Power Sector

NHPC Files DRHP With SEBI For 167 Crore Equity Shares

State-owned NHPC, a hydroelectric power generating company, has filed its NHPC Files DRHP With SEBI For 167 Crore Equity Shares Draft Red Herring Prospectus with market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) for entering the capital market with an IPO through the book-building route. 

The Public Issue of 1,67,73,74,015 equity shares comprises a fresh issue of 1,11,82,49,343 equity shares by NHPC Ltd and an offer for sale of 55,91,24,672 equity shares by the President of India acting through the Ministry of Power, Government of India.  

Coal India To Develop 18 Old Mines

The state run Coal India Limited (CIL) will develop 18 new unused coal Coal India To Develop 18 Old Mines mines. The Expression of Interest in this regard will be invited shortly. The new mines are located at the Bharat Coking Coal, Eastern Coalfields and Central Coalfields areas. More than 800 million tons of coal is expected to have in these mines.

Coal India Limited (CIL) has set a target of growth of 6.7 per cent in the present year. The Coal India chairman Mr Partha S Bhattacharyya said that the company recorded a profit of Rs 8,738 crore before tax in the 2007-8 financial year. The net profit was Rs8622 crore in the last financial year.

BHEL Bags Another Order Worth Rs 2500 Crore

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL), Country's largest power equipment BHEL Bags Another Order Worth Rs 2500 Crore maker, has received a contract worth Rs 2,500 crore from Andhra Pradesh Power Development Company Limited, for supplying 800 MW supercritical boilers.

Under the deal, BHEL would set up 1,600 MW (2x800) steam generator at Krishnapatnam Power Project of Andhra Pradesh Power Development Company Ltd, a joint venture of APGenco and ILFS.

The contract includes manufacture, supply, erection, testing and commissioning of the steam generators and other aux iliaries like Electrostatic Precipitators (ESPs).

NTPC Consortium Form New JV Company For Generating Renewable Power

India's largest power company National Thermal Power Corp Ltd. (NTPC), NTPC Consortium Form New JV Company For Generating Renewable PowerAsian Development Bank (ADB), GE Energy Financial Services, Kyushu Electric Power Co and Brookfield Renewable Power have jointly signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Tuesday, to form a joint venture company for generating renewable power.

R-Power Gets Funding Worth $1 Billion From Three Chinese Banks

Anil Ambani group firm Reliance Power (R-Power), has received US$1 billion R-Power Gets Funding Worth $1 Billion From Three Chinese Banks   funding from three Chinese banks for the Sasan ultra mega power project (UMPP) in Madhya Pradesh.

The fund raised from China Exim Bank, Chinese Development Bank and China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation (Sinosure).

Reliance Power is currently developing two power projects — Rosa Phase I (600 Mw) and Sasan UMPP (3,960 Mw).     

PGCIL Intraday Buy Call

As per views of stock market experts, investors can purchase PGCIL (Power Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL)Grid Corporation of India) stock above Rs 95, in order to achieve an intraday target of Rs 97.5.

The stop loss for the suggested counter is Rs 94.2. The stock pricing becomes more attractive, and reach above Rs 99.5, if the stock markets remain positive.

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