Blue chip British companies at Kerala investor’s meet
September 11th, 2012 - 6:08 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, Sep 11 (IANS) Renowned companies like Rolls Royce, BMT and Balfour Beatty will be part of the British delegation that will make presentations at the three-day Emerging Kerala ... Read more...
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Sonia urged to stop new n-plants, evolve energy policy
August 24th, 2012 - 9:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) Social activist Aruna Roy has urged Congress chief and National Advisory Council chairperson Sonia Gandhi to ask the government to stop new nuclear power ... Read more...
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BGR Energy cuts capex for JVs with Hitachi
August 9th, 2012 - 5:56 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 9 (IANS) City-based BGR Energy Systems has scaled down capital expenditure for its boiler and turbine joint ventures with Hitachi by Rs.900 crore to Rs.3,500 crore to reschedule ... Read more...
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BGR Energy confident of bagging new orders
August 4th, 2012 - 1:58 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 4 (IANS) City based engineering-procurement-construction (EPC) company, BGR Energy Systems Ltd., targeting a revenue of Rs.3,750 crore this fiscal, is confident of beefing up its order book position ... Read more...
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BGR Energy’s Q1 sales and net profit down
August 3rd, 2012 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Aug 3 (IANS) City-based engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company BGR Energy Systems closed the first quarter of the current fiscal with lower sales and profit as compared to ... Read more...
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BGR Energy bags order for two 300 MW power plants
November 17th, 2011 - 4:08 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Nov 17 (IANS) Engineering-procurement-construction contractor BGR Energy Systems Ltd Thursday said it has bagged an order for two 300 MW coal-based private thermal power plants in Chhattisgarh.The Chennai-based company ... Read more...
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Hitachi to form new JV in India
September 27th, 2011 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 27 (IANS) Japanese diversified conglomerate Hitachi Tuesday said that it will form a new joint venture (JV) company with SFO Technologies for providing state of the art ... Read more...
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Windfall for Tamil Nadu power equipment makers
September 18th, 2011 - 4:22 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 18 (IANS) It is boom time for Tamil Nadu-based power equipment manufacturers as they have bagged orders worth a whopping Rs.17,120 crore ($3.6 billion) for boilers, steam turbines ... Read more...
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BGR-Hitachi power equipment plants to go on stream in 2013
September 16th, 2011 - 5:46 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 16 (IANS) Chennai-based BGR Energy Systems will become an integrated power equipment manufacturer by 2013 as its two joint venture plants will start functioning, a top company official ... Read more...
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NTPC order will be met with local, imported machines: BGR
September 15th, 2011 - 10:58 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 15 (IANS) City-based engineering-procurement-construction (EPC) contractor BGR Energy Systems Ltd will supply the steam turbine and generator units to National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Ltd through a mix ... Read more...
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BGR Energy lowest bidder for NTPC’s mega tender
September 15th, 2011 - 7:58 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Sep 15 (IANS) Chennai-based engineering-procurement-construction (EPC) contractor BGR Energy Systems Ltd. Thursday announced that it is the lowest bidder in state-run NTPC Ltd's bulk tender for supplying steam turbine ... Read more...
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Allahabad Bank to fund solar power systems buyers
July 26th, 2011 - 11:04 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 26 (IANS) Kolkata-headquartered Allahabad Bank Tuesday entered into a strategic partnership with the Environ Energy Corporation for promoting installation of solar power energy systems by financing customers of ... Read more...
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BGR Energy denies any malpractice in securing loan
November 25th, 2010 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Nov 25 (IANS) City-based power sector engineering, procurement and construction company BGR Energy Systems Thursday said it did not resort to illegal or unethical means to get a Rs.500-crore working capital ... Read more...
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Now, ’shield’ yourself from harmful mobile radiation
November 4th, 2010 - 4:58 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Nov 04 (ANI): Mobile radiation and its effects on the human body is a huge problem. But a new product is about to solve that.The product is smaller than a five-cent ... Read more...
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Power Balance band branded ‘a pricey placebo’
October 28th, 2010 - 6:09 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 28 (ANI): An Australian consumer watchdog has branded Power Balance band- the rubber wrist bands that claim to deliver greater strength and poise by promoting natural energy flow- a ... Read more...
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BGR Energy bags Rs.2,168 crore order
October 25th, 2010 - 5:15 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Oct 25 (IANS) Engineering-procurement-construction (EPC) contractor BGR Energy Systems Limited Monday said it has bagged a Rs.2,168 crore (around $485 million) order for balance of plant (power plant equipments other than ... Read more...
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Infosys to partner with US institute for research
June 8th, 2010 - 10:43 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 8 (IANS) Infosys Technologies and Georgia Institute of Technology, US, plan to set up a research institution here with centres for excellence in information technology and information systems, energy systems, ... Read more...
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IBSA to take scientific research cooperation to next level
February 22nd, 2010 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS
Mamallapuram, Feb 22 (IANS) Taking the trilateral developmental initiative between India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) to the next step, programme coordinators are mulling ways to expand the programme's reach.
"We would like to bring in ... Read more...
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Explosion In Kleen Energy Systems, Middletown Claims Lives
February 8th, 2010 - 8:51 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Middletown, Feb 8, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Blast in one of the gas-fired power plants of Middletown, Connecticut- Kleen Energy Systems LLC, on Sunday had created a panic among the employees, who ... Read more...
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2 killed in US power plant explosion
February 8th, 2010 - 2:12 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 8 (DPA) Two people were killed and more dead and injured were expected after a gas-fired power plant in the north-eastern US state of Connecticut exploded Sunday, media reports said.
The ... Read more...
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Huge explosion rocks power plant in US (Lead)
February 8th, 2010 - 1:21 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 7 (DPA) A huge explosion rocked a gas-fired power plant in the northeastern US state of Connecticut Sunday, resulting in numerous casualties, media reports said.
Dozens of ambulances and fire trucks ... Read more...
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BGR Energy’s profit jumps 54 percent
January 30th, 2010 - 8:40 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 30 (IANS) City-based power sector engineering, procurement and construction company BGR Energy Systems Ltd has announced a 54 percent jump in net profit for the third quarter of 2009-10 ended ... Read more...
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Tie-up with Foster Wheeler on track: BGR Energy
January 7th, 2010 - 8:07 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 7 (IANS) Chennai-based power sector engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracting company BGR Energy Systems Ltd's tie-up with global boiler major Foster Wheeler is on, said a top company official ... Read more...
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BGR Energy ties up with Nooter/Eriksen in boiler making
January 7th, 2010 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 7 (IANS) City-based power gear maker BGR Energy Systems Ltd Thursday said it has entered into an agreement with American firm Nooter/Eriksen for manufacturing heat recovery steam generators (HRSG).
The equipment ... Read more...
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Radical new design of electrical generator promises power revolution
November 23rd, 2009 - 12:56 pm ICT by ANI
London, November 23 (ANI): Scientists at the University of Edinburgh have made a radical new design of an electrical generator that solves an engineering quandary and promises to be cheaper, lighter and ... Read more...
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BGR Energy bags orders worth Rs.45 crore
November 13th, 2009 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Nov 13 (IANS) City-based engineering, procurement and construction company BGR Energy Systems Ltd has bagged three orders worth Rs.45 crore, taking its order book position to Rs.12,200 crore, the company said ... Read more...
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US using more renewable energy
September 8th, 2009 - 3:19 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 8 (IANS) Americans used more solar, nuclear, biomass and wind energy in 2008 than they did the year before, according to latest energy flow charts released by Lawrence Livermore National ... Read more...
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Countries adopt climate data sharing agreement
September 3rd, 2009 - 5:12 pm ICT by IANS
Geneva, Sep 3 (DPA) The members of the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Thursday approved an agreement to set up a global mechanism for sharing information on the climate and weather.
The Global ... Read more...
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Chennai firm bags $81-mn Iraqi order
July 27th, 2009 - 5:02 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 27 (IANS) The city-based engineering, procurement and construction company BGR Energy Systems has been awarded a $80.5-million contract by Iraq's State Company for Oil Projects (SCOP).
According to BGR Energy, the ... Read more...
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BGR Energy Systems net profit up 17 percent
July 25th, 2009 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 25 (IANS) City-based engineering and infrastructure firm BGR Energy Systems has posted a net profit of Rs.20.23 crore for the quarter ended June 30 as against Rs.17.23 crore reported in ... Read more...
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BGR Energy seeks tie-up with Japanese turbine firm
July 16th, 2009 - 2:17 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 16 (IANS) In order to become a full-fledged power plant equipment manufacturer, engineering and infrastructure firm BGR Energy Systems has approached a Japanese steam turbine manufacturer for a tie-up.
Confirming ... Read more...
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Chennai firm bags Rs.49 bn order for Rajasthan power plant
July 16th, 2008 - 6:35 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 16 (IANS) The Chennai-based engineering company BGR Energy Systems Limited has bagged a Rs.49 billion engineering procurement construction (EPC) contract for a thermal power project in Rajasthan. Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut ... Read more...
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BGR Energy bags Rs.31 bn contract in Tamil Nadu
July 1st, 2008 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 1 (IANS) Energy equipment supplier BGR Energy Systems Ltd Tuesday announced it has bagged an engineering procurement construction (EPC) contract worth Rs.31 billion from Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) for ... Read more...
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BGR Energy posts Rs.15.04 bn revenue
June 12th, 2008 - 10:29 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 12 (IANS) Energy equipment supplier, BGR Energy Systems Ltd, announced Thursday that it had posted a revenue of Rs.15.04 billion ($358 million) for 2007-08 against Rs.7.75 billion the previous fiscal. ... Read more...
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BGR Energy bags oil storage tanks order from Iraq
June 6th, 2008 - 12:41 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 5 (IANS) Engineering design and fabrication company BGR Energy Systems has bagged a contract worth around $9.2 million to design and manufacture 70 oil product storage tanks for Iraq's State ... Read more...
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