Electricity
Jaiswal Approves Fuel Iinkages To Power Units In Bihar, UP
In a move that will help improve power situation in states like Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal has approved fuel linkages to 11 new thermal projects coming up in these power-deficit states.
"Coal linkages for the 11 supercritical units of 660 MW each, which would come up in the XIIth Plan-Period (2012-17) have been sanctioned," a top coal ministry official said.
These 11 units include nine units of NTPC's power plants at Nabinagar in Bihar (3x660 MW), Meja in Uttar Pradesh (2x660 MW), Solapur (2x660 MW) and Mouda (2x660 MW), both in Maharashtra, and two units of Damodar Valley Corporation's Raghunathpur plant in West Bengal.
"Coal Minister actively pursued the matter and finally approved the coal supply linkages to these units to especially meet the power deficit of states like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar," the official said.
Source: PTI Jaiswal approves fuel linkages to power units in Bihar, UP
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By ugesh sarkar, Section Electricity
Posted on Thu Mar 04, 2010 at 09:56:25 PM EST
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11 Power Plant Proposals Okayed
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Bihar, NTPC Sign Deal For 1900 MW Power
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Power-Starved Bihar To Purchase 1,500 MW From Open Market
Power-starved Bihar will purchase 1,500 MW of electricity from the open market before summer.
The Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB) had last year invited a request for proposals (RFP) to purchase power from the open market. 'The response has been tremendous,' Bihar Power Minister Ramashray Prasad Singh told IANS.
Added a board official: 'The BSEB has now extended the date (to receive bids) of the RFP in view of the response.'
The official said BSEB was hopeful of sourcing power from companies in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Kerala, Chhattishgarh or Orissa.
Bihar receives 800-1,000 MW from the central pool despite the scheduled allocation of 1,553 MW per day. Its daily demand is 2,000-2,500 MW.
Source: Sify.com Power-starved Bihar to purchase 1,500 MW from open market
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By ugesh sarkar, Section Electricity
Posted on Thu Jan 21, 2010 at 01:44:03 AM EST
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Thermal Power Plant Sanctioned In Bihar
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Power Situation Unlikely To Improve In Another Five Years
Bihar has not made any substantial progress in the energy sector during the last four years. Out of the villages in Bihar, only 5,928 energized villages have been handed over so far.
Out of the 28 investment proposals to the tune of over Rs 83,551 crore for setting up new thermal power stations, none has led to investment in the power sector. Bihar is unlikely to improve in the power sector for another five years.
According to official sources, as many as 11 major private players had shown keen interest in setting up coal-based thermal power stations in the state. All these private firms, including Essar, Tata and Reliance, had submitted their tenders yielding Rs 11 lakh to the Bihar State Electricity Board in 2008. But none of these proposals could materialize, said a retired BSEB chairman on the condition of anonymity.
During the last four years, Haryana has even set up 5,000 MW thermal power station in which two plants have even started generating power. But to date Bihar has not made any headway on this front, said an official.
Source: Times Of India Power situation unlikely to improve in another five years
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By ugesh sarkar, Section Electricity
Posted on Tue Nov 24, 2009 at 02:09:49 AM EST
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Bihar Villagers Now Get Green Electricity
A technology that converts rice husk into electricity is gaining ground in Bihar. Some 100,000 households in the state already use electricity produced from biomass and their number is steadily growing.
According to an estimate, 44 percent of India's population still live without electricity, making this biomass-based power generation technology indispensable in energy-starved states like Bihar.
Though this technology has been in use for the past 50 years in India, Husk Power Systems (HPS), a rural electrification company, has modified it to create a cost-effective operational model.
Today, HPS supplies power to 50 off-grid villages in the state. Each village has a population between 2,000 and 4,000. By 2012, HPS plans to cover 2,000 villages in the state.
Rice husk is traditionally discarded in India. However, when it is heated, it releases a gas that HPS uses to run modified diesel engines to generate electricity.
Source: www.topnews.in Bihar villagers now get green electricity
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By ugesh sarkar, Section Electricity
Posted on Fri Nov 20, 2009 at 12:54:30 AM EST
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Power Crisis In State As 4 NTPC Units Shut
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Power Crisis Deepens In Bihar
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City To Get Uninterrupted Power Supply
The Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB) has made arrangements to provide uninterrupted power supply during the Durga Puja.
The Patna Electric Supply Undertaking (PESU) has formed a Special Maintenance Group under MRT division to maintain constant power supply. Apart from this, every division office has emergency control rooms which will rectify any technical snag very quickly, said superintending engineer (SE) S K P Singh.
BSEB spokesperson H R Pandey, while talking to TOI, said, "To maintain uninterrupted power supply across the city and even other parts of the state, the BSEB is drawing additional 150 MW of power from the NTPC." These special arrangements will continue till the day of Vijayadashmi, said Singh.
Apart from this, shortage of power and frequent load-shedding which the entire Patna west circle had been facing has now been resolved following rectification of the technical snag in the 50 MVA transformer at Khagaul grid.
It may be mentioned here that the power transformer had developed snag last month leading to a terrible power crisis in the city. The BSEB was then forced to resort to six to eight times load-shedding in many areas of western Patna. "The capacity of Khagaul grid went down by one-third forcing us to undertake prolong hours of shedding in many city areas. Though the load was distributed between Jakkanpur and Bihta grids yet it was difficult to maintain adequate power supply," said the SE.
Board officials got the fault rectified in a record time after engineers were flown in from Kerala. The equipment, which developed snag and had gone out of order, was produced by Kerala-based company in a short period after orders were placed by the BSEB, said BSEB chairman Swapan Mukherjee.
Now localities like Gardanibagh, Anisabad, Dak Bungalow, Kadamkuan, Jagdeo Path, Ashiana, Danapur urban areas, Pataliputra Colony, Boring Canal Road, Anandpuri, Nehru Nagar, Rajiv Nagar, Indrapuri, New Pataliputra Colony, Kurji etc will get relief from frequent load sheddings, added the chairman.
Source: Times Of India City to get uninterrupted power supply
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By ugesh sarkar, Section Electricity
Posted on Sat Sep 26, 2009 at 09:26:08 PM EST
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Indian Railways To Set U 1000 MW Power Plant In Bihar
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Bihar Demands More Power From Centre To Tide Over Crisis
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3 Companies Contend For Franchise Power Distribution In Patna
Projects Today reported that CESC, Reliance Infrastructure and Mumbai based Glodyne Technoserve are in fray to be franchise power distributor in Patna, Bihar.
Financial bids are expected to be opened on June 30th 2009.
Bihar had invited bids for franchise power distributors in Patna, Gaya, Muzaffarpur and Bhagalpur circles. As per the bid regulation, the contenders for Patna were required to bid for at least 1 additional circle out of the residual 3. While R-Infra bid for all 4 circles, CESC bid for Patna and Muzaffarpur and Glodyne bid for Patna and Gaya.
Apart from R-Infra and Glodyne, Enzen Global is the third contender for Gaya. Muzaffarpur received 2 bids and Reliance Infra is the sole bidder for Bhagalpur.
Meanwhile, the contracts are expected to be awarded within the next 6 months. Bihar State Electricity Board has appointed IL&FS for bid evaluation.
Source: steelguru.com 3 companies contend for franchise power distribution in Patna
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By ugesh sarkar, Section Electricity
Posted on Thu Jul 02, 2009 at 12:34:08 AM EST
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People Suffer Due To Frequent Power Cuts
Thousands of Patanaites witnessed unprecedented power crisis on Tuesday. During the last 24 hours, people suffered badly due to frequent
power cuts in the city localities forcing them remain awake throughout the night.
It was a black Tuesday. The power cuts during evening for couple of hours is a normal phenomena. But frequent power cuts throughout the night forced the residents to wait endlessly for resumption of power supply which was finally restored at around 9 am on Wednesday that too for only a couple of hours.
The lights first went off in the evening at around 8.10 pm on Tuesday, then at 10 pm, at 12 in the midnight, 1.30 am and it continued till 9 am on Wednesday.
"We waited till 4 in the morning with a hope to get power. But it did not resume till 9 in the morning," said Swati of Yarpur locality. The story is more or less the same in other city localities.
The humid temperature in the city on Tuesday made the residents restless. On Tuesday, hundreds of marriage pandals had to depend on generator sets. The unbearable polluting noise of gensets made the situation even worse.
Power crisis also affected the water supply. Water boring pumps hardly worked due to frequent power cuts. "The invertors too stopped working. Mobiles were discharged, life going totally haywire," said Purushottam of Anisabad.
Source: Times Of India People suffer due to frequent power cuts
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By ugesh sarkar, Section Electricity
Posted on Fri Jun 05, 2009 at 03:39:35 AM EST
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Reliance To Bid For Power Distribution In Bihar
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Power Crisis Not Likely To Improve In State
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BSEB Purchases Additional Power For Smooth Conduct Of Polls
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Bihar Plunges Into Darkness Again After Two Units Of Talcher (STPP) Developed Snag
Power situation in Bihar worsened after two units of the Talcher Super Thermal Power Plant (STPP) developed snag, plummeting supply to 600 MW against its scheduled average daily allocation of 1553 MW on Monday.
Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB) sources said two units of 500 MW each of the Talcher STPP developed snag on Sunday, drastically reducing power supply from the Central sectors to the State.
Talcher, havingh an installed capacity of 1000 MW, supplies 37 per cent power out of its total generation to Bihar. With the plant generally working at around 95 per cent efficiency, the State, on an arverage, receives 300-330 MW electricity from Talcher. With both the units developing snag, Bihar's scheduled allocation of 370 MW from Talcher dropped to zero.
With the Muzaffarpur Thermal Power Station (MTPS) of the BSEB also developing problem, it did not help the State's cause. AS a result, the BSEB was forced to resort to power shedding throughout the State, including the Capital.
The erratic power supply also had a cascading effect on water supply, as residents of Rajendra Nagar, Kankarbagh, Bahadurpur, Patliputra Colony, Boring Road, Nehru Nagar, Rajeev Nagar, Sri Krishna Puri, Patna City and many more, complained of water scarcity.
On Sunday a 100 MVA transformer at Fatuha had gone bust, crippling power supply to localities of eastern Patna, fed by Gaighat and Mithapur grid.
BSEB spokesman Hareram Pandey said : "The transformer at Fatuha was set right on Monday morning. However, low generation from Central sectors because of the snag in the Talcher STPP has forced us to resort to power shedding throughout the State, as were receiving just about 600 MW electricity."
Against an average daily allocation of 368 MW, the Patna Electric Supply Undertaking (PESU), which caters to the State Capital, was allocated 300 MW electricity on Monday.
Source: jaibhira.com Bihar plunges into darkness again
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By ugesh sarkar, Section Electricity
Posted on Thu Apr 16, 2009 at 02:30:00 AM EST
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Bihar Facing A Deficit Of 400 to 500 MW Of Power
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NTPC Proposes To Build Distribution Network For States
This is aimed at resolving conflicts India's largest electricity utility has had with state governments over land, water and environmental issues
State-owned NTPC Ltd plans to set up distribution networks near its power plants and later transfer them to state electricity boards (SEBs), a company official said.
This is aimed at resolving conflicts India's largest electricity utility has had with state governments over land, water and environmental issues.
"We have certain responsibilities towards the states where we have our projects. Once we develop the infrastructure, we will transfer it to state electricity boards. We will start this at our Kahalgaon project and then will replicate it elsewhere," the official said, requesting anonymity.
Kahalgaon in Bhagalpur district of Bihar was the site of citizen protests over seriously inadequate power supply that led to three people dying in police firing in January last year near the 1,840MW NTPC plant. "We have asked the government of India to allocate us a certain amount of power from the state's quota or even increase their share, which will then be distributed through this infrastructure. This will certainly strengthen our relationship with the states," the official added.
Source: Live Mint NTPC proposes to build distribution network for states
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By ugesh sarkar, Section Electricity
Posted on Thu Mar 19, 2009 at 10:52:12 PM EST
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