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cogenindia.pune@gmail.com August 2010 VOL - VI

National News:
Power Grid to set up 9 High Capacity
Power Transmission Corridors
The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has approved the
proposal to set-up 9 (nine) High Capacity Power Transmission Corridors
(HCPTCs) in the
country by the Power
Grid Corporation of
India Limited
(PGCIL) at a tentative
cost of Rs.58,061
crores.
Implementation of
these 9 high capacity
power transmission
corridors would
facilitate evacuation/
Dear Reader, transmission of power from various Independent Power Producers (IPPs)
Greetings from Cogen India !!! generation projects proposed in the State of Orissa, Chhattisgarh,
We are glad to inform you that Jharkhand, Sikkim, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh to
Cogen India is supporting Energy the target beneficiaries in Eastern/ Northern/ Western/ Southern regions of
& Power India 2011 event, which is the country.
eliciting tremendous interest in the
Industry circles & is scheduled to
th th
be held from 11 to 14 February Rajiv Gandhi Combined Cycle Power Project Updates
2 0 11 a t B I E C , B a n g a l o r e
International Exhibition NTPC proposes to expand the existing Naphtha based Rajiv Gandhi
Center10th Mile, Tumkur Road, Combined Cycle Power Plant (RGCCPP) of the capacity of 350 MW at
Bangalore. Kayamkulam. The proposed expansion is of the capacity of 1050 MW
Golden Opportunity with discount (nominal) with Re-
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Shivajinagar, Pune - 411 005
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 Siemens steam turbine for cogen/DH scheme in Latvia
Siemens Energy has received an
order for a condensing steam turbine
generator to supply the Latvian
capital Riga with district heat and
electrical energy in the Riga TPP-2
Combined Cycle Co-Generating
Facility.
The new cogeneration district
heating plant will have an overall
electrical capacity of approximately
420 MW and a thermal capacity of
270 MW. The turbine generator will
feature three industrial steam
turbines, two SST-800 machines
and one SST-500 steam turbine,
which will be produced at Siemens'
manufacturing plant in Görlitz,
Germany.
The order also includes a generator,
a condensing plant, and three
district heat exchangers. In summer,
the turbine generator unit will
Haryana signs PPA with
3 Hydel IPPs
Haryana Power Purchase Centre (
HPPC), the designated state
government agency for buying
power has signed three power
purchase agreements ( PPA) for
purchasing power from three hydel
projects.
The PPAs for buying a total capacity
of 4.8 MW was signed on behalf of
Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam
and the Dakshin Haryana Bijli
Vitran Nigam with Puri Oil Mills
and Gogripur Hydro Power Project.
As per agreement, HPPC would
purchase 2.8 MW (1.4 MW each)
power generated by mini hydro
power projects at village Thaska in
district Yamuna Nagar and at village
Tusand in district Karnal being
developed by Puri Oil Mills and 2
MW power from M/s Gogripur
Hydro Power Project at Karnal.
There are three constants in life….
Change, Choice & Principle
India for carbon equity
India will take up a leadership
role on the issues of global
carbon budget and seek support
from various countries in
equitable access to atmospheric
space in the run up to the Cancun
climate change meet, said
environment minister Jairam
Ramesh. India cannot and will
not accept any agreement which
provide an electrical output of 145 does not have its fundamental
MW and in winter a thermal output principle of “equity and
of 249 MW, combined with an equitable access to global
electrical output of 125 MW. atmospheric space,” he said. “In
The steam turbine generator is the next six months in the run-up
unique in terms of its complexity to Cancun, India will take the
and flexibility, says the company.
leadership role on the issue of a
The turbine configuration and the
use of three district heaters allow a global carbon budget,” Ramesh
precise adjustment of the turbine said. Our strategy must also be
generator performance to the actual based on both per capita
heating demand. During the emission principles along with
summer months or during periods per capita income, which are
with low heating demand the third
SST-500 steam turbine in the train
“constituent elements of equity
strategy,” he stressed.
can be shut down.
E RIL is planning to set up 10,000 Mw of generation capacity in
thermal, hydro and renewable spaces and has set aside US$10
billion for these projects.
E Thermax is developing technologies that harness waste heat
for heating, cooling and power requirements of industrial and
commercial establishments.
E Nuclear Power Project in Maharashtra :Nuclear Power
Corporation of India, is planning to set up a 3,300-mw nuclear
plant at Jaitapur in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra
E AP Gets Rs.9500 Crore for Two Power Projects : Power
Generation Corporation of Andhra Pradesh (APGenco) has received
Rs.9500 crore for two of its power projects from Rural
Electrification Corporation and Power Finance Corporation
namely 2100 MW Karimnagar Gas based power project and 2×800
Mw Vadarevu Thermal Power Project.
Thoughtful Thoughts
Four Steps To Achievement: (4 P's)
Plan Purposefully, Prepare Prayfully,
Proceed Positively, Pursue Persistently
 SOLAR NEWS
Solar Tower for the 2016 Olympic Games - Rio de Janeiro :

Designed by RAFA firm headquartered in Zurich,

Switzerland, it is called "Solar City Tower, this structure
was chosen in response to the initial proposal and it has
the potential to generate enough energy not only for the
Olympic city, but also for part of the city of Rio.
The challenge was to design a vertical structure on the
island of Cotonduba that in addition to serving as an
observation tower would become a symbol of welcome
to newcomers in Rio either by sea or by air once it has
been host city of 2016 Olympic Games.
Its design makes it stores solar energy during the day
thanks to signs at ground level, while the surplus energy
produced is piped to pump sea water within tower giving
the effect of a waterfall outside. This water is reused The tower also has an amphitheater, an
simultaneously by turbines which are designed to auditorium, cafeteria and shops accessible on the
produce energy during the night ground floor where you can take an elevator that
These characteristics give it the epithet tower generator leads to various observatories and a retractable
which is intended as a continuation of some of the platform for the practice of bungee. At the top of
resolutions taken during the Earth Summit United the tower, it will be possible to appreciate the
Nations in 1992 that took place in Rio and also promotes scenery around the island where she will be
the use of natural resources in energy among these erected and its waterfall will become a benchmark
people. for 2016 and the city of Rio de Janeiro.

Govt. to tap solar energy
To bring down the dependency
on conventional fuels such as
diesel the central government is
planning to use solar energy for
running over two lakh mobile
phone towers in the country.
According to the new and
renewable energy minister
Farooq Abdullah “There are a
number of mobile towers in the
country and we want to cut
down the use of diesel in
running them. And it will be
implementated in consultation
with the telecom ministry.” He
added that with new
technologies which allows
storage of solar energy collected
during day time to be used in
night, it was much easier to
replace diesel for running the
mobile towers. As per the official
records there are around 2.5 lakh
mobile towers in the country
which run on diesel.
Solar heating systems
mandatory in Faridabad
With the Haryana government
stepping up the campaign for
maximum use of solar energy in
Faridabad, it is now compulsory
to set up solar water heading
systems on houses which are
built on plots the size of 500
square yard and more. Apart
from homes, the rule applies to
multi-storey buildings,
hospitals, hotels, institutes,
tourist complexes, motels and
some government buildings too.
The government also
announced that houses coming
up on 500 square yard plot sizes
would not get completion
certificates unless solar water
heating systems were installed
there. As if to set a precedent, the
civic body of the city has decided
to replace about 33,000 street
lights with energy-efficient
lights soon.
Abu Dhabi plans largest
solar power plant
Sultan Ahmed Al-Jaber, chief
executive and managing
director of Masdar, recently
announced in Abu Dhabi that
the company would tie up with
French Total and Spains's
Abengoa Solar to built the
“world's largest” concentrated
solar power plant, 75 miles from
the city.
Masdar, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Abu Dhabi's
Mubadala investment company,
will join hands with two
European companies, Total and
Abengoa Solar, in spending US$
600 million on the plant. The
solar plant, to be owned jointly
by Masdar (60 per cent) and 20
per cent each by the two
European firms, will sell power
to the national grid, with the
government subsidising the
state electricity company.
 INTERNATIONAL
NEWS

Moser Baer's 1200 MW

BGR inks MoU with Hitachi for boiler, turbine
Annupur Project Latest
manufacturing facilities in Tamil Nadu, India Updates
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been inked between BGR
Moser Baer Power Projects which
Energy Systems Ltd and Hitachi Ltd of Japan and its subsidiary Hitachi is implementing power projects
Power Europe GmbH Germany, to set up boiler and turbine spanning Thermal, Hydro and Solar
manufacturing facilities in Tamil Nadu, India. Both facilities would be energy sectors with a total capacity
set up with an investment of INR44 billion ($962 million) and would of 5000 MW has received an
investment of US$ $300 million (Rs
create 3,500 jobs on completion.
1,350 crore) from US based Private
BGR Energy Systems, as per an agreement with Hitachi Power Europe Equity Fund , Blackstone. Moser
GmbH, has floated a new company BGR Turbines Company (P) Ltd, Baer will utilize the funds for
which would set up a turbine manufacturing facility with an investment commissioning 4,000 Mw of
of around INR30 billion ($656 million). Once operational in 2012, the thermal power, 500 Mw of solar
facility will have a manufacturing capacity of five units per annum of power and 500 Mw of hydro power
over the next six years in India and
660Mw, 800Mw and 1,000Mw. In addition, BGR Energy Systems has
Germany. Currently, 1200 MW
also inked a MoU with Hitachi Ltd, Japan, to float BGR Boilers Pvt Ltd, Annupur Project in MP (
which will set up a boiler manufacturing unit with an investment of implemented by Moser Baer Power
around INR14 billion ($306 million). The plant will go on stream by & Infrastructures) is in the advanced
2012 and will have a capacity to manufacture five units per annum of stage.
660Mw, 800Mw and 1,000Mw.
B G Raghupathy, chairman and managing director of BGR Energy Three Foster Wheeler
Systems, reportedly stated that while the equity portion would be funded steam generators for
through internal accruals, the company was expecting to achieve China
financial closure over the next six months. China's Sinopec Wuhan Company
has awarded a contract to a
subsidiary of Foster Wheeler's
Landfill gas cogeneration facility will house a dual-fuel Global Power Group for the design
engine generator, a stack heat and supply of three circulating
project for US Marine
recovery steam generator and two fluidized-bed (CFB) steam
Corps base generators for a proposed
The US Marine Corps Logistics dual-fuel boilers. The primary
cogeneration plant for the 800,000
Base (MCLB) at Albany, Georgia, equipment can operate on landfill
tonne/year ethylene manufacturing
and Chevron Energy Solutions are gas or natural gas, which provides
project in central China's Wuhan
to develop the Department of energy security benefits, says city.
Navy's first landfill gas Chevron. Foster Wheeler will design and
Chevron Energy Solutions and supply the three 80 MWe CFB steam
cogeneration project, which will
MCLB will share in the operation of generators and auxiliary equipment,
produce 1.9 MW of renewable
the generator and steam-producing and provide site advisory services
electricity and steam generating
equipment. Through an energy for the project. The CFB steam
capacity by burning landfill gas
savings performance contract, generators will be designed to burn
collected from a nearby landfill site. coal and petroleum coke while
Chevron Energy Solutions has Chevron arranged the financing for
the project, which is repaid through meeting all environmental
designed the project and will requirements. Commercial
maintain the landfill gas-to-energy the energy costs avoided. The
operation of the new steam
facility, pipeline and landfill gas company also guarantees system
generators is scheduled for second
processing equipment. The new performance for 22 years.
quarter 2012
 Biogas must play bigger role in meeting energy needs

Gas produced from the

anaerobic digestion of waste
could be meeting 10% of the
UK's energy needs within the
next ten years
This is the claim of the trade body
representing the industry, which
argues its potential is being
massively underused in the UK at
the moment. Anaerobic digestion is
a m a t u r e t e c h n o l o g y, w i t h
thousands of facilities up and
running in European countries with
a better track record at dealing with
waste, but currently there are only
30 or so plants operating in the UK.
The Anaerobic Digestion and
Biogas Association (ADBA) is
arguing that the UK must catch up
with its European cousins and that
the technology will play an These new plants could meet two d o m e s t i c g a s s u p p l y. L o r d
important role in the future of thirds of Britain's renewable energy Redesdale, chairman of ADBA said:
Britain's gas, electricity and heat targets by 2020. "At a time when the cost and
supply. Lord Redesdale, Executive security of our gas supply is in
Anaerobic digestion, which is jeopardy, when there is so much
Chairman of ADBA, will claim already widely implemented in EU
"Britain will fail to meet its public support for renewable
countries such as Germany and in technologies, and when we do not
renewable energy targets without the water industry in the UK, uses
rapid building of a nationwide look like we are going to hit our
micro-organisms to break down renewable and recycling targets, it is
anaerobic digestion infrastructure." agricultural and household waste to surprising that anaerobic digestion
ADBA predicts farmers, produce methane gas, which can is not one of our top priorities. "AD
commercial operators and local then be converted into electricity or will convert waste into power, with
authorities will build a thousand AD heat or injected directly into the gas the added benefit that the residue is
plants in the next five years at a cost or electricity grids. a fertiliser that can be put back on
of £5 billion, mostly funded by the ABDA believes the industry will the land."
private sector, with the aim to employ 20,000 - 40,000 people
generate gas worth £1.7 billion per producing up to 20% of Britain's
year.

American Coalition for Ethanol Conference Concludes :

The four-day conference agenda featured a wide range of targeted breakout sessions plus two general sessions.
Individual sessions covered such topics as:
w Innovations to Improve Efficiency & Profit
w USDA Programs for Ethanol Producers
w OSHA & Ethanol in 2010
w Impact of Current & Future Air Quality Regulations on Ethanol Producers
Jay O'Neil, Senior Agricultural Economist at Kansas State University, delivered a fact-filled presentation about the
true economic realities of corn growing and ethanol production that dispels a great number of negative
misconceptions about ethanol. Perhaps the single most significant detail revealed by Jay is that in a $4.00 retail box
of corn flakes that there is only 6 cents worth of corn. Therefore, adding ammunition to the World Bank food vs. fuel
retraction, it's obvious that even if there was a large rise in the cost of corn (for any reason) that there are actually
other factors that made food prices soar.
 List of New Power Projects for which Industrial Licenses had been issued
in the month of August 2010 Part II
Sr. License Company Name Address Project Project Project Sector
No Issued On Location State

1 8/3/2010 Amravati Roha & Betala Village, Bhandara Maharashtra Generation And Thermal
Thermal Mohadi Taluk, Bhandara, Transmission Of Electricity Power
Power Ltd. Maharashtra Coal Based Thermal Power Generation

2 8/6/2010 Chhatrapati Sabhamji Husenpur, Deendayalngar, Aurangabad Maharashtra Cogen Power Cogeneration
Rajesakar Udyog Ltd. Aurangabad, Maharashtra- 431007 With Sugar Factory Power

3 8/4/2010 Rvk Energy 6-3-1109/A/1, 3rd Floor, East Godavari Andhra Generation Of Electricity Thermal
(Rajahmundry) Navabharat Chambers, Pradesh Produced In Gas Power
Pvt. Ltd. Raj Bhavan Road, Somajiguda, Based Thermal Generation
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh Power Plant
-500082

4 8/5/2010 The Kcp Ltd. Banjara 116a/ A Mlas Colony, Krishna Andhra Captive Power Coal Captive
Hills, Road No.12, Pradesh Based Power
Hyderabad, Andhra
Pradesh-500034

5 8/6/2010 Gavi Siddeswara Vill: B.N.Halli, Rayadurg Mandal, Anantappur Andhra Power Plant Thermal
Steels (India) Anantapur Dist, Andhra Pradesh Generation Power
Pvt Ltd. Pradesh

6 8/6/2010 Yjkr Plot No.75, Road No.10c, Krishna Andhra Thermal Thermal
Powergen Jubilee Hills,Hyderabad, Pradesh Power Power
Ltd. Andhra Pradesh-500033 Generation

7 8/5/2010 Adani Power 3452. 1778 Ha (1) Odu Surendranagar Gujarat Generation Solar
Energy (2) Mithaghoda(3) Zinzuwada, , Of Power
Ltd. (4) Nagwada, Dasada,Surendra By Solar
Nagar, Gujarat

8 8/6/2010 Ganga Power & 6th Floor, Lansdowne Birbhum West Generation & Transmission Thermal
Natural Tower, 2/1/A, Sarat Bose Bengal Of Electric Energy Power
Resources Road, Kolkata, West Bengal- Coal- Balseda Produced Generation
Ltd. 700020 In Thermal Power Plant
 Cogen India's Future Events Events Supported By Cogen
Tentative Date(s) Program India
28 Sept. 2010 One Day Business Meet for Promotion of l Direct 2010 : International
Hotel Fortune, Cogen Power Plants on BOOT Basis at Renewable Energy Conference at
Lavasa, Pune. Co-operative & Public Sector Sugar Mills New Delhi (Oct 2010)
Pune Maharashtra
l Energy and Power India 2011 in
3rd/ 4th week One Day Awareness Program on Bagasse Bangalore, (Feb 2010)
October 2010 Cogeneration, l Renewtech India 2011 in Mumbai
Baroda (Gujarat) (Feb 2011)
rd th
3 / 4 week One Day Business Meet for Promotion of
November 2010 Cogen Power Plants on BOOT Basis at
Co-operative & Public Sector Sugar Mills
Feedback / Suggestions / Articles /
Chandigarh(Haryana / Punjab) Sponsorship Please Contact :
Anita Khatal, Chief Co-ordinator
December 2010 Residential In-plant Training Program for Sugar Cogeneration Association of India
Mill Engineers, High-efficiency Bagasse C/o. MSFCSF Ltd, 1st floor, Sakhar Sankul,
Cogeneration Power Plants Shivajinagar, Pune - 411 005
Trichy, Tamil Nadu Tel: 020 - 25511404 / 446 Telefax: 020 -
25511467 Mobile No : 9890532178
E-mail: cogenindia.pune@gmail.com OR
January 2011 Residential In-plant Training Program for Sugar anitakhatal@yahoo.com
Mill Engineers, High-efficiency Bagasse For Sponsorship Opportunities please
Cogeneration Power Plants contact
Vijaywada, Andhra Pradesh Mrs Anita Khuller, Associate Consultant,
Cogen India, New Delhi
cogenindia@gmail.com /
cogenindia2005@yahoo.com OR
National & International Events Mobile No : 09811743217

Tentative Date(s) Program

th th
9 12 Theme : Waste Management Expo 2010
Hitex Exhibition Centre,
December, 2010 Hyderabad
6th -9th Green Building Congress 2010
October, 2010 Theme : International Conference &
Exhibition on Green Buildings
Chennai Trade Centre, Chennai
28th-29th Scottish Low Carbon
Investment Conference
September, 2010 Edinburgh International Conference Centre
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK