(EnergyAsia, December 14) — India’s Himachal Pradesh state has awarded two major hydro-electric contracts to Netherlands-based Brakel.   In beating out Indian competitors Reliance Energy and Birla, Brakel is said to have offered an attractive tariff of Rs3.6 million per megawatt (MW) to the state government, along with other incentives (US$=Rs45).   The two projects,…