The Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) has awarded a SAR 41.8 million contract for the construction of the 132/13.8 kV Abu Arish-2 substation to Saudi Arabia-based construction company Haif Bin Mohammed Bin Abboud Al-Qahtani. The contract […]
China has successfully operationalised the Quancheng 1,000 kV substation, its first ultra high voltage (UHV) substation expansion project, in Shandong province. Quancheng is the main substation of the province’s power grid and a nodal point […]
ADB has approved a $300 million loan for the expansion of power transmission lines in Greater Dhaka and the western zone of Bangladesh. The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and China-based Poverty Reduction and Regional Cooperation […]
Pakistan’s National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has granted a transmission licence to the Sindh Transmission and Dispatch Company to function as a provisional grid firm. This will enable the company to operate transmission lines […]
The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGTA) is in talks with its counterparts in Myanmar and Cambodia for trading about 500 MW of electricity. With an installed capacity of 44 GW and a peak demand […]
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy and Hai Long Offshore Wind have signed a preferred supplier agreement for the delivery and servicing of turbines for the 300 MW Hai Long 2 project in Taiwan. The agreement is […]
In a bid to increase renewable energy evacuation in Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan provinces, state-owned power company Vietnam Electricity plans to execute grid strengthening projects. A total of 41 renewable energy projects aggregating 2,140 […]
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT), and the US-based AES Group have signed an MoU for implementing the 2,200 MW Son My 2 combined cycle gas turbine project in Hanoi, Vietnam. The project entails […]
Siemens will provide the equipment to upgrade the Hiep Phuoc 1 steam power plant in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam to a combined cycle power plant. This will increase the plant’s capacity by about 780 […]
Siemens has secured an order from South Korean engineering, procurement, construction (EPC) firm SK Engineering & Construction Company Limited to set up a high efficiency HL-class power island for a new 1,004 MW combined cycle […]
The Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) has successfully commercialised superconducting power transmission technology for the first time in the world. It has built a 23 kV, 50 MVA power transfer system between the Shingal and […]
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) plans to invest in a THB 10 billion ($330 million) green bond issuance that supports the 260 MW Hanuman Wind Farm in Thailand. The bank signed a deal to invest […]
The Kansai Electric Power Company has commissioned the 290 MW Nam Ngiep 1 hydropower project built on the Nam Ngiep river. The project is operated by the Nam Ngiep 1 Power Company and consists of […]
“Given the sharp fall in the core sector, there will automatically be a reflection in the overall electricity consumption”
“Going by the current trends, demand growth is likely to remain below 3 per cent for FY2020”
“Power demand will grow, but maybe at a lower rate than historically forecast, until something changes”
Views of Rahul Tongia, Anish De and Sabyasachi Majumdar
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Total power generation stood at 113.97 BUs in September 2019. At around 38.31 BUs and 33.19 BUs, the central and state sectors respectively accounted for the major share in conventional power generation. Meanwhile, renewable energy […]
Schneider Electric has opened its first smart distribution centre in the commercial hub of Mumbai. The company’s EcoStruxure architecture has been implemented to enable greater energy efficiency and provide real-time access to information across the […]
Tech Mahindra has announced a partnership with Mahindra TEQO (Technology, Quality and Operations), the newly formed renewable energy asset management company, to create digital solutions for the global renewable energy industry. The solutions, which leverage […]
GE T&D India Limited has completed Pole 3 out of the four poles planned of the Champa-Kurukshetra ultra-high voltage direct current (UHVDC) project. On completion, the 1,305 km link will have the capacity to transmit […]
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