OCTOBER 20238TOP STORIESNLCIL SIGNS A POWER PURCHASE CONTRACT WITH GRIDCO & COMPLETES THE DEAL FOR THE TALABIRA PLANTState-owned Neyveli Lignite Corporation of India (NLCIL) and Grid Corporation of Odisha (GRIDCO) inked a power purchase agreement (PPA) in Bhubaneswar for supply of 800 mega watt (MW) electricity. Under the agreement, GRIDCO will source 800 MW electricity from the upcoming Talabira thermal power plant of NLCIL."NLCIL and GRIDCO signed a PPA today in GRIDCO in Bhubaneswar for 400 MW for stage-1 and 400 MW for stage-2. With this agreement, NLCIL has achieved full capacity of 2,400 MW of its Talabira super thermal power station stage-I," a statment issued by NLCIL. The pact was signed in the presence of NLCIL Chairman M. Prasanna Kumar and GRIDCO's Managing Director Trilochan Panda. NLCIL has already signed similar agreements in the past with Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Pondicherry for 1,500 MW, 400 MW, and 100 MW power supply respectively from Neyveli Talabira super thermal power station stage-I. NLCIL's Talabira thermal power plant is among the three plants, which the Coal Ministry has set up as part of its diversification plans. Coal Secretary Amrit Lal Meena had told IANS in an exclusive interview recently that as the ministry has coal, land and water, it has decided to build three pithead thermal power plants. One of these is the Talabira thermal plant in Odisha, which is being built by NLCIL and it will have 2,400 MW capacity. The second will be Mahanadi Basin thermal power plant in Odisha, which will also be of 2,400 MW capacity and is being developed by Mahanadi Coalfields (MCL). CDIL INTRODUCES A NEW EV SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGING LINE IN INDIA, TO MAKE 600 MN UNITS In a fillip to India's semiconductor journey, Continental Device India (CDIL) on Thursday became the first Indian company to start production of Silicon Carbide devices for electric vehicles (EVs). With the new surface mount semiconductor packaging line, CDIL's total capacity at the facility will increase to 600 million units annually.Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, virtually inaugurated the new Surface Mount Semiconductor Packaging Line at CDIL's plant in Mohali, Punjab. The company said it has already initiated pilot production with 50 million units and delivered its inaugural batch to customers in both the domestic and international markets. This will help CDIL address the impending surge in electric vehicles, power management devices and solar panels. CDIL also signed an MoU with the Semi-Conductor Laboratory (SCL), a research institute in Mohali under the IT Ministry, to make Mohali the end-to end semiconductor hub in the country. They will aim to establish a comprehensive framework wherein SCL's specialised knowledge and wafer fabrication facilities are utilised to produce indigenized wafers for CDIL's semiconductor devices, using CDIL's proprietary manufacturing processes."India's semiconductor mission is a key focus for both the union and the state governments, and there have been many developments in the sector. Yet, India still has much to catch up, with a projected surge in demand to approximately $110 billion by 2030," said Amitesh Kumar Sinha, Joint Secretary, MeitY. "It's heartening to see CDIL taking the lead in packaging of discrete semiconductor devices. CDIL has capability for R&D, design, and packaging. Earlier, they also had a fabrication facility. I hope CDIL will also consider setting up a discrete fab in the country by availing financial support under the 'Semicon India' programme in future,".
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