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CIL signs CBM development

deal with Prabha Energy

INDIA STATE-RUN Coal India Ltd has reached a deal stages – a two-year exploration phase, followed
with Prabha Energy for the commercial extrac- by a three-year pilot phase and then a 30-year
tion of coal-bed methane (CBM) from one of its production window.
one blocks. CIL has appointed its wholly owned Central
CIL said on September 20 that the roughly Mine Planning & Design Institute (CMPDI) as
INR18.8bn ($255.1mn) deal covered the com- principal implementing agency (PIA).
mercial development of the fuel from subsidiary The miner held a tender for CBM production
Bharat Coking Coal Ltd’s (BCCL) Jharia Block-I at Jharia Block-I in May 2020, with the company
in the eastern state of Jharkhand. noting at the time that it had invited both to local
The 27-square km block is estimated to con- and international players to participate. Adani,
tain around 25bn cubic metres of CBM and Essar and Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) were
production capacity is projected to reach 1.3mn reported at the time to have participated in a
metres per day once commercial operations pre-bid meeting.
begin. The contract between CIL and Prabha Energy
“Bharat Coking Coal Ltd (BCCL) on Monday was followed just days later by reports that the
signed a first of its kind revenue-sharing contract government had launched a special CBM bid
worth tentatively INR1,880 crore for commer- round for 15 licences.
cial extraction of coal bed methane with CBM Bids for the blocks – which are spread across
developer Prabha Energy, selected through a in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, West Ben-
global bidding process,” CIL said. gal, Jharkhand, Odisha and Chhatisgarh states
CIL said BCCL would cover roughly – must be submitted during January 20-Febru-
INR370mn ($5mn) in land costs, while Prabha ary 20, 2022, industry news outlet Argus media
Energy is expected to cover the rest of the devel- reported on September 23.™
opment costs. The project will be split into three

Vestas wins ReNew Power order

INDIA DENMARK’S Vestas has secured a 101-MW in third place globally behind GE with 13.53 GW
wind turbine order from Indian independent and Goldwind with 13.06 GW, according to data
ReNew Power. from BloombergNEF.
ReNew, India’s largest green independent It has so far supplied 4 GW of wind turbines
power producer (IPP), is to install the 46 tur- in India.
bines at various projects in the state of Gujarat, The order follows the announcement earlier
and follows on from a previous 101-MW order in September of a 50-MW order from German
made with Vestas earlier in 2021. developer wpd for Taiwan’s Chuangwei 2, Lead-
The contract covers the supply and super- way 2 and Hsinyuan wind farms.
vision of 46 V120-2.2 MW turbines, as well as With this order, Vestas’ total onshore order
a 10-year Active Output Management (AOM) intake in Taiwan will exceed more than 330 MW,
5000 service agreement. of which more than 110 MW have been done in
Vestas said in a statement that it will be able to collaboration with wdp.
provide ReNew Power with long-term business The Hsinyuan wind farm includes six V136-
case certainty because of its yield-based availa- 4.2 MW turbines with 112m towers, featuring
bility guarantee. the largest onshore turbine rotors in Taiwan,
Deliveries of the turbines are expected to which will maximise energy production for the
begin in the first quarter of 2022, while commis- site’s medium wind conditions.
sioning is anticipated for the third quarter of the Chuangwei 2 and Leadway 2 wind farms will
same year. be installed with four and two V117-4.2 MW
Vestas has so far installed 140 GW of wind turbines with 91.5m towers respectively.™
turbines in 85 countries, making it the world’s
largest supplier.
In 2020, Vestas installed 12.4 GW, putting it

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