Feb. 9 – The Indian Prime Minister’s Office has ordered the Power Ministry to propose a back-up plan to guarantee an adequate support mechanism for Chinese power generation equipment sold to India.
India will be using Chinese power equipment to generate 21,519 MW of capacity while orders for another batch of 14,000 MW capacity equipment have been placed for future projects. There have been questions raised on the reliability and quality of Chinese-made power generation equipment.
The Indian tenders for power generation equipment were won by Chinese state-owned equipment companies including Dongfang Electric Corporation, Shanghai Electric and Harbin Power Equipment Company Ltd and Sepco.
West Bengal Power Development Corporation’s 300 MW Sagardighi project and Sterlite Industries-run Balco’s 540-MW captive plant using Chinese made equipment are among the big projects that have faced operational difficulties reports The Hindu.
