| Seajacks to install turbines for offshore wind farm project in Japan
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| UK-based offshore energy services provider Seajacks has secured a contract to install turbines at the 140MW Akita and Noshiro offshore wind farms in Japan. The company has bagged the contract through its 100% subsidiary Seajacks Japan from construction firm Kajima. Marubeni, co-owner of Seajacks, is an investor in the Akita Noshiro offshore wind farm project. According to Marubeni, the project is expected to be the first bottom-fixed large-scale offshore wind power project in Japan funded 100% on a commercial basis. Seajacks will install 33 units of the V117-4.2MW wind turbines for the project. The UK-based firm will deploy its Zaratan vessel for the offshore construction work, which is expected to begin in 2021. The contract is said to be Seajacks' first in Japan. The installation of the turbines is expected to begin in 2022. Additional details of Akita and Noshiro wind farms The Akita wind farm will have an electric power output capacity of 55MW which is equivalent to power 48,950 homes per year, while ...
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| COVID-19: NHPC to airlift 2.6 metric tonnes medical aid for Manipur
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| State-owned hydro power giant NHPC has arranged airlifting of 2.6 metric tonnes of medical materials from Delhi to Imphal, Manipur amid the lockdown to fight against COVID-19 pandemic. Keeping in view COVID-19 pandemic and 21 days countrywide lockdown to fight the crisis, in a major humanitarian gesture, NHPC Limited, India's premier hydropower company has arranged airlifting of 2.6 metric tonnes of medical materials for Manipur from New Delhi to Imphal on March 28, 2020, the power ministry said in a statement. "NHPC is fully committed to stand with the nation in this moment of crisis and has already earmarked Rs 4.5 crore to fight the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The timely supply of medical material is most crucial and therefore we have aided the airlifting of medical material to Imphal which is remotely located and difficult to reach by road," A K Singh, Chairman and Managing Director, NHPC said in the statement. On receipt of request from the state government, NHPC has ...
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| Electricity supply will be provided 24x7 amid the nationwide lockdown: Union Minister
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| Union Power Minister R K Singh on Saturday said that his ministry is committed to provide 24x7 supply of electricity to all consumers amid the nationwide lockdown."Electricity supply will be provided 24*7. Power generation companies should not regulate the power supply to any state power distribution company if their dues are pending till June 30," Singh told ANI."Despite the lockdown imposed to contain the spread of the COVID 19 pandemic, the whole workforce of the power sector - generation, transmission, distribution and system operations - is working round the clock to keep all homes and establishments lighted," read a statement from the Ministry of Power.The central government has imposed a 21-day lockdown in the country from March 24 onwards in order to contain the spread of coronavirus.Meanwhile, the total number of coronavirus positive cases rises to 918 in India including foreign nationals, 80 people have been cured/discharged/migrated so far and 19 deaths have been reported, .
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| RK Singh approves major relief measures for power sector
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| Amid nationwide lockdown in the wake of coronavirus, Union Power Minister RK Singh said that his ministry is committed to provide 24x7 supply of electricity to all consumers."Despite the lockdown imposed to contain the spread of the COVID 19 pandemic, the whole workforce of the power sector - generation, transmission, distribution and system operations - is working round the clock to keep all homes and establishments lighted," read a statement from the Ministry of Power.Around 70 per cent of power generation is from coal-based power plants. In order to maintain the continuity of supply of coal by domestic coal companies and transportation by Railways, the ministry is in touch with the Ministries of Railways and Coal, the statement added.It stated that consumers are unable to pay their dues to the distribution companies (Discoms) due to the lockdown. This has affected the liquidity position of the Discoms thereby impairing their ability to pay to the generating and transmission ...
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