HPPCL invites bids for Civil and HM Package for Kashang HEP

Himachal Pradesh Power Corporation has invited bids for Construction of Civil works comprising River Diversion of Kerang Khad, Trench Weir, Conveyance Tunnel, De-sanding Basins, Connecting Tunnel (after Desanding Basin), Kerang-Kashang Link Tunnel, Drop Structure, Underground Balancing Reservoir, Adits (Intake Area), Inspection Tunnel for Desanding Basin and Hydromechanical Works of Stage II and Stage III including Testing and Commissioning complete in all respects for 3 x 65 MW Integrated Kashang Hydro Electric Project in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh.

Bid Reference No. 8 – P / HPCEDIP / Kashang II & III (Civil & HM Works)
Sale of Bid Upto 07-Jan-10
Bid Closing 07-Jan-10

Contact :
Himachal Pradesh Power Corp, O/o. Executive Director (Contracts), Shanti Kutir, Kamnanagar, Chakkar Shimla -171005. Tel: 0177 – 2832513 Fax: 2832307 Email: hppc.contracts@gmail.com

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Job Opportunity at BSR: Manager, Advisory Services (Guangzhou CHINA)

POSITION OVERVIEW
The Manager, Advisory Services will perform a wide range of duties to drive business development, deliver projects and assist in team management. With a strong consulting and business development background, the Manager will work with the Advisory Services team to create innovative solutions that deliver value to BSR clients. The employee will work with top-level labor and environmental experts in China, and around the world, to put their ideas into action. This will include leading the China team's approach to the Consumer Products industry, delivering and executing projects, as well as working with the China leadership to coordinate and grow the China presence and team work. The position will report to the BSR China Director and be based in the Guangzhou office.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Business Development:
- Contact potential clients and member companies to develop business opportunities, with a particular focus on consulting work.
- Create project proposals and carry through negotiations to contract signature.
- Work with BSR US and EU teams to create industry wide business development strategies and follow multi-national business opportunities.
- Build and maintain effective communication with member companies operating in the region.

Project Management:
- Deliver projects to the needs, expectations and timelines of the customer.
- Coordinate team capacity to properly manage multiple projects with different clients and industries.
- Work collaboratively with the project team, providing guidance, support or assistance as appropriate.
- Communicate pro-actively to BSR regarding project needs, status and updates.

Collaborative Team Leadership:
- Work with project team to build an effective business development and consulting team.
- Be a knowledge sharer.
- Be an enabler.
- Be a team player.
Other duties as required and assigned by the Director.

QUALIFICATIONS
NOTE: Only candidates with these specific requirements will be considered:
- Bachelor's degree in related field required.
- 5-10 years of work experience in a consulting or business development role.
- Ability to follow business development leads, work with clients to establish needs and carry projects into the implementation stage.
- Knowledge of key CSR content areas, such as: stakeholder engagement, supply chain, environment, human rights, or sustainable development preferred.
- Knowledge related to business processes such as strategic planning, organizational development, training programs, performance management, change management, etc. preferred.
- Native written and spoken English required.
- China business experience and Mandarin Chinese proficiency preferred.
- Previous experience at multinational consulting companies preferred.
- Ability to oversee multiple projects under tight deadlines.
- Capacity to work and thrive in a growing, fast-paced entrepreneurial organization with a collaborative environment.
- High ethical standards and commitment to BSR core values of Leadership, Respect and Integrity.

PLEASE APPLY ONLY ONLINE AT: http://www.bsr.org/bsrjobs

Additional VND10.8 trillion invested in power projects

JAN 6, 2010

VNBusinessNews.com - The Electricity of Vietnam Group (EVN) plans to invest VND58.5 trillion in power projects, an increase of more than VND10.8 trillion over last year’s investment.

Among these projects, Quang Ninh and Hai Phong thermal power plants, Ban Ve hydro-electric power plants and the first turbine group of the Son La hydro- electric power plant with a total capacity of more than 2,000MW will be put into operation this year.

For other power projects still in pipeline, EVN will work with local authorities to iron out snags in land clearance for them to get off the ground soon.

It has petitioned the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Finance to give priority to funding key power projects for which the Group is the main investor.

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NLC invites bid for Shore Unloaders

Neyveli Lignite Corporation has invited bids for Shore Unloaders for 2 x 500 MW NTPL Power Plant at Tutricorin Thermal Power Project.

The scope of work includes Design, Engineering, Manufacture, shop testing, supply & delivery at site of Plant & Equipment including Electrics, Control & Instruments, Technological steel structures, Civil & Structural works, Storage, Handling at Site, Insurance, Erection, Painting, Testing, Trial-operation, Commissioning, Performance Guarantee and warranty for two numbers of Shore Unloaders of free digging capacity of 2000 TPH each at the jetty to feed two streams of conveyors of capacity 2000 TPH each for transferring coal from jetty to stock yard for 2x 500 MW NTPL and handing over two numbers operating shore unloaders and complete operation and maintenance of the two numbers of the shore unloaders for unloading of coal from ships for a period of five years including supply of consumables.

Bid Reference No. CO CONTS/0029N/NTPL/TTPP/ SHORE UNLOADER /2009
Sale of Bid Upto 04-Jan-10
Bid Closing 06-Jan-10

Contact :

Neyveli Lignite Corp Ltd, O/o. Chief General Manager/Contracts, Corporate Office, Block-1, Cuddalore District Neyveli-607801. Tel: 04142-252215/252210 Fax: 252026/252645/252646 Email: cgmconts_co@nlcindia.com / cgmconts_co@rediffmail.com / cgmconts_co@yahoo

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Bangladesh to build 2.4-billion-dollar bridge

(AFP) – Dec 21st, 2009

DHAKA — Bangladesh is to build the country's biggest bridge at a cost of 2.4 billion dollars in a bid to spur economic growth in its impoverished southwest, a minister said Monday.

Finance Minister A.M.A Muhith said the government would invite international tenders for the 6.15-kilometre (3.8-mile) road and rail bridge over the river Padma in February.

Construction of what will be the longest bridge in Bangladesh is set to begin in the second half of 2010.

"The bridge will cost 2.4 billion dollars, with the World Bank lending an estimated 1.2 billion dollars and the Asian Development Bank 550 million dollars," Muhith told AFP.
Other donors include the Japan International Cooperation Agency and the Islamic Development Bank.

The minister said the bridge over the Padma -- the local name for the Ganges -- would be Bangladesh's costliest infrastructure project to date and would facilitate economic growth in the south and southwestern regions.

A World Bank study has said the bridge, which will connect the capital Dhaka with the country's coastal districts, will boost growth because it will improve transport links in the poverty-hit southwestern region.
A 4.8-kilometre bridge over the river Jamuna, which cost nearly one billion dollars, connected the capital with northwestern districts in 1998 and fuelled economic growth in the entire region, which is regularly afflicted by famines and floods.

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NTPC invites bid for Dry Ash Transportation & Storage System

National Thermal Power Corporation has invited bids for dry ash transportation & storage system for Stage – I of 2 x 500 MW

Simhadri Super Thermal Power Project at Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.

Bid Reference No. SRHQ:3520-162A-9
Sale of Bid Upto 24-Dec-09
Bid Closing 18-Jan-10

Contact :

National Thermal Power Corp Ltd, Dy. General Manager (C&M), Southern Region Head Quarters, MCH Commercial Complex, Rashtrapathi Road, Secunderabad -500003. Tel: 040 – 27805020/27717267 – 270 Fax: 27800743 / 27804516 Email: ntpcsr@ap.nic.in

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Another power station delayed

Brendan Ryan | Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:15

[miningmx.com] -- CIC Energy’s (CIC) Mmamabula energy project (MEP) to build a 1,200MW power station in Botswana has been held back yet again by South African regulatory requirements.

On Monday, CIC confirmed the latest delay which was first indicated as likely by former Eskom CEO Jacob Maroga to Miningmx in October.

Maroga commented at that time, " If I had my way I would sign agreements with IPPs (independent power producers) tomorrow on the basis that I had reached an understanding with Nersa (the National Energy Regulator of SA) that this is how the terms should look.

“However, Nersa has until the end of June 2010 to reach its final determination on Eskom’s application and finalisation of any PPA (power purchase agreement) could be delayed until then.”

This is the latest in a string of delays on finalising the commercial terms for CIC to go ahead with the coal-fired station which would sell the bulk of its power to Eskom.

The delay is bad news for TSX-listed CIC and also for South Africa. At best, it will lengthen the period during which Eskom will struggle to meet electricity demand and, at worst, it could lead to increased levels of load-shedding.

The setbacks to CIC, and other IPPs attempting to develop power projects in South Africa such as Ipsa Plc, are despite stated aims by Eskom and the South African government that they want to encourage private sector participation in the country’s power generation industry.

CIC announced that the latest information published by the Minister of Energy on December 3 has indicated that requirements for new generation capacity in terms of the first integrated resource plan (IRP1) would only cover the three year period from April 2010 to March 2013.

Requirements for new capacity beyond that are to be dealt with in a second integrated resource plan (IRP2) “which will be prepared following an extensive public consultation process that will commence in the first quarter of 2010 and is targeted for completion in mid-2010.”

CIC had initially hoped to bring Mmamabula on stream in 2013 but that target was revised in July last year. Reason was the on-going debate between Eskom and government over the terms for PPAs with IPPs.
Before CIC can proceed with Mmamabula it must sign a PPA with Eskom and it had hoped to finalise that agreement by September last year but this was pushed out to end-March 2010.

CIC president Greg Kinross commented, “ based on the company’s understanding of the regulations, an approval of the MEP by the Department of Energy will only be possible following the completion and gazetting of the IRP2 and then only for commencement of commercial operations no earlier than 2014 or such later period as may be indicated in the IRP2, once completed.”
Kinross added that CIC has reassessed its project development programme as a result of this development.
Instead of pushing for rapid achievement of financial close and start of construction CIC is going to defer most project development activities “until such time as the IRP2 has been completed”.

Kinross commented, “this will be implemented by the deferral of activities that are being performed by the financial consultants, legal consultants and engineering consultants who are assisting the company in the development of the MEP.
“While the slow pace of the regulatory process in South Africa is frustrating these spending deferrals and our C$41m treasury gives us the flexibility to weather this delay,” he added.

Any delay to CIC’s MEP will further worsen Eskom’s ability to meet future power demands because of delays to its own two major new power stations now under construction.

Eskom recently confirmed that the second of these stations - Kusile near Witbank – has been delayed by a year from its planned start up in 2013.
The first new station due to come on stream is Medupi – situated near Lephalale – which is supposed to start operations in April 2012.

According to Exxaro Resources - which will supply the coal to Medupi - construction of Medupi is running six months behind schedule but that is denied by Eskom which maintains Medupi is on track.

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