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US$44bn refinery-petrochemical complex Nasser signing the MoU.   India's "mega-handshake" with Saudi Aramco for mega-refinery and petrochemical complex came with a joint refinery-petrochemical complex investment. Commentary by Serena Huang, senior analyst, Wood Mackenzie. On 11 April, Saudi Aramco signed a...

Plans for 5 GW offshore capacity by 2022 The National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE) an autonomous body under Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), has called for ‘Expression of Interest’ (EoI) for the first offshore wind energy project...

Elephanta island gets electricity To get electricity to the island, four, single core 22 KV Copper cables of 95 sq mm were laid below the seabed.  Indian Register of Shipping (IRClass) has assisted public electricity distribution utility, Maharashtra State Electricity...

Badal projects Rs.500Cr annual turnover for Park Minister Badal. An additional investment of about Rs.250 crore in 25-30 food processing units is expected in the Himalayan Mega Food Park Private Ltd. Giving this estimates, Union Minister for Food Processing Industries...

J&K HEP commissioned Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has bagged a major order for setting up a 1x660 MW supercritical thermal power plant in Uttar Pradesh. Valued at approximately Rs.4,400 crore, the order is from Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan...

CIL to invest Rs.20,000-Cr on rakes and wagons Goyal. Public sector majors National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) are recalibrate ing turbines to use domestic coal in bigger measure, Coal Minister Piyush Goyal said at...

New division for logistics development Speakers at the summit. There is a need for greater internal integration of systems in India and improvement in logistics efficiency for achieving 8.5% GDP growth, said Dr. Junaid Kamal Ahmad, India Country Director, World...

EPR reactors evolved from “KONVOI’ and “N4’ Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) and Electricite de France (EDF) of France have signed an Industrial Way Forward Agreement for implementation of six nuclear power reactor units at Jaitapur, Maharashtra, with...

PPP model being deliberated for greenfield project Construction of Terminal buildings and Runways is expected to be initiated in the month of June for the Noida International Greenfield Airport at Jewar, 72 km off from the main IGI Airport. The...

Double afforestation planned on site The 60 MW Naitwar Mori Hydro Eaectric Project (NMHEP) in Uttarakhand has been given four years for completion by December, 2021. Laying the project's foundation stone on 30 Mar 2018, Minister of State for Power,...