#New Delhi

India, New Delhi: NTPC has placed contracts on Tata Power Solar Systems Ltd and Ashoka Buildcon Ltd for solar EPC contracts, aggregating 470 MW.

An extensive infrastructure will power the COVID-19 quarantine facility in South Delhi.

India, New Delhi: T&D India has requested shareholders’ approval to change the name of the company to GE T&D India, after the company has been taken over by GE.

India, New Delhi: Indian Department of Heavy Industry (DHI) has extended the cut-off date for the application of new quality control regulations for the supply of electrical transformers, which national manufacturers and power distributors accepted with relief.

India, New Delhi: India’s state-run utility company Power Grid Corporation will spend $6 billion to procure distribution equipment from domestic vendors on behalf of states, required for implementation of the rural electrification and network strengthening programmes.

India, New Delhi: Cargill India has opened a manufacturing facility for Envirotemp™ FR3 natural ester transformer oil in Kurkumbh, in the state of Maharashtra.

India, New Delhi: India is getting ready to impose more curbs on steel imports, including introducing a safeguard duty, after a 20% import tax failed to contain losses for producers such as Steel Authority of India.

India, New Delhi: Indian transformer manufacturers have expressed concerns about uncertainty over the government’s plan to introduce mandatory quality certification for power transformers from next February, with concerned labs and agencies unable to expedite work for issuing necessary licences to manufacturers in time.

India, New Delhi: Crompton Greaves (CG) is selling its power systems business in Canada to PTI Holdings Corporation for USD 15 million (CAD 20 million).

India, New Delhi: During his visit to New Delhi, Siemens CEO Joe Kaeser announced the company will invest €1 billion ($1.1 billion) in India in response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ initiative.

India, New Delhi: the Indian Transformer Manufacturers’ Association (ITMA) has approached the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) to stop import of sub-standard cold-rolled grain-oriented (CRGO) steel for transformers.

India, New Delhi: A transformer explosion at Bawana power plant in New Delhi has affected power supply in outer Delhi.

India, New Delhi: Alstom T&D India has commissioned a substation in Anta, Rajasthan, designed to assist in more efficient evacuation of electricity from three power plants in the state.