South Sudan is planning to fast-track the implementation of bilateral agreements with its neighbouring countries – Uganda and Ethiopia – for transmitting power to its border areas for boosting economic recovery efforts. It has already […]
The US Trade and Development Agency has awarded a grant of an undisclosed amount to Zambian energy solutions firm Upepo Energy Zambia Limited to finance a feasibility study for a 150 MW wind-solar-battery project, for […]
The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC), a subsidiary of ZESA Holdings, has filed an application with the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority for increase in tariff, to combat the rising costs of raw materials. […]
State-owned Kenya Electricity Transmission Company Limited has operationalised the 400 kV Loiyangalani-Suswa transmission line, which was completed in September 2018. The line will evacuate power from the 310 MW Lake Turkana wind power plant, and […]
The Malaysian electricity company Tenaga Nasional Berhad will undergo an internal restructuring to split its power generation and retail businesses into a retail business (RetailCo) and a generation company (GenCo). The structure for the remaining […]
The Indonesian energy ministry anticipates an investment requirement of $15 billion (£12.43 billion) to meet its target of reaching 7.2 GW of geothermal power capacity by 2025 from less than 2 GW currently. At present, […]
The Philippine Department of Energy (DOE) has chalked out a set of policies to fast-track renewables growth. Under the first policy, called the Renewable Portfolio Standards, power distribution utilities will be mandated to source a […]
Bangladesh’s Power Grid Company of Bangladesh Limited has invited international competitive bids for the design, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of 400 kV and 132 kV transmission lines. The contract is part of the “Enhancement […]
Italy-based engineering, consultancy and testing services provider CESI has secured a contract for providing engineering services for the construction of two high voltage direct current (HVDC) converter stations in Tajikistan and Pakistan, along with the […]
Nepal’s state-owned power company the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has operationalised the third section associated with the Kabeli Corridor Transmission Line project. The corridor involves the construction of a 91 km long, 132 kV double-circuit […]
The US-based bilateral foreign aid agency Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has begun preparatory works for the implementation of the electricity transmission project (ETP) and road maintenance project (RMP) in Nepal. The total cost of the […]
Japan’s Chubu Electric Power Company has decided to spin off the general transmission and distribution (T&D), and retail electricity businesses. This move follows the legal obligation of the utility to unbundle power generation and retail […]
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