The Shanghai Electric Generation Group and the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) have signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) agreement for setting up a 700 MW concentrated solar power (CSP) project in Dubai. […]
ABB has received a $90 million order from DEWA to build the Shams 400 kV substation at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Solar Park in Dubai. ABB’s scope of work includes design, supply, installation and commissioning of […]
Spanish wind parks developer and operator Elawan Energy (erstwhile Gestamp Wind) has signed a 20-year long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) to develop a 102 MW Copperton wind power project in South Africa. The project will […]
California-based SolarReserve has signed a PPA with Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power to develop the 100 MW Redstone CSP plant in South Africa. The project was won under South Africa’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement […]
Malaysian utility Tenaga Nasional Berhad has signed 21-year PPAs with six solar power developers (SPD) for an aggregate capacity of 180 MW in Malaysia. These developers are Kenyir Solar Park and Gunkul Engineering Public, Hasilwan […]
Siemens has won a contract from China-based Sinohydro to add 700 MW to the Rumaila gas-based power plant in Iraq. The plant currently has a generation capacity of 1,500 MW. Under the contract, Siemens will […]
The Tanzanian government has commissioned the 240 MW Kinyerezi II combined cycle power plant in order to reduce power shortage in the country. The plant, which is located on the outskirts of Dar es Salaam, […]
The Shikoku Electric Power Company has decided to decommission Unit 2 of the Ikata nuclear power plant in Japan. The unit is a 538 MWepressurised water reactor that began operations in March 1988. As per […]
Independent power producer Scatec Solar has signed three PPAs with an aggregate solar capacity of 258 MW in South Africa. The projects entail a combined investment of $394.6 million and are financed by a consortium […]
Nepal-based Peoples Energy Limited has signed an MoU with China-based Chongqing Water Turbine Works Company Limited (CWTW) to develop the 48.8 MW Khimti II hydropower project on KhimtiKhola River in Nepal. This is the first […]
A JV between Siemens and Chinese Harbin Electric International (HEI) has signed a $562 million EPC contract with Jamshoro Power Company Limited for setting up the first 660 MW unit of the 1,320 MW Jamshoro […]
The Pakistan government is soon expected to sign an agreement with China Electric Power Equipment and Technology Company Limited, which will be undertaking the implementation of the ±660 kV HVDC Matiari–Lahore transmission line project in […]
Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas Wind Systems has received a full-scope EPC contract for the 45 MW Al Shobak wind farm in Jordan. The contract has been awarded by Shobak Wind Energy PSC, a subsidiary […]
Cambodia’s state-owned power company Electricite Du Cambodge has initiated the construction of the 230 kV Transmission and Transformation (Phase II) Project. It involves the construction of a 275 km long, 230 kV line along with […]
The Oman Power and Water Procurement Company has issued a request for qualification for a 1,200 MW clean coal-fired independent power project (IPP) in Duqm, Oman. This will be the first IPP in the country […]
State-owned Power Grid Company of Bangladesh has completed work on the 80 km long, 132 kV Chandraghona–Khagrachhari transmission line project in Bangladesh. The project is expected to improve power supply across the hilly Khagrachhari district […]
Zambia’s state-owned Zambia Electricity Supply Corporation (ZESCO) has awarded State Nuclear Electric Power Planning Design and Research Institute Company Limited and Chinese TBEA Shenyang Electric Power Design Institute Company Limited a contract for designing a […]
The Chinese government has approved the development of a ±800 kV HVDC superhighway transmission line in the Qinghai plateau. The 1,600 km long line will extend across five provinces from the plateau in the northwest to […]
Bangladesh-based independent power producer (IPP) Summit Power International (SPI) has signed an MoU with Japan’s Mitsubishi to develop a liquefied natural gas (LNG)-to-power project at Matarbari in Bangladesh. The project will be jointly built by […]
State-owned Ashuganj Power Station Company Limited (APSCL) has signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with a Chinese consortium for the installation of a 420 MW CCPP in Bangladesh. Under the contract, the two […]
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