<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Association of Fly Ash Products Manufacturers (AFAPM) Vs Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change & Others dated 13/07/2023.</p>
The government today said it is open to accommodating more suggestions from stakeholders on new bidding documents being finalised for power projects to make the process more comprehensive. "The standard
Delhi is all set to implement an islanding plan for its power installations to prevent disruptions in power supply during grid disturbances. On Wednesday, Delhi was given the go-ahead by the Union Power Ministry for the islanding scheme it has drafted, which will be implemented by January 2013. The proposed islanding scheme for the city has been envisaged to isolate power installations from the main grid when fluctuations occur and prevent a collapse. Once these installations are disconnected from the grid, they can be used to reenergise city’s power generation and also ensure supply to essential services like hospitals, rail services, water treatment plants and other critical services.
Blaming the unscheduled interchange scheme, which is only an accounting procedure, cannot be the remedy. This scheme has to work within a modified grid code. Adopting the one put forth in the Electricity Act is an essential step forward There was a grid collapse in 2000. The government appointed a committee headed by the chairman of the Central Electricity Authority (CEA). The committee recommended that training should be conducted for transmission and load dispatch engineers, support for charging, self-start facilities at Faridabad, implementation of under-frequency relay scheme, periodic maintenance of important lines, better communication and recording facilities, implementation of ‘expert systems’ for analysis and restoration, review of black start procedures and islanding schemes.
New Delhi Environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan may have objected to the creation of a National Investment Board (NIB) for its potential to undermine her ministry, but the finance ministry has no doubt that the biggest hurdle to investors right now is posed by Natarajan’s ministry. In an internal note meant to be a precursor to a full-fledged Cabinet note prepared before Natarajan wrote to the Prime Minister against the idea of NIB, the finance ministry’s department of economic affairs had cited environment clearance (EC) and forest clearance (FC) as “best-known examples” of regulations impeding decision-making process.
Coal India Ltd has slipped to production levels of last year raising concerns about its ability to push its output by 9 per cent after two years of flat production. The public sector company has loaded
The state government has directed Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation Limited (APGenco) to expedite power projects so that 4,000-Mw additional capacity be added by 2014, besides requesting Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) to complete connectivity between the southern, northern and western grid by 2013. Minnie Mathew, chief secretary, said in a press release on Sunday that though the government had been putting concerted efforts on enhancing generation capacity, inadequate coal and natural gas supplies, reduced inflows into hydel reservoirs and limited transmission corridor facility were posing major challenges in meeting the ever increasing demand.
New Delhi The Prime Minister's Office on Wednesday directed the power and coal ministries to complete the process of signing fuel supply agreements (FSAs) with power developers by November 15. As per an earlier directive, Coal India Limited (CIL) has to sign about 80 FSAs with power producers for projects getting commissioned up to March 2015. CIL has already signed 29 FSAs so far, but will have to get all the producers on board for the agreement as even the older version of the contract needs to be tweaked a bit.
New Delhi The government proposes to constitute an empowered group of officials along the lines of the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) as a single-window mechanism for granting statutory clearances to coal mining projects. The purpose is to facilitate and expedite approval process and step up coal production in the country. Though composition of the proposed body is yet to be finalised, sources said the ministries of environment, coal, power and steel as well as concerned state governments would be represented on the panel. The group would periodically take up individual cases referred to it and would take decisions in a time-bound manner.
NHPC, pre-dominantly focussed on hydro power generation, has decided to explore the possibility of a tie-up with public sector power utilities such as Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) and NTPC to make a foray into thermal power generation, including bidding jointly for a future ultra mega power project (UMPP). Sources in the Power Ministry said that the NHPC board had recently granted approval for entering other modes of generation, including thermal, with a view to diversifying its business.
New Delhi The shortage of domestic coal is finally beginning to affect development of new power projects in the country with the government proposing to stop acceptance of companies’ applications for fresh coal linkages for a period of three years. It may also restrict provision of long-term coal linkage to only 60,000 mw of power projects in the 12th Five-Year Plan against the power ministry’s recommendation for 1,50,000 mw of projects.
