Saudi Arabia-based renewable power project developer Alfanar Energy will set up a 50 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in Egypt. It has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company. Alfanar Energy […]
GE has secured an order to supply nine mobile gas-fired generator sets (gensets) for Africa’s first liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)-fuelled 400 MW Bridge Power project, located in the coastal city of Tema in Ghana. The […]
The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has sought approval from Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade for the city’s power transmission development plan involving an investment of VND 42.9 trillion. Under the plan, about […]
Sri Lanka and India are considering constructing an undersea power cable between the two countries. Both the countries have been working on the undersea route since 2013. Originally, the proposed India–Sri Lanka interconnection project involved […]
The World Bank has approved a loan worth $59 million for the implementation of the Power System Reliability and Efficiency Improvement Project in Bangladesh. The $114 million project has three components entailing technical assistance and […]
The 500 kV Ethiopia–Kenya HVDC power transmission line, which is being constructed by China Electric Power Equipment and Technology Company Limited (CET), is expected to be partially ready by end-2017. It is the first HVDC […]
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) plans to construct a power transmission project in the Ogun state. The project is aimed at addressing the inadequacy of Nigeria’s transmission capacity, which currently stands at 6,500 MW. […]
Oman-based Galfar Engineering and Contracting Company has received a contract worth OMR 17.79 million from the state-run Oman Electricity Transmission Company for the implementation of 132 kV grid stations and associated lines. The scope of […]
Malaysia-based RohasTecnicBhd has won a MYR 300 million contract from the state-owned power company Electricite du Laos (EDL) for the construction of transmission lines, substations and distribution lines in Laos. The contract work is scheduled […]
Larsen & Toubro Limited has commissioned gas turbines for two large gas-based power projects in Bangladesh. The first 150 MW gas turbine was commissioned for the Bangladesh Power Development Board’s 225 MW combined cycle power […]
International consulting and engineering firm Poyry has been awarded an engineer services assignment for the 40 MW Ashuganj CCPP in Bangladesh. The Ashuganj power station will replace an old and inefficient 150 MW steam turbine […]
GE Power Services and SPR Energy have signed a multiyear agreement (MYA) to provide comprehensive operations and maintenance (O&M) services for the Kimanis Sabah combined cycle gas-fired power plant in Malaysia for the next 18 […]
PT PLN, the Indonesian state utility, has awarded EPC contracts to a consortium of Wärtsilä and Indonesia-based construction company PT PP (Persero) Tbk for five power plants. The first order comprises four modular gas cube […]
Indonesia’s state-owned power company PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PT PLN) is planning to complete the 500 kV high voltage direct current (HVDC) project to connect the two islands of Sumatra and Java by 2024. The […]
The China Petroleum Engineering and Construction Corporation (CPECC) has been awarded a contract for the $12.7 billion Amur gas processing plant (GPP) in the Amur region of Russia. The CPECC will be responsible for the […]
State-owned Chinese transmission system operator State Grid Corporation of China has commenced works on the Mangkang-Sangri power project in Linzhi city of the Tibet Autonomous Region. The project involves the construction of a transmission line […]
Far East Cable Company Limited, a subsidiary of the Far East Holding Group, has received a contract worth CNY 307 million for the implementation of the 1,100 kV Changji-Guquan ultra high voltage direct current (UHVDC) […]
In order to address the power deficit situation in Zambia, MDH South Africa will build the 235 MW Ndevu Gorge hydropower project on the Luangwa river in the eastern province of Zambia. The company has […]
Pakistan’s Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved the construction of substation and transmission line projects worth PKR 52.55 billion in Pakistan. The ECNEC has approved the 500 kV Chakwal substation project […]
The government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) has planned to construct a 500 kV transmission line along with the associated grid stations to evacuate electricity from the hydropower stations in Chitral, Pakistan. The proposed project would […]
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