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 Singapore conglomerate strengthens power foothold Sembcorp has won yet another project in India’s wind power market. Its renewable energy business Sembcorp Green Infra was awarded a 250-megawatt project. It is the country’s second nationwide wind power tender and makes Sembcorp...

Bid closes on 27 Nov 2017 NIT for Design Engineering Procurement and Supply Construction and Erection Testing Commissioning Associated Transmission System and comprehensive Operation and Maintenance for 25 years of 2 MW Solar PV Power Plant with Battery Energy Storage...

Azure forays into rural Jharkhand Mini and micro grid development across India would be used to achieve the ‘Saubhagya’ scheme for which the government has sanctioned Rs.160 billion (~US$ 2.5 billion) to help achieve the electrification of 30 million households...

PPP packages being prepared for projects Singh chairing the second meeting of Island Development Agency (IDA), in New Delhi on 8 Nov 2017. Airports, tourism industry and fishing industry related developments are being planned for the Andaman & Nicobar, according...

Furnace oil & pet coke ban hurts 25 lakh workers India’s trade body, ASSOCHAM, has advocated giving adequate time to the industrial consumers to migrate from the furnace oil and pet coke to gas-based operations. It is estimated that about...

LNG for industries in Southeast India Karaikal Port. Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Company (AG&P) has signed an exclusivity with Karaikal Port Pvt. Ltd. (KPPL) to develop an LNG import terminal at the Port, including LNG sourcing and supply. The Philippines-based...

Progressing Bharatmala and Sagarmala projects Gadkari on the "Opportunities in Infrastructure Technology & Equipment", in New Delhi on 4 Nov 2017.  Forty-four Economic Corridors and 24 Multi Modal Logistics Parks are being planned on the hub and spoke model to...

Sikkim declared organic state Singh showing a pineapple grown in the North East region at the World Food India 2017. About 65 proposals are in the pipeline for the “Venture Fund” which was recently set up for start-ups in the...

VP stresses on safety in aviation sector Naidu addressing the gathering at the inaugural function of the 2nd Aero Expo India-2017, in New Delhi on 2 Nov 2017. India is witnessing a high-growth trajectory and is set to become the...

UN identifies US$600M projects in five cities India’s Power Ministry’s Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) has proposes tech-savvy Energy Efficiency Revolving Fund (EERF) for sustainable funding mechanism of energy efficiency projects in the country. The EERF mechanism will support the...