The Uttar Pradesh State Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPSERC) has issued notice to Lanco Anpara Power Pvt Ltd on a petition challenging the change in capacity of the Anpara C thermal power project from 1,000 Mw to 1,200 Mw. The project, located in Sonbhadra district, is already behind schedule by eight months. Lanco Infratech, another Lanco Group company, was in the news in 2007 when the 4,000-Mw ultra-mega power project at Sasan in Madhya Pradesh was taken away from it for allegedly flouting bid conditions.

With considerable improvement in the supply of coal to thermal power plants, power supply in Madhya Pradesh has shown better results and efforts were on by the Government to maximise it. According to the Energy Department, no power cut was made anywhere in the State during the last 24-hours, an official release said adding power is being supplied for 21 hours instead of 19 hours in the district, for 19 hours instead of 15 hours in Tehsils and 18 hours instead of 12 hours in villages.

After bagging the 4,000 mw ultra mega power project (UMPP) at Sasan in Madhya Pradesh, the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) company Reliance Power has launched the development of another coal-based project with a generation capacity of 3,910 mw in Madhya Pradesh with an investment of Rs 18,000 crore. The company has already signed the state support agreement with the Madhya Pradesh government.

The Centre has accorded mega project status to the state-owned 1,600 MW Krishnapatnam Thermal Power Project. This means there would be Rs 600-crore savings in the project cost. Delighted over the upgrade, the AP Generation Corporation has decided to expedite opening of price bid by June 3 to built the project. The first super-critical thermal project taken up in the public sector is expected to be ready by June 2012.

With the aim of augmenting availability of electricity in Haryana, the state government is undertaking short, medium and long term measures to be self-reliant in power within the next few years. These include commissioning of its three major thermal power projects at Yamuna Nagar, Jhajjar and Hisar which will generate about 3,300 mw of electricity; contracting power from various projects outside the state for 4,000 mw and generating power through bidding process under case I of tariff policy to the tune of 2,000 mw.

Unable to cut down on its coal usage, it seems that the West is looking to burry its co2 emissions underground. The British government, for example, has become zealous about the carbon capture and

Carbon capture and storage, as is evident from its appellation, has three stages. At the first stage, CO2 is separated from other components of emissions like water vapour, nitrous oxide and

India's $90 billion industrial corridor project is on track, and rising prices of steel and cement will not hamper work, industry minister said. It includes high speed rail freight lines, power plants to supply an additional 4,000 megawatt, three sea ports and six airports, 12 industrial clusters, 10 logistic parks and agricultural hubs. REUTERS

State-run Bharat Heavy Electricals on Monday said it would set up Integrated Coal Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) power plant at Vijaywada with Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation (APGenco). "Bhel has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with APGenco to set up country's biggest 125 MW IGCC power plant at Vijaywada,' a company release said. "Bhel has earmarked on several initiatives to meet the