GAIL plans wind energy projects in Gujarat

October 1st, 2009 2 Duke Energy wind projects now runningCHARLOTTE, N.C. — Power company Duke Energy said Thursday that wind power projects in Wyoming and Pennsylvania are now up and running.

September 18th, 2009 Sempra Energy, BP partner in wind farm projectSAN DIEGO — Sempra Generation, a subsidiary of Sempra Energy, said Friday it has become an equal partner with BP Wind Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of BP PLC, in developing a wind farm in Indiana. The venture will help develop a 200-megawatt Fowler Ridge II Wind Farm on a 17,000-acre site about 90 miles northwest of Indianapolis.

September 14th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Kerala State Industrial Development Corp (KSIDC), the investment promotion agency of the state government, has tied up with Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL) for developing gas pipeline infrastructure. The partnership will lead to attracting investments to the tune of Rs.8,500 crore in the state, officials said.

September 9th, 2009 GANDHINAGAR - The Gujarat government has decided to establish a department of climate change to attract more renewable energy generation projects to the state. A senior official in the chief minister's office here said Wednesday the Gujarat government has already implemented its solar and wind energy policy and will prepare a biomass energy policy now.

August 21st, 2009 Solar, wind industries head to WashingtonTHE PRIZE: States have access to $11 billion in federal subsidies for renewable energy projects. THE PLAN: Solar and wind energy industries have been lobbying heavily this year, educating lawmakers about what they can do for the environment and the economy.

July 29th, 2009 KOLKATA - The US-based Astonfield Renewable Resources Limited has set its eyes on non-conventional energy generation in India by exploiting offshore wind, tidal and concentrated solar energy resources, a top company official said here Wednesday. "We're very interested to explore offshore wind, tidal energy and solar thermal to generate renewable power in India," Astonfield Management Inc co-chairman and director Sourabh Sen said.

July 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - State-run gas transmission and marketing company GAIL India has approved pipeline projects worth more than Rs.8,000 crore (Rs.80 billion/$1.6 billion) to transport hydrocarbons, including an over-2,000 km line from Uttar Pradesh to West Bengal. U.D. Choubey, the outgoing chairman of GAIL, formerly Gas Authority of India, told reporters Monday that the company's board has approved the outlay to enhance the current pipeline network of 7,100 km to ferry 155 million metric standard cubic metres of gas per day.

June 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - State-run gas major GAIL India will invest Rs.7,500 crore ($1.5 billion) to develop two major pipelines in southern India, the company said Friday. Of this investment, Rs.4,500 crore would be spent on the 1,389-km Dabhol-Bangalore pipeline, which would have a capacity of 16 million standard cubic metres a day (mmscmd), a company statement said.

June 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - State-run gas major GAIL India Monday reported a net profit of Rs.2,804 crore ($585 million) for 2008-09 as against Rs.2,601 crore recorded the year before, an increase of 8 percent. In a regulatory statement, the company said its turnover during the period increased 32 percent to Rs.23,776 crore from Rs.18,008 crore in 2007-08.

June 15th, 2009 Irish company buys Ill. wind farmsCHICAGO — An Irish company hoping to benefit from the Obama administration's emphasis on renewable energy purchased three Illinois wind farms near Chicago.

May 26th, 2009 GANDHINAGAR - A 52 MW wind power plant that Suzlon Energy is executing for Gujarat State Petroleum Corp (GSPC) in Gujarat will be commissioned in September, a state government official said. "The work on the project site in the Kutch region has started.

May 13th, 2009 KANDLA - Public sector refiner Indian Oil Corp (IOC) has completed its 21 MW wind power project near the port town of Kandla, a top official said Wednesday. The wind farm, set up at a cost of Rs.130 crore, would be formally inaugurated later this week, the IOC official, who did not want to be named, told IANS.

January 12th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - Astonfield Renewable Resources Ltd (ARRL) will execute a mega 200 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) project across Gujarat. The venture is touted as the largest renewable energy project in India.

January 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Singapore-based Universal Success Enterprises Ltd (USEL) Monday said it has signed three agreements with the Gujarat government and will invest about Rs.87,000 crore (Rs.870 billion) in various infrastructure projects. USEL, a diversified group in the field of infrastructure development, real estate, energy trading, hospitality and manufacturing, has identified thermal power generation, seaports, and mixed-use industrial and urban development as focus areas in West Bengal, Gujarat and Maharashtra.

January 10th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The two-day fourth Vibrant Gujarat Global Investor Summit starting here Monday is likely to see a record number of investment proposals in renewable energy, particularly in the solar and wind energy segment, a senior state minister said Sunday. 'The state government has received very good response in all four major sectors with several new and key players of the industry expressing their willingness to take advantage of the benefits being offered by Gujarat as the ideal investment destination,' Energy and Petrochemicals Minister Saurabh Patel said.