Ultra-mega Power Projects

• JSPL Completes Rs 13,000-Cr Project in Chandigarh

  Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (JSPL) has completed a 2,400-MW expansion project at Tamnar in Chhattisgarh at a cost of Rs 13,000 crore and achieved scale of an ultra-mega power plant (UMPP) there.

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  Panel Suggestions on Fresh Bidding Norms for UMPP by March-End

  The ministry will send the report for the consideration of the Cabinet thereafter.

• Evenly Balanced Budget, Says Alstom India

  Proposal to set up 5 ultra-mega power projects is a welcome move, says Alstom.

• Rajasthan to have world's largest solar project

  Three central ministries on Wednesday joined hands to launch the world's largest 4,000 MW ultra-mega solar power project in Rajasthan, a statement said.

• Cabinet gives nod to Reliance Power's Jharkhand project proposal: report

  The Cabinet Committee on Investment has cleared Reliance Power's Tilaiya ultra-mega power project in Jharkhand, according to sources.

• CCI may consider land compensation exemption for RPower plant on January 2: report

  The Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI) may decide on Thursday, January 2 whether Reliance Power's ultra-mega power project in Tilaiya, Jharkhand should be exempted from providing non-forest land to compensate for the loss of forest land to be acquired for the project, according to sources.

• Clearances of Odisha power project coal blocks may be de-linked: report

  The government may de-link forest clearance of coal blocks for 4,000-MW Odisha ultra-mega power project (UMPP) with the environmental clearance accorded to the entire plant, so that delay in development of mines does not affect the construction of the thermal station, according to a source close to the development.

• NTPC to bid for ultra-mega power projects

  "We have been participating in UMPPs and will bid for such projects as and when they come," company's chairman and managing director Arup Roy Choudhury said today.

• Reliance Power may petition CERC seeking higher Tilaiya tariff: report

  Reliance Power may approach the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) seeking a higher tariff for its proposed ultra-mega power project at Tilaiya due to an increase in raw material costs.

• Ministerial panel to meet on July 25 to firm up new bidding norms for UMPPs: report

  A top ministerial panel, headed by Defence Minister A K Antony, will meet on July 25 to finalise fresh bidding norms for ultra-mega power projects (UMPPS).

• CERC admits Sasan Power's petition seeking tariff revision

  Power sector regulator CERC today admitted a plea of Reliance Power's subsidiary for upward revision of tariff from its under-construction Sasan ultra-mega power project in Madhya Pradesh.

• Auditor's report on power may pull up private players: sources

  The Comptroller and Auditor General’s (CAG) final report on the controversial diversion of surplus coal from Ultra Mega Power Projects will be tabled in Parliament on Friday, which is likely to pull up a private power company for receiving excess coal.