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Table of Contents

• NEWS AND VIEWS

  Grow, but also address climate concerns: Stern

• Japan's renewable energy initiative welcomed

• Thousands in America shiver without power

• France to help fire India's nuclear dreams: Minister

• The Chinese connection of Hydro Power Policy

• FAO proposes several changes in management of food aid

• REL joins Tata power in hunt for Indonesian coal

• BHEL in Bangladesh

• Warmer Tibet can see Brahmaputra flood Assam

• Faster global warming alarms policy makers

• Baglihar Dam: India asked to reduce height

• It is hot in Beijing this February

• Breakthrough achieved at Limberg II tunnel

• E.on boosts endesa offer

• Human activity is climate culprit

• Econergy buys bolivian hydro schemes

• Allens falls upgrade complete

• TNB to build new Hydro plants

• Nigeria to supply electricity to Ghana

• Capacity addition at lower raquette

• Plans to upgrade Ruskin Dam

• Sri Lanka to start work on irrigation scheme

• TIDAL unit towed to barents sea

• Macedonia to increase Hydro capacity

• Hydro boost for Russia

• Colombian Hydro plants registered as CDM projects

• Himachal Hydro for Bharat heavy

• IEC meeting to be held in vancouver

• Eglisau contract awarded

• Podluzany refurbishment complete

• Facility upgrades at us plants

• RESEARCH NOTE

  PFC asks NTPC to join fund

• LANCO, TATA bid lowest for Sasan, Mundra

• Power firms are banking on lower capital costs for ultra-mega projects

• Power exchange to wire the country by mid 2007

• Coal beats gas for power plants

• Tribunal order to slash power tariffs

• Power plants are running out of fuel

• BHEL in talks with United States, Europe nuclear firms

• Dam, good

• Government for bigger role of private sector in Hydro power

• Petcoke to power Reliance plant

• Government to complete Andhra Pradesh Power Plant bidding by March-end

• NTPC and Nigeria plan swap deal

• Green power to drive gen next

• Powergrid plans to raise $ 2 Billion in loans

• New Hydro policy to come out in a month: Shinde

• NHPC aims 10,000 MW by 2012, to spend Rs. 30,000 Crore

• Ireda to get apex financial institution status

• Essar bags Rs. 4000 Crore Power Project in Gujarat

• DVC, CIL plan joint venture for mining, eye coal blocks

• Centre decides to declare 2007 as ‘water war’

• NHPC plans ten-fold capacity hike by 2012

• Expansion at Badarpur plant to add 1000 MW

• Power firms quote highest price to Andhra Pradesh

• Centre to review power allocation to states

• Power mous worth Rs. 79,289 Crore to light up vibrant Gujarat

• GSPC to sign deals for two LNG terminals

• Big money chases transmission sector

• Chhattisgarh signs seven power mous

• Full steam ahead for merchant power plants with 15 coal blocks

• Meet maps eligibility criteria for merchant power plants

• Tamil Nadu Power Board, NLC join hands

• Cauvery final award on February 5, 2007

• Green man Cometh

• BHEL to utilize full capacity this year

• Dabhol plant set to see better days this year

• India power fund likely by March

• Power reform plan overhauled, ready for cabinet nod

• Electricity from the earth

• Nuclear projects to make sea water potable

• PFC to relax norms to fund big power projects

• Renewable energy – A vast potential

• REC takes ecb route to raise $200 Million

• Ministry woos financiers for merchant power

• Rs 5000 Crore for managing water in drought areas

• Next generation satellites for weather forest: ISRO Chief

• Mukesh retails plans to new power secretary

• Railways ropes in ntpc to set up joint venture

• NTPC pumps in Rs. 1365 Crore to upgrade three facilities

• Powering mega power porjects

• NTPC profit up 18% in quarter 3

• NHPC, BHEL ink Rs. 402 Crore pact for Himachal Project

• BHEL bags Rs. 45 Crore gas compressor deal in France

• NTPC gains 720 MW capacity through pie programme

• NHPC gets garg as new chairman

• BHEL upscales works

• Cauvery verdict out; Karanataka fumes

• High court tells CPCB to speed up pollution control

• Jharkhand power unti overshadows NTPC fiasco

• Cauvery tribunal sets down management, regulatory tasks

• Power trading exchange to be ready by year-end

• Power exchange norms in place

• Tall buildings to harness solar power for heating

• Work on inter-linking of rivers in “Natural pace”

• Sell off power: Government to pillionride 3 IPOS, make Rs. 1500 crore

• THDC to invite bids for pump storage plant

• NTPC's nuclear power foray gets go-ahead

• India to be among hardest hit by global warming

• NTPC in contract mining pact with BEML

• …And now get ready for higher power tariffs too

• Irrigation programme progress tardy

• Plan to ensure dabhol power plant reaches full capacity by November

• National forum mooted for disaster management tasks

• NTPC starts Dadri Power Plant expansion

• India emerging key biotech leader in Asia: Agriculture expert

• Wind power to light up Gurgaon

• NTPC to raise Rs. 112,000 crore

• PMO urged to set up panel on climate change

• Science needs marketing, says Google founder

• Baglihar verdict: Experts differ on change of power intake level

• Maharashtra grapples with irrigation projects funding

• Delhi to generate power from waste

• Power shortfall: India looks to neighbours

• 4000 MW Andhra Pradesh Project trips on red tape

• Set up more storage facility for Pap water

• BHEL's first 500 MW equipment completes 20-year run

• Jindal Power Plans to bid for mega projects

• Nodal agency for Yamuna facelift

• Power project to be shifted to Bawana

• Claas to set up Rs. 100 crore agri machinery plant in Punjab

• Special task force to monitor power transmission in city

• Government to auction coal mines for captive use

• NEWS AND VIEWS

  Nabard sanctions Rs. 4940 crore project for Uttar Pradesh

• Record power availability in Madhya Pradesh

• Call for setting up a central body for rainwater management

• Andhra Pradesh allows power generation using Naphtha

• Andhra Government in ‘Power-save mode’

• SOZ has a solution for Mullaperiyar

• Mullaperiyar: Tamil Nadu to take steps for moving Apex court

• Rs. 220 crore power plant to come up at Korba

• Andhra to be power surplus by 2008

• Suratgarh unit's foundation stone laid

• Jharkhand ultra mega plant to be awarded by July-end

• ISPAT in pact for 600 MW plant in Chattisgarh

• Relief for DISCOMS, Government body to continue procuring power

• Talks with Kerala failed, Tamil Nadu tells Apex court

• CESC may buy mines abroad for Haldia Project

• Ultra mega power project in Maharashtra facing land acquisition problems

• A new grievance cell for power consumers

• Hydrology Project planned

• Madhya Pradesh to rope in big firms for power distribution

• Cabinet nod to wseb bifurcation

• Transco to generate power from garbage

• GMR to set up 160 MW Hydel Project in Arunachal

• ‘Power sector requires Rs. 100,000 crore every year’

• Indirasagar Project: Supreme court notice to Madhya Pradesh on rehabilitation

• Mullaperiyar: Writ plea filed against pacts

• Tamil Nadu fails to provide water quota

• Cloud seeding pours benefits over Andhra Pradesh

• Irrigation system kindles hope in Yavatmal

• Will water, power let the city of skyscrapers down?

• Rs 8000 crore power plant to come up in Gondia district

• Tamil Nadu to file review petition before Cauvery tribunal

• Maharashtra to add 17,000 MW by 2012

• RESEARCH NOTE

  Warming seas drive shoreline species north

• Sun can solve energy crisis, says Nobel Laureate