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The government has asked Coal India Ltd to sign long-term fuel supply agreements (FSAs).

The instruction is expected to work in favour of power plants totaling a capacity of over 50,000 MW. It is to be noted that power producers led by corporate captains Ratan Tata and Anil Ambani recently called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, seeking his intervention to sort out coal-shortage issues. This decision is the outcome of the meeting of the Committee of Secretaries set up by the PMO to look into the power sector woes.

Coal India has been asked to sign 20-year supply contracts with power plants that will be commissioned by March 2015 and also with those plants that already have power purchase agreements with the distribution companies, a statement from the PMO said. For power plants commissioned up to December 2011, Coal India will sign the FSAs before March 31, 2012.

The last such agreement signed was in April 2009 after the state-run entity said it could supply only 50 per cent of the required quantity.Coal India will get incentives for meeting 90 per cent of the committed supplies as per the letter of assurance.

New Projects for the day
Sri Mata Infratech’s Nalgonda Cement Expansion Programme
Saheli Exports’ Gas Based Power Plant Expansion
Reliance’s Tato Hydro Electric Power Project
Mata Energy’s Nalgonda Coal Based Thermal Power Plant
AAI’s Deoghar International Airport Project
Apple Industries’ Sponge Iron Plant
Madura Industrial Textiles’ Expansion Programme

News for the day
Coal India asked to ink long term deals with power cos

Contracts for the day
No Contracts

New Projects for the day
TI Cycles’ Aluminium Bicycles Facility
Tata’s Mithapur Solar Power Project
Pitti Laminations’ Hyderabad Expansion Programme
Palakkad Rail Coach Manufacturing unit
Adani Port and SEZ’s Kandla Dry Bulk Terminal

News for the day
Berger Paints Commissions Construction Chemicals Unit
Tecpro Energy to set up new plant

Contracts for the day
Bihar SRDC awards construction contract to Patel Engineering
APM Terminals bags CFS contract

ONGC has taken up the development of marginal fields through 14 projects, out of which 3 projects have been completed. The remaining 11 projects are under various stages of the development. The approved cost of the 14 projects is of the order of Rs. 27305.05 Crore.

Details of the projects with expected oil & gas production, approved cost and actual / anticipated completion are given below.

APM Terminals, part of Maersk Lines has secured a contract from MIV Logistics which is setting up the International Container Transshipment Terminal (ICTT) on Vallarpadam Island in Kerala in JV with Infrastructure Kerala (INKEL). APM Terminals will bring in the equipment needed for container handling at the proposed container freight station and manage its day-to-day operations.

Patel Engineering has bagged a contract from Bihar State Road Development Corporationfor the upgradation for Sikkadi-Chandi-Sandesh Sahar-Bihta-DanvaraNasirgunj Road (SH-81) in the state Bihar. The project is a part of Bihar State Highway Project – II which sanctions the development work for 86.80 km.

Tecpro Energy Systems, a manufacturer of Aeration Products and Pollution control products.has decided to set up a a unit at MARG Swarnabhoomi to manufacture PROFLEX range of Aeration Products. The company has signed an MoU with MARG Ltd in this regard.

Berger paints India has set up two separate facilities at its paints units at Rishra near Kolkata and at Pondicherry for manufacturing construction chemicals with five products. The plants were set up with an investment of Rs.100 million.

United States based Sun Edison and Azure Power have bagged orders for setting up rooftop solar power plant projects in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. This rent-a-roof programme, implemented by Gujarat Energy Research Management Institute (GERMI), is the first-of-its-kind in India.

Sun Edison and Azure Power will each put up 2.5 MW of solar plants on the roofs of houses or office complexes that are willing to rent their roof for the purpose. The roof owner will get a part of the revenue generated by the power plant. The owner will not get to use the electricity to run his home or office, as has been the case in all the rooftop solar developments so far in the country.