Singapore-based integrated energy company Sembcorp Industries has signed a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for its 60 MW floating solar plant Tengeh Reservoir with the national water agency, the Public Utilities Board (PUB). The agreement […]
South Korea has unveiled the draft 9th Basic Plan for Long-term Electricity Supply and Demand, which targets to increase renewable energy share in the installed capacity to 40 per cent by 2034 from the current […]
South Korean Hyundai Engineering and Construction Company has bagged contracts worth $28.6 million from the Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) and Saudi Aramco for providing power transformers and GIS. The contract with SEC is valued at […]
Siemens Gamesa has secured a contract to supply an innovative hybrid plant in the Philippines for Berkeley Energy. The hybrid project, located in Oriental Mindoro province, will combine the existing 16 MW wind power facility […]
China-based Jiangsu Seraphim Solar System Company Limited (Seraphim) and Malaysia-based ERS Energy Sdn Bhd (ERS) have signed an agreement to supply 183 MW of high efficiency solar modules for projects in the Philippines. AC Energy, […]
The Asian Development Bank has signed a THB 235.55 million ($7.2 million equivalent) loan with Lomligor Company Limited, a subsidiary of BCPG Public Company Limited, to finance a 10 MW wind power plant in southern […]
Danish turbine maker Vestas Wind Systems has secured an order for two wind projects totalling 64 MW in Vietnam. The wind projects are owned by local companies Huong Tan Wind Poser Joint Stock Co. and […]
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy expects to supply the new SG 14-222 direct drive offshore wind turbine at the upcoming 300 MW Hai Long 2 project in Taiwan. The deployment of the new turbine is also […]
A long-term tripartite cooperation agreement has been signed by the Chinese grid company State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC), the Shaanxi provincial government and the Hubei provincial government for the North Shaanxi-Hubei ultra high voltage […]
Swedish-Swiss power and automation technology company ABB, via its power grids business vertical, has successfully commissioned the world’s first 1,000 kV UHV gas-insulated line (GIL) laid in the Sutong tunnel, under the Yangtze river located […]
Myanmar’s Ministry of Electricity and Energy has released an invitation for PV developers to provide pre-qualifying bids to construct solar PV plants with a combined capacity of 1 GW. Power purchase deals will be awarded […]
Pakistan’s state-owned, high voltage network developer National Transmission and Despatch Company Limited has connected the HVDC system with a high voltage AC (HVAC) system for the first time in the country. The government has planned […]
Afghanistan’s state-owned power utility Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat has signed a contract with an Indian EPC company, Kalpataru Power Transmission Limited (KPTL) to construct a 220 kV, 300 MW power line at a total cost […]
The Ministry of Power (MoP) has notified the Draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2020. The ministry has proposed major reforms such as provisions for distribution franchises, removal of regulatory assets, strengthening of payment security mechanisms and […]
The MNRE has granted an extension of 30 days for the commissioning of renewable energy projects beyond the lockdown period. The renewable energy implementing agencies may grant extension of time for the commissioning of […]
The MoP has issued a notification stating that power generation is an essential service and that the concerned state authorities need to give permission for material movement needed by them during the lockdown. The MoP […]
The country’s power consumption has declined by 8.4 per cent to 99.38 BUs in March 2020 compared to 108.50 BUs in March 2019 on account of lower commercial and industrial demand due to the lockdown. […]
The central government is likely to issue guidelines soon for setting hydropower obligation targets till 2030 for discoms. This will be given only to projects commissioned after March 9, 2019 and those plants, that did […]
Coal India Limited (CIL) has decided to ease payment terms for its customers as well as directed the railways to defer loading of rakes for non-power buyers due to last-mile connectivity disruption, following the nationwide […]
REC Limited’s board has approved a proposal to incorporate seven project-specific special purpose vehicles (SPVs) as wholly owned subsidiaries of REC Transmission Projects Company Limited. These projects include a transmission system for the evacuation of […]
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