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Suzlon signs one of the largest contracts in the history of US wind power industry
PPM Energy agrees to option bringing contract total to 700MW
Chicago/Pune: Suzlon Wind Energy Corporation, the US-based subsidiary of Suzlon Energy A/S of Denmark, just extended its contract with PPM Energy to add 300 MW of wind turbine capacity to become one of the largest single contracts in the history of the company and the U.S. wind energy industry. The original agreement calls for delivery of 300 MW of turbine capacity in 2008 and 100 MW of capacity in 2009, but now has been extended to include an additional 300 MW in 2009 for a total of 700 MW over two years.
Suzlon’s S88-2.1 MW wind turbine is the featured machine of the agreement and will be delivered to various ready-to-build sites across the US starting in the summer of 2008. PPM Energy is part of the IBERDROLA group of companies, the world leader in wind power, with more than 6,500 MW of combined wind power capacity.
The turbine agreement includes the total supply of 143 units of the S88-2.1 MW in 2008 and 191 units in 2009. Suzlon is also contracted for operations, maintenance and service of the wind turbines for two years and an option for five, and will do so by expanding its service territory with new facilities to meet the demand.
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National Power Project Management Board
The government has set up a National Power Project Management Board (NPPMB) to speed up execution of all projects on time.
"...The APDRP (Accelerated Power Development Reforms Development Programme) scheme is being revised and a National Power Project Management Board will be set up to assist state and central utilities to ensure timely completion of all power projects," Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh said today. Such a board assumes importance as the country had failed to achieve the capacity addition target for the 10th Plan period 2002-07). As against the targeted 41,000 MW, only 22,000 MW was added during the five years till 2007.
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Government’s Initiatives to Bridge ‘Supply- Demand’ Gaps
The Planning Commission projects that the country will need to increase generating capacity to 778,000MW by 2032 from 127,700MW at the end of 2006 to maintain 8 per cent economic growth. Some believe even more ambitious targets are necessary, under which the country would need to double the capacity of its power-related infrastructure every five years, just to keep pace with demand. India is struggling to meet even the modest targets set in the past. During the government's 10th five-year development plan, which ended in March, India completed less than half the new power projects it had planned. This has left the country with a power shortage of 14 per cent, according to a Ministry of Power working paper.
The rest of the gap could be met from other conventional plants as well as hydropower, nuclear power, wind energy and even clean coal technology plants.
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Improvements to Curtail Power Shortages
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, speaking at the Power Ministers’ Conference, has
given guidelines to help decrease power shortage. The ‘open-access’ system,
separation of the transmission system from the transmission lines & curbing of ‘power thefts’ were the areas of improvements discussed.
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Need of the Hour - Integrated Approach to Energy Planning
India needs to pursue an integrated approach to energy planning as high economic growth equaling or exceeding eight per cent would create much larger demand for energy in the next few decades, according to a study commissioned by the Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India. The report suggests that India should focus on increasing indigenous energy resources, enhance R&D in the exploration and production of energy resources, enhance & promote Mass Rapid Transit System with better connectivity, introduce alternative fuels such as CNG, bio-diesel, electrification of the railway tracks and large-scale manufacturing of CFLs.
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS
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Clean Sources of Energy
UK utility Scottish and Southern Energy has finalized the first of four agreements with GD Power Development, a subsidiary of Chinese power player China Guodian orporation, to support the development of four new wind farms in northeast China. Each of the four wind farms is expected to have an installed capacity of around 50MW and will displace carbon emissions from coal-fired power stations in the region, thus avoiding production of around two million tonnes of CO2. The construction of the first of the wind farms, GD Xingcheng Haibin, is already underway and the last is expected to be commissioned during 2008.
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Siemens commissions new HVDC transmission system connecting New Jersey to Long Island, New York well ahead of schedule
Over the weekend and well ahead of schedule, Siemens Power Transmission & Distribution, Inc. commissioned a new high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission link between Sayreville, New Jersey, and Long Island, New York.
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IBM to establish center of excellence for nuclear power in France
US-based IT firm IBM has announced that it is to establish a global center of excellence for nuclear power in La Gaude, France, which will be based at the company's existing industry solutions center. The initiative is intended to support safe, reliable and efficient electricity generation by energy companies worldwide.
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Alstom to build new combined-cycle power plant in Ireland
French construction firm Areva has been awarded a E275 million contract to build a
430MW combined-cycle power plant at Aghada in County Cork, Ireland by ESB Power Generation, a division of the Irish state-owned power producer Electricity Supply Board.
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ABB to invest US$100 mln in China in 2007
Global Top 500 company ABB will invest US$100 million in China in 2007, and energy saving will be a key area, Brice P.G. Koch, chairman and president of ABB China Limited, said here on July 3.
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Renewable Energy Generation Information System Launched
The California Energy Commission today announced the launch of the Western Renewable Energy Generation Information System (WREGIS), a renewable energy registry and tracking system for electricity generation. The WREGIS system is a critical element in measuring the success of generating 20% electricity from renewable energy by 2010l. California is also serious about achieving the goal of generating 33% electricity from renewable energy by 2020. WREGIS will manage the many transactions that will help achieve the target & track their success.
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World’s First Methanol-to-Propylene (MTP) Plant
Siemens Power Generation (PG) will supply core equipment to the world's first Methanol-to- Propylene (MTP) Plant. The MTP process plant will be operated by Datang International Power Generation Co. Ltd., one of the biggest energy suppliers in China. The total order value is approximately EUR20 Mio.
Propylene is one of the most important feedstocks for the petrochemical industries. The main derivate of propylene is polypropylene with a projected growth in consumption of five per cent per year. Propylene has mainly been produced from crude oil in the past. In the Methanol-to-Propylene process developed by Lurgi AG, a German company that was recently acquired by industrial gas manufacturer Air
Liquide S.A., natural gas or coal can be used to generate methanol in a first step. In a second step, methanol is converted to propylene.
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Promoting Green Power Initiatives
Massachusetts and Texas have been selected to receive federal support to build wind technology testing centers, as announced by U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman. Each $20 million project will receive up to $2 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to test equipment to develop large-scale wind blade testing centers. President Bush has promoted initiatives to reduce the nation's dependence on foreign oil & many states have been clamoring to capitalize on the possible economic growth associated with wind farms and renewable energy, The Massachusetts project involves building a
center along Boston Harbor. The partnership includes the Massachusetts Technology
Collaborative, the University of Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Port Authority, and state agencies.
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Effective Utilization & Recycling of Nuclear Resources
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), AREVA, Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited (JNFL) and US partners jointly propose a plan for the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) initiative being promoted by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). GNEP is a global nuclear fuel recycling program that DOE rolled out in February 2006. GNEP calls for the promotion of effective utilization of nuclear energy resources through
recycling of spent nuclear fuels from light water reactors and generating electricity with an advanced reactor that consumes transuranic elements as part of
its fuel. More generally, GNEP is a comprehensive strategy to increase U.S. and global energy security, reduce the risk of nuclear proliferation, encourage clean
energy development around the world, and improve the environment.
This joint proposal to DOE reflects the swift determination of the Japanese government to participate in the GNEP initiative. Within the global proposal, MHI will be leading the ARR development while AREVA will lead the CFTC development. For the ARR, MHI is proposing a loop-type fast reactor concept that uses liquid-metal sodium for the reactor coolant.
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Remote Monitoring System for Power Networks
Spanish utility Endesa has signed an agreement with Motorola to expand and upgrade the remote monitoring system of its power networks. It will use Motorola's IP Tetra network for automatic data transmission in controlling the distribution of electricity. In three years, Endesa has invested over E4.7 billion in enhancing its supply networks, and the IP Tetra telecontrol systems have enabled the utility to slash its system average interruption duration index (SAIDI) by 50% between 2003 and
2006. The IP Tetra system will support the automatic detection and prediction of power disruptions to ensure ongoing electricity service. The Tetra system will replace an analogue PMR network, operating in radio spectrum reserved for utilities. This solution was deemed unable to meet both current demand and future needs.
Sources : Economic Times, Hindustan Times, Energy Central, IPS and IFEJ, Datamonitor, United Press International, AsiaPulse, Asian Energy.
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