State-owned Power Grid Company of Bangladesh Limited has invited international competitive bids for the design, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of a 230/132 kV gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) substation at Kachua, and 132/33 kV GIS substations […]
China’s National Energy Administration has issued the final policy paper on the renewable portfolio standards (RPS), which will come into effect in 2020 for five years. The RPS will set minimum levels for renewables’ consumption […]
Thailand’s cabinet has approved the Power Development Plan 2018-2037 (PDP 2018). As per the plan, about 56 GW of power generation capacity will be added in the country by 2037 to reach a total capacity […]
The board of Thailand-based Global Power Synergy Public Company Limited (GPSC) has approved a plan to invest $757 million in Thai Oil Public Company’s energy recovery unit (ERU) with a capacity to generate 250 MW […]
Thailand-based Energy Absolute Public Company has commissioned the 260 MW Hanuman wind farm in Chaiyaphum, one of the largest wind projects in Southeast Asia, in Thailand. The project comprises five sub-projects and is equipped with […]
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced the first drawdown of funds under a financing package totalling over $305 million in Jawa-1, Indonesia’s largest combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plant. The financing package comprises a […]
State-owned Electricity of Vietnam Group subsidiary National Power Transmission Corporation (EVNNPT) has successfully conducted testing of the 243 km long, 500 kV Vinh Tan–Song May–Tan Uyen line. The line is expected to evacuate electricity from […]
The Swiss-Swedish engineering firm ABB has secured an order from Japan’s Chubu Electric Power Company for the supply of two blocks each of 300 MW frequency converter systems associated with the Higashi Shimizu transmission project […]
Japan-based Osaka Gas Company Limited has shelved its plan to build a 1.2 GW coal-fired power plant in Yamaguchi, western Japan. The company has cited changes in the electricity market and future business risks as […]
Japan’s Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) will cease financing new coal-fired power generation projects after July 1, 2019 as it has revised its environmental and social policy framework. The decision will gradually reduce MUFG’s exposure […]
Singapore-based Keppel FELS Limited has secured a contract from the Danish renewable energy company Ørsted to support its Greater Changhua projects in Taiwan. As part of a contract valued at $109 million, Keppel FELS will […]
State-owned Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) has commissioned and operationalised the 220 kV Kawanda–Masaka transmission line project, which will evacuate power from the Bujagali and other proposed hydropower stations located on the Nile river, […]
Zimbabwe-based private company Guarantee Risk Solar Energy and South Africa-based Bushveld Energy will jointly develop three solar projects in Zimbabwe with a combined capacity of 250 MW. The overall investment in the three projects is […]
The state-owned Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company has completed the first phase of the 500 kV Egypt–Sudan interconnection project. The interconnection aims to facilitate power trade between the two countries and promote stability of the two […]
German energy engineering firm Siemens has bagged three contracts worth $784.2 million from Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity under the first phase of the Roadmap Implementation Agreement. The “Siemens Roadmap for the Electrification of New Iraq” […]
Tata Power and Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL) have signed an MoU to explore synergies of operation in integrated customer services, e-mobility and other areas. The agreement will enable the companies to explore possibilities of cooperation […]
The CERC has held that the imposition of safeguard duty on imports of solar cells and modules amounts to “change in law” and must be compensated. The order was passed in response to two separate […]
Azure Power Limited has commissioned a 150 MW solar power plant in Rajasthan. It is Phase-I of the 200 MW capacity allocated to Azure Power under SECI’s 250 MW grid-connected solar PV projects to be […]
Adani Green Energy (UP) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Adani Green Energy Limited, has commissioned a 50 MW grid-connected solar PV power project in Uttar Pradesh. The power from the project will be sold […]
Sterlite Power Limited has commissioned its first power transmission project under the Arcoverde project in Brazil. The project, which has been commissioned 28 months ahead of schedule, included 139 km of transmission lines, 281 towers, […]
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