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BHEL & Abengoa join hands to develop Concentrated Solar Power projects
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| merisarkar news service, New Delhi, February 07, 2011 |
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BP Rao & Santiago Seage of Abengoa
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Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), the largest engineering and manufacturing enterprise in India in the energy-related infrastructure sector and Abengoa, Spain, the European leader in solar and other energy-related projects, have joined hands to develop state-of-the-art Concentrated Solar Power projects in India.
To this effect, an agreement was signed in Seville, Spain, by B.P. Rao, CMD, BHEL and Santiago Seage, Chairman and CEO, Abengoa Solar.
The agreement will enable both the organisations to leverage their capabilities in offering EPC solutions for Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) projects in India, as well as give them the opportunity to explore cooperation in energy projects in other parts of the world.
The agreement is highly significant in the context of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission recently launched by the Government of India, which aims at setting up 20,000 MW of solar power projects by 2022. The mission depicts the county’s commitment to the abatement of green house gas emission aimed at reducing global warming.
Through this agreement, BHEL and Abengoa are aiming at significantly contributing to the cause of reduction in global warming through the use of CSP technologies which harness the energy of the sun for power generation thereby reducing the requirement of fossil fuels which are the leading cause of emission of CO2 and other green house gases.
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