erection, testing and commissioning of the steam generators and other aux iliaries like Electrostatic Precipitators (ESPs).
India's largest power company National Thermal Power Corp Ltd. (NTPC), Asian Development Bank (ADB), GE Energy Financial Services, Kyushu Electric Power Co and Brookfield Renewable Power have jointly signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Tuesday, to form a joint venture company for generating renewable power.
Anil Ambani group firm Reliance Power (R-Power), has received US$1 billion funding from three Chinese banks for the Sasan ultra mega power project (UMPP) in Madhya Pradesh.
The fund raised from China Exim Bank, Chinese Development Bank and China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation (Sinosure).
Reliance Power is currently developing two power projects — Rosa Phase I (600 Mw) and Sasan UMPP (3,960 Mw).
As per views of stock market experts, investors can purchase PGCIL (Power Grid Corporation of India) stock above Rs 95, in order to achieve an intraday target of Rs 97.5.
The stop loss for the suggested counter is Rs 94.2. The stock pricing becomes more attractive, and reach above Rs 99.5, if the stock markets remain positive.
Tata Power Company (TPC), India’s largest private power utility, has picked up 26% stake in the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB) promoted 114 MW run-of-the-river hydro electric power project over river Dagachhu through Druk Green Power Corporation (DGPC).
Tata Power Trading has negotiated to purchase all the power generated from the project.
Under the deal, Tata Power Trading will off-take power from the project for a period of 25 years and the power will be delivered at India-Bhutan border.