Month: July 2017

Siemens has received an order from Alghanim International to supply power generation equipment for the 900 MW Sabiya Extension 3 combined cycle power plant in Kuwait. The project is being built on the existing site […]

Finnish energy group Wartsila has won multiple contracts in the international market. It will supply 13 natural gas engines and performance-related equipment for the Sumbagut-2 peaking power plant in North Sumatra, Indonesia, providing an output […]

Tunisia’s national utility SociétéTunisienne de l’Electricitéet du Gaz has awarded Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) and the Sumitomo Corporation a joint contract to build a 450 MW gas-fired power plant in Tunisia. Sumitomo will provide […]

Myanmar is planning to set up a 1,280 MW coal-fired power plant in eastern Kayin to address the country’s power deficit. Only a third of the population of 60 million is connected to the grid […]

Malaysia’s KKB Engineering and China’s State Nuclear Electric Power Planning Design and Research Institute Company Limited (SNPDRI) have signed anMoU, under which both the entities will collaborate to explore power plant construction opportunities in the […]

The Renewable Energy Project Development Office has issued the request for qualification for the 400 MW wind plant at Dumat Al Jandal – Saudia Arabia’s first utility-scale wind power project. Potential bidders and plant developers need […]

State-owned Electricity of Vietnam’s transmission subsidiary, National Power Transmission Corporation, has commissioned the 220 kV Thai Thuy substation in Thai Binh Province. The VND 346.5 billion substation involved the installation of a 220/110/22 kV, 250 […]

The supply of electricity from India to Nepal through the 132 kV Raxaul-Parwanipur transmission line is yet to be initiated even six months after the completion of its construction and successful test transmission. Reportedly, the […]

China’s TBEA Company Limited has commenced works on Mongolia’s 330 kV line linking southern Mongolia, Ulan Bator and Gobi. The $119 million project is likely to be commissioned by 2019. The Chinese government will provide […]

State-owned Chinese transmission system operator State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) has commenced trial operations on the 500 kV third power transmission link between the Sichuan and Chongqing power grids. The CNY 1.62 billion project […]

The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has concluded 77 per cent works for the 132/11 kV Sustainability Substation at the Expo 2020 park, Dubai. Installed with a conversion capacity of 150 MVA, the substation […]

Incremental reductions in energy losses across the transmission and distribution system in North Oman have resulted in cumulative savings of OMR 758 million for the country. According to Oman’s energy regulator, Authority for Electricity Regulation […]

The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) has commissioned the 2×60 MVA, 132/33 kV substation located in Kukwuba in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) of Abuja, Nigeria. The substation will help address issues of overloading in […]

State-owned Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company is set to begin construction of the 250 km, 400 kV power transmission line from Triangle substation to Beitbridge, which forms a part of the Triangle (Zimbabwe)-Nzhelele (South […]

ABB is planning to build a 225/33 kV hybrid substation in Morocco under a partnership with local energy group EnergieEolienne du Maroc. The substation will be installed at a wind farm owned by Moroccan firm […]