Jimah East Power Sendirian Berhad has synchronised the 1,000 MW Unit 1 of the 2,000-MW coal-fired power plant in Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. Jimah East Power is a 70 per cent subsidiary of TNB. […]
European energy solutions provider Scatec Solar has begun commercial operations of its first solar photovoltaic plant in Malaysia – the 65 MW Gurun project. The plant is located in the northwest of peninsular Malaysia. It […]
The Philippines-based independent power producer (IPP) Global Business Power Corporation (GBP) has entered into an ancillary services procurement agreement (ASPA) with private grid concessionaire National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) to support the reliability […]
French cabling solution provider Nexans has secured a Euro100 million turnkey contract from private grid concessionaire NGCP for manufacturing, delivering, and installing 350 kV high voltage direct current (HVDC) submarine cables for the Visayas-Mindanao Grid […]
The Asian Development Bank has signed a $227.7 million loan agreement with Gulf SRC Company Limited for the implementation of a 2,500 MW combined cycle power plant (CCPP) project in Chonburi, Thailand. The loan agreement […]
Vietnam Electricity (EVN), along with its subsidiary EVN National Power Transmission Corporation (EVNNPT), has commenced the construction of 500 kV transmission projects in central Vietnam. The VND 12 trillion ($515 million) projects will comprise a […]
Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade has scrapped 15 hydropower plants totalling 46.15 MW in capacity in the central province of Nghe An. The plants, mostly located in remote areas, were of capacities lower than […]
The Korea Midland Power Corporation and Posco E&C, along with local partners PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN), have commissioned the 56.6 MW Semangka hydroelectric project (HEP) in Indonesia. Located in South Sumatra, the plant generates […]
Indonesia’s state-owned power company Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) has obtained funding to finance key power transmission and substation projects. It has received syndication loans of Rp 4.5 trillion from three state banks – Bank Negara […]
The Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has issued a tender for developing a 60 MW grid-tied solar power project in Chattogram. Interested developers are required to submit a qualification statement and a comprehensive proposal covering […]
Laos plans to complete 12 hydropower dam projects of a total 1,950 MW capacity in 2019. About 80 per cent (1,570 MW) of the electricity produced by the plants will be exported to Thailand while […]
Italian cable maker Prysmian Group has secured an engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract worth Euro 33 million from Singapore-based utility SP Power Assets Limited for the design, supply, installation and commissioning of two […]
South-Korean government-owned utility Korea National Oil Corporation (KNOC) and Norwegian multinational energy company Equinor ASA have signed an MoU to jointly explore opportunities to develop commercial floating offshore wind projects in South Korea. The country […]
The South Korean Nuclear Safety and Security Commission has given Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power permission to start operation of the 1,340 MWe Shin Kori-4 Advanced Pressurised Reactor-1,400 (APR1, 400). The construction of Shin Kori-4 […]
Japan’s Kyushu Electric will decommission the second reactor at the Genkai plant, about 930 km west of Tokyo. The reactor, which has been shut since 2011, has a capacity of 559 MW and began operations […]
Dubai plans to source 8 per cent or at least 1,000 MW of its over-all power requirements from renewables by 2020. The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) will invest AED 8 billion in energy […]
Iran and Iraq have renewed their power trade agreement, according to which the former is going to export 1,200 MW of electricity to the latter each year via three transmission lines linking Iraq’s Basrah, Diyala […]
The gas-based power sector has been under the weather. Of the 25 GW of installed gas-based capacity, over 14 GW is stranded due to the non-availability of domestic natural gas and unaffordable imported gas. As […]
The programme for the renovation and modernisation (R&M) and life extension (LE) of power plants was initiated by the government in 1984. At the time, its main objective was to increase generation. Now, it focuses […]
Cyberattacks on smart grids can disrupt the entire power sector. The risk of cyberthreats extends to all interconnected components across the generation, transmission and distribution channels. Being constantly connected to the internet, a smart grid […]
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