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November 27, 2024

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Jaiprakash Power Ventures Announces Amalgamation

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Jaiprakash Power Ventures Ltd. (JPVL), the designated power vehicle of the Jaypee Group announced amalgamation of Jaypee Karcham Hydro Corporation Limited (JKHCL) & Bina Power Supply Company Limited (BPSCL) with JPVL (w.e.f 01.04.2010, the Appointed Date). JPVL is the largest producer of hydro power in the private sector with 700......
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Power Grid exploring to take over Nigerian Transmission Company

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The preferred bidder for the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, Management Contract held in 2007, Power Grid of India, has announced its readiness to take over the management of the electricity transmission system of the country. The announcement was made when the Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Mahesh Sachdev,......
Transmission, Distribution & Infrastructure

POWERGRID’s 400/220kV Wardha sub-station dedicated to the Nation

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Hon’ble Union Minister of Power Shri Sushilkumar Shinde dedicated the 400/220 kV Wardha sub-station of POWERGRID to the nation on 9th January, 2011 at Wardha, Maharashtra in the presence of Shri Ranjit Kamble, Hon’ble Minister of State for Water Supply & Sanitation, Maharashtra, Dr. M. Ravi Kanth, Joint Secretary (Transmission),......
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Korea Electric Power to Invest $1.8 Billion in Smart Power Grid by 2015

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Korea Electric Power Corp., South Korea’s biggest electricity producer, plans to invest 2 trillion won ($1.8 billion) over the next five years in a smart grid as part of the government’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions. Adding two-way communications and other enhancements to the nation’s current power-transmission grid nationwide by......
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Airtel, Tata, Etisalat launch fiber optic cable from India to Europe

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Dubai-based telecom major, Etisalat, said it has launched a high capacity fibre optic submarine cable that stretches from India to Europe, in collaboration with eight other global telecom players, including Bharti Airtel and Tata Communications. The 13,000-km three pair fiber optic cable named IMEWE (India-Middle East-Western Europe), has a design......
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China Telecom breaks ground fiber network to connect China’s cities

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China Telecom is serious about providing its cities with an optical connection so it has launched its “Broadband Optical Network City,” an initiative that will bring a fiber link to every one of China’s cities in the next three years. According to a report in the People’s Daily Online, China......
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NEC to Upgrade EAC Pacific CableNetwork

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Increasing demand in connectivity between Asia and North America accelerates plan to upgrade capacity across new Trans Pacific network infrastructure NEC Corporation and Pacnet announced the signing of a multi-million dollar contract to upgrade the 9,620km EAC Pacific Cable Network (“EAC Pacific”) which represents two of the five fiber pairs......
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World’s first 660 KV Power Cable in China

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A 660-kilovolt direct current power transmission system, said to be the world’s first, began to supply energy Monday to a province that is located over 1,300 km away. The transmission system began carrying power from northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region to the eastern Shandong Province. The 10.4- billion-yuan ($1.58......
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Fiber optic cable deployed to connect Pakistan with China

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Pakistan Government said that it will deploy cross border Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) system at a cost of Pakistani Rupees (PKR) 3.7 billion between Pakistan and China for security of information. A media report said that the need of this cross-country fiber optic cable grew after security concerns from Pakistan......
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KEC International gets major orders

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KEC International Ltd. (KEC) has won three new orders to the tune of Rs. 379 crore. The first PGCIL order is for the supply and construction of 765 KV double circuit transmission line between Jharsuguda pooling station and Dharamjaygarh. This is associated with phase-I generation projects in Orissa. The total......
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