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Suzlon bags 48-MW wind project order from IOCL

Wind turbine maker Suzlon won a 48.30-MW wind project order from Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), located in the districts of Jaisalmer and Jodhpur, Rajasthan, as per the official release of the company.  

As per the order, Suzlon shall build the project which consists of 11 units of S97 120m all‐steel hybrid tower and 12 units of S97 90m tubular tower with rated capacity of 2.1 MW each.

The project is scheduled for completion by March 2017. Suzlon to provide comprehensive operation and maintenance for an initial period of 10 years.

The project has the potential to provide power to 26,000 households and reduce 0.10 million tons of Co2 emissions per annum.

Ishwar Mangal, Chief Sales Officer, Suzlon Group, said, “Yet another order from Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) is a testimony of our customer confidence in our technology which helps us partner with the nation’s leading PSUs in their transition to sustainable energy architecture.”    

Suzlon will fulfil this project with products from its S9X series, specially designed for the Indian terrain, and delivering higher energy yield. The S97 90m hub height wind turbine generator features the time tested Doubly Fed Induction Generator (DFIG) technology which is designed to optimally harness available wind resources.

Feb steam coal imports via Mumbai at 136,910 tons

India Coal Market Watch

March 30: A volume of 136,910 tons of steam coal was imported through Mumbai Port in February, as per provisional information available with ICMW

Where January is concerned, there is till date, no data available with ICMW.

With the February figures, total steam coal imports through the port in the first 11 months of the current fiscal of 2015-16 stood at 3,744,367 tons.

Total imports of steam coal during 2014-15 stood at 4,351,200 tons.

Steam coal imports in February 2015 were at 258,356 tons.

In February 2016, two consignments arrived from Indonesia in a price band of Rs 3,766 – 3,919 ($55-57) per ton.

In January this year, in what was regarded as a major victory against air pollution, the Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) had said at a court hearing that it does not want to handle coal and will clear the mountains of coal lying on port land within the next 3 months.

It may be recalled that the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board, acting on a PIL, had proposed to ban coal handling after October 31, 2015 on environmental grounds. Subsequently, MbPT had managed to secure a stay on this order and the case had been slated for a hearing in January.

The PIL had been filed on environmental grounds since MbPT does not have modern coal handling facilities. The coal that lands here is transported to the power plants of MAHAGENCO, Tata Power and Maharashtra State Electricity Board.

Following is the monthly break-up of steam coal imports via Mumbai in 2015-16 and 2014-15:

Following table gives details of steam coal imports via Mumbai Port in February 2016: