Kenya Electricity Transmission has entered into a $1.3 billion public-private partnership (PPP) with India’s Adani Group and Africa50, the infrastructure investment platform of the African Development Bank (ADB). The partnership aims to enhance Kenya’s power transmission infrastructure, with the concession awarded to build transmission lines confirmed by David Ndii, chief economic adviser to President William Ruto.
The Centrally-funded “Comprehensive Scheme for Transmission and Distribution (T&D) System in Arunachal Pradesh & Sikkim” is set to be fully commissioned by March 2025, with 62% of the project completed as of August 31, 2024. The project involves 294 elements, including transmission lines and substations. While Sikkim has completed 41 of 55 elements, Arunachal Pradesh has commissioned 141 of 239 elements. Challenges remain in transmission line construction, with only 1,029 ckm of the planned 4,241…
Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) has joined hands with Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) to build a 40 tonnes-per-day biogas plant in Tirumala, aiming to promote sustainable energy and effective waste management. TTD’s Additional Executive Officer Ch. Venkaiah Chowdary laid the foundation stone for the project alongside IOCL’s Executive Director and State Head B. Anil Kumar. The biogas plant will use mixed waste, including banana leaves, food scraps, grass, dry leaves, fruits, and cow dung, to…
The Central Mine Planning and Design Institute (CMPDI), a subsidiary of Coal India, has invited bids to develop a 5 MW grid-connected floating solar project at the quarry sump of Dalmia OCP in the Salanpur Area of West Bengal for Eastern Coalfields. The last date for bid submission is October 24, 2024. The project has an estimated tender value of Rs 310.14 million, with bidders required to submit an earnest money deposit of Rs 3.87…
Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation (KPTCL) has issued a tender for the establishment of a 2×150 MVA, 220/66 kV gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) substation in Banashankari, Bengaluru Urban district. The project will include the installation of vertical configuration GIS within the existing 66/11 kV Banashankari Third Stage substation, along with underground cable connections, construction of 220 kV and 66 kV terminal bays, and related dismantling work. The contract, valued at Rs 2.69 billion, will be executed on…
The US Department of the Interior (DOI) will hold its first offshore wind energy lease auction for the Gulf of Maine on 29 October 2024. The auction will offer leases for eight areas off the coasts of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine, with the potential to generate 13 GW of power, enough to supply 4.5 million homes. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) reduced the available acreage by 120,000 from the initial proposal to…
PFC Consulting has invited bids to establish transmission systems for evacuating 6 GW of power to support green hydrogen and ammonia manufacturing projects in Kandla and Mundra, Gujarat. The projects will be executed on a build, own, operate, and transfer (BOOT) basis, encompassing surveys, detailed project reports, financing, project management, permit acquisition, land compensation, design, engineering, procurement, construction, testing, and commissioning. For the Kandla Transmission Project (Phase 1), bids must be submitted by December 17,…
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