C O N T E N T S

NEWS BRIEFS 4 FORUM Cleaner coal 82

Focus on better technology to
Financing strategies 50
SPECIAL STORIES minimise environmental damage
Key trends and challenges
A new high 14 Supercritical steps 85
Views of Deepak Gupta 56
Record capacity added in 2010-11 Key to meeting future power demand
“The time of renewable
energy has arrived” Global scenario 86
Bottlenecks in meeting growing
FINANCE import demand

Funds for solar 58 Key statistics 92

Financing risks in JNNSM Phase I Coal and lignite supply trends
projects A word from our sponsor 95
Bulk tender 18 Financial briefs 60
Update on NTPC’s supercritical India and overseas
PEOPLE
unit contracts
P. Joy Oommen, Chhattisgarh State 97
Growing private interest 21 INDUSTRIAL POWER: HEAVY ENGINEERING
AND MANUFACTURING Power Holding Company
Progress on competitive bidding
Radha Kishen, APERC 100
in transmission Conservation efforts 63
Lajpat Shrivastav, Moser Baer Power 100
Initiatives to reduce energy
Vibrant Gujarat 25 and Infrastructure Limited
consumption
Attracting large-scale investments Anita George, IFC 102
into the power sector Ramesh Subramanyam, Coastal 102
IT IN POWER Gujarat Power Limited
Gearing up 29
IT as an enabler 66 V.K. Krishnan, Leitner Shriram 104
Manufacturers tap renewable
Key role in operations and Manufacturing Limited
energy opportunity
enterprise systems integration Mahendra Kumar Garg, Reliance 104
Power partners 33 Energy Trading Limited
Emerging energy relations between Smart grids 68
Russia and China The way forward POWER DATA
Power trading 106
COMPANIES INFOCUS: COAL IN POWER At IEX and PXIL during
Depending on coal 70 January 2011
Adani Power 36
Aiming at 20,000 MW of capacity Higher imports inevitable UMPP progress 108
by 2020 Growing gap 72 Update on commissioning and
Trends in coal demand and supply construction activities
GETCO 39
Augmenting transmission capacity Captive mining 75 Power generation statistics 112

PSPCL 42 Key issues in production

Focus on improving quality of Coal economics 78
power supply Cost and pricing trends

FOCUS ON REGULATION
FORM IV
Reforms priority 46 Publisher Ved Brara
Printer Ved Brara
Interventions needed to check Owner Ved Brara
discom losses Editor Alok Brara
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COMPANY RELEASE 48 Publication New Delhi 110 016

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