Generation

Fortum, a Finnish energy company is bringing its proven NOx (Nitrogen Oxide) reduction technology in India un-der the new business ‘Fortum eNext’. As part of this initiative, the company recently organised a seminar in Mum-bai to showcase its innovative global technology and its holistic solutions, with a special focus on offerings for thermal power plants in India. On the sidelines of this event, Juha Suomi, Area Director, Asia, Fortum eNext and Sanjay Aggarwal, Managing Director, Fortum India speak to Subhajit Roy and explain about the company’s roadmap for Indian market. Excerpts:

Russia’s Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation, the technical consultants and main equipment suppliers for Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu, announced that ‘innovative unit-2 of the Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant-2’ for the first-time supplied electricity to the national grid.

Parag Yelegaonkar, Business Development Manager, Testo India talks about the importance of thermal imaging cameras in the power sector, his company’s most advanced thermal imaging cameras, and more in an email interaction with Electrical India.

GE Power has been awarded three contracts from NTPC to supply and install Wet FGD systems for a combined value of Rs 2311 crore (USD 335 million).

The article discusses smart techniques aiming to optimised the operating parameters of plant and facilitating the work of operators and maintenance engineers. - Ashok Upadhyay

The supply of the main equipment for the third unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu (India) was completed.

The power business of Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has bagged significant EPC orders from Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) to set up Flue Gas Desulphurisation (FGD) systems in three power plants.

Concrete works of the turbine hall foundation slab at Unit – 2 of Bangladesh’s maiden Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) has been completed on August 6, 2019.

Located in Jharsuguda district of Odisha, the project is owned by Odisha Power Generation Corporation Limited (OPGC), a joint venture company of the Government of Odisha and AES, a US-based energy company.

The floating power unit Akademik Lomonosov has arrived at the port of its permanent location in Pevek, Chukotka, in Russia’s Far East, where it is being docked to start operations by the end of this year.

Generation segment witnessed robust growth led by rising private sector participation.

Enabling timely fund availability (equity and debt) is key to have required pace of capacity addition.

The task for scheduled preventative maintenance preparation was set at the first meeting of the Joint Coordination Council held on October 15, 2019.

CPRI is at the forefront of developing indigenous capabilities to enhance high power testing in India.

Reforms linked distribution schemes and changes in tariff policy are some of the measures under consideration.

However, the high base tariff discount and 90 per cent cap on quantity under the third round of auction are negative for the IPPs.

Germany-based renewables developer PNE anticipates that the company’s implementation of projects as well as supplies may be delayed by a year in the wake...

India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) has revised its outlook for energy infrastructure companies to negative from stable for FY21, as the COVID-19-driven lockdown is...

By the Electrical India content team Uniper and Siemens Gas and Power signed a cooperation agreement for the development of projects on the de-carbonisation of...

- The following article is authored by Jeykishan Kumar K, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Division, Central Power Research Institute, Bengaluru Solar power plants have...