Power firms to meet 90% coal import target in FY’ 09
Livemint, India
PTI New Delhi: Power sector is likely to meet only 90% of the 20 million tonnes coal import target this fiscal due to delay in order placements, increasing the misery of many power stations that are running on critical stocks of less than 7 days. ...

Asia Coal-Prices fall near 21-mth low, oil to give support
Reuters UK, UK
"Logistics-wise, Indonesia is still the best market," the trader said. India's demand for coal is growing by around 8-9 percent a year, outpacing production that is growing by 6 percent as power sector has not been hit by the credit crunch. ...
Indonesia may miss 2009 coal output target-official Ninemsn
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Yeddyurappa blames previous governments
Express Buzz, India
MYSORE: Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa has blamed the previous Congress and JD(S) governments for the present crisis in the power sector in the state. Arriving at the helipad here on Wednesday, he told reporters that the wrong policies and inefficiency ...

Yeddyurappa blames previous govts
Express Buzz, India
MYSORE: Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa has blamed the previous Congress and JD(S) governments for the present crisis in the power sector in the state. Arriving at the helipad here on Wednesday, he told reporters that the wrong policies and inefficiency ...

Financial Standard
New team takes over power sector
NEXT, Nigeria
“In fact, the Ministry of Power took us by surprise, when it announced on Tuesday, the removal of the former Executive Management Team,’’ Mrs. Igbo said . Nigeria’s power sector has seen little improvement under Yar’Adua, who took office in May 2007 ...
Nigeria: FG Sacks PHCN Boss - No, I Resigned Suleiman AllAfrica.com
Govt sacks PHCN chiefs The Guardian - Nigeria
PHCN Boss Resigns LeadershipNigeria
Reuters - AllAfrica.com
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Associated Press of Pakistan
Minister seeks cooperation to promote power sector
The News International, Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervez Ashraf on Wednesday asked the Central and South Asian Republics to promote regional cooperation in all the fields, especially power sector. He made these remarks while talking to the Ambassador of ...
Encouraging Support: Kyrgyzstan to build power transmission ... Daily Times
Pervez Ashraf for promoting regional coop in power sector Pakistan Observer
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REC sees FY10 loan targets tripping
Daily News & Analysis, India
New Delhi: Rural Electrification Corporation (REC), the state-run lender to the power sector, has said its loan sanctions for the next fiscal beginning April 1 may be lower than the current financial year's projections due to slowing down of projects. ...

Energy Bangla
Bangladesh: Plunderers of Power Sector Funds to Stand Trial
Energy Bangla, Bangladesh
The prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, on Wednesday said the people who had spent Taka 20000 crore in the name of power generation but did not generate a single megawatt of electricity during the regime of the BNP-led government must be tried ...

Bishal Thapa & Mahua Acharya: New dawn or the same old song?
Business Standard, India
Ecological sustainability has always been a component of the Electricity Act. For the power sector, low-carbon initiatives include better use of renewable generation, promotion of hydro, end-use energy efficiency, adoption of new technologies and ...

The govt didn’t sow, but it sure reaped
Livemint, India
Financial losses of the power sector are in the vicinity of Rs30,000 crore per year and subsidy bills have been mounting. Indeed, there is a palpable lack of direction in the efforts of the government on such critical issues. ...
5 years on, plans fail to add sparkle Livemint
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KPTL bags orders worth Rs 373cr from Power Grid
Moneycontrol.com, India
In order to cater to the growing demand from the sector, KPTL has enhanced its installed manufacturing capacity from 54000 MT pa in 2001 to 84000 MT in 2005 and then to 108000 MT pa in 2008. KPTL’s new capacity has been operational from September 2008 ...

Kalpataru Power Transmission bags Rs 3.73 bn order
Myiris.com, India
In order to cater to the growing demand from the sector, KPTL has enhanced its installed manufacturing capacity from 54000 MT pa in 2001 to 84000 MT in 2005 and then to 108000 MT pa in 2008. KPTL`s new capacity has been operational from September 2008 ...

Metal, realty lift Sensex
NDTV.com, India
Tata Power Company, Bharat Heavy Electricals, NTPC, HDFC and Bharti Airtel fell by between 0.22% to 3.54%. India's largest private sector company by market capitalization and oil refiner Reliance Industries (RIL) extended decline for the third straight ...

PRESS TV
N177bn Subsidy Unsettles Power Sector
THISDAY, Nigeria
The crisis rocking the power sector since the announcement of plans to release N177 billion for subsidies continued yesterday with the sudden departure of Alhaji Bello Suleiman as Executive Vice Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of Power Holding Company ...
New team takes over power sector NEXT
Suleiman quits PHCN as tussle over control of power sector thickens BusinessDay
Nigeria: FG Sacks PHCN Boss - No, I Resigned Suleiman AllAfrica.com
The Punch - The Guardian - Nigeria
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Election casualty: Policies relegated to backburner
Daily News & Analysis, India
Also, look at the power sector. Even as the government has signed the nuclear accord with the United States -- after facing stiff opposition domestically and losing one of its key allies over the issue -- little has been achieved in terms of policy ...

Industry may get to mine & sell coal in open mkt via PPP route
Economic Times, India
The development is significant as it will seek to allow private companies such as Tata Steel, Monnet Ispat, GVK Power to sell domestic coal in the open market, so far a monopoly of state-run companies. Private companies are only permitted to mine coal ...

FPL Group Named No. 1 in Electric Power Sector on Fortune ...
MarketWatch (press release)
In addition to being named the most admired leader overall in its sector, FPL Group received the No. 1 ranking among its peers in the following specific areas evaluated: innovation, people management, use of corporate assets, social responsibility, ...

Public hearing on Dibang hydropower project this month
Livemint, India
After an environmental clearance is granted, final clearances are awarded by the Central Electricity Authority, the apex power sector planning body, along with the Public Investment Board, which approves investments by public sector firms. ...

Adani group to foray into cement sector
Business Standard, India
Adani is in the process of setting up a 4600 MW power project in Mundra which together with Tata’s UMPP in the same area is expected to generate about 4 MMTPA of fly-ash that is used for blending with cement. “The capacity of the cement plant looking ...

Calaca plant negotiated sale draws interest
BusinessWorld Online, Philippines
BY AVA KASHIMA K. AUSTRIA, Reporter THE STATE power privatization arm said four parties have expressed interest in the negotiated sale of the 600-megawatt Calaca coal-fired plant. POWER SECTOR Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation President ...