The Nepal government has passed the Electricity Regulatory Commission Bill, 2017, which entails the establishment of the Nepal Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), an independent body to regulate the power sector of the country. The bill […]
GE has signed a 12-year agreement with Daya Bay Nuclear Power Operations and Management (DNMC) to help boost reliability of DNMC’s Daya Bay, Ling Dong and Ling Ao nuclear power plants in Dapeng peninsula off the South China Sea […]
Israeli utility Star Pumped Storage has awarded a contract to GE Renewable Energy to supply and build the 244 MW (2×172 MW) KokhavHayarden hydro pumped storage station in Israel. GE will design, manufacture, supply and install electromechanical and hydromechanical […]
Sarawak Energy has awarded a contract to the joint venture of China’s Gezhouba Group Company Limited and Malaysia-based Untang Jaya SdnBhd for executing civil works of the 1,285 MW Baleh hydroelectric plant in Malaysia. The […]
Finnish company Wartsila has won the engineering, procurement and construction contract to supply two heavy fuel oil engines to Morocco’s state utility. The engines will have the capability to use light fuel oil as a […]
Singapore-based independent power producer (IPP) Summit Power International will invest $1 billion in power generation and LNG supply projects in Bangladesh in the next three years. The IPP will develop a gas-to-power generation facility and an offshore […]
The Cairo Electricity Production Company, a subsidiary of the Egyptian Electricity Holding Company (EEHC), has awarded a contract to Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) to upgrade the 750 MW Cairo North CCPP Module I located 20 […]
Pakistan’s vertically integrated electric energy corporation K-Electric has received approval from its board of directors for the development of a 900 MW (2×450 MW) combined cycle power plant (CCPP) at the Bin Qasim Power Station Complex […]
Indonesia-based PT Energi Nusantara MerahPutih (ENMP) will be developing a 600 MW combined cycle gas-fired power plant in the Bantaeng Industrial Estate, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. ENMP has signed a heads of agreement for the same with the industrial […]
The Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company has awarded the contract for construction of two new 500/220 kV substations in the Delta region to Siemens. The two new substations – Samanoud and AboulMatameer – will transmit electricity […]
ABB India Limited has secured an order from Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Limited to upgrade 20 substations in Himachal Pradesh. ABB will deploy its electronic relays for the protection, control, measurement and supervision of […]
Kalpataru Power Transmission Limited has secured orders worth Rs 10.81 billion for works including the electrification of railways. The company secured a Rs 3.18 billion contract for railway electrification, signalling and telecommunication. Two orders worth […]
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)has secured its first equipment export orders from Chile and Estonia. It has received orders for transformer bushings from Chile-based Niquel Electric Limited and for electric cards from Estonia-based SCANFIL OY […]
JSW Energy Limited may shelve its plans to acquire the 500 MW Bina TPP from Jaiprakash Power Ventures Limited (JPVL). The planned acquisition has been stalled as the lenders did not approve the deal due […]
CLP India Private Limited is planning to list itself on the bourses in the next two to three years. The company is looking for opportunities in the tranmission space and had recently bid for a […]
Thermax India Limited has set up a manufacturing unit in Indonesia at an investment of $25 million with the aim to expand its business in the Southeast Asian market. The facility will produce a range […]
CESC Limited is planning to invest Rs 10 billion in the power business in 2017-18. Of this, Rs 6 billion would be dedicated to CESC’s Kolkata distribution network and the rest would be invested in […]
Private gas-based power producers have sought the prime minister’s intervention on the issue of special incentives that are being given to Ratnagiri Gas and Power Private Limited (RGPPL), which operates the 1,957 MW Dabhol gas-based […]
Power generation companies have reportedly sought tariff support from the central government to meet new emission control norms for power plants. It is estimated that retrofitting coal-based power plants with new emission control equipment would […]
Tata Power Company Limited has introduced a QR (quick response) code-based bill payments system in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It is the first utility in the country to take this initiative. To enable the service, the QR […]
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