NTPC Limited is planning to invest $10 billion in the development of new coal-based power plants over the next five years. In the first phase, the company plans to build three new plants aggregating 5 […]
The MoP has urged the state distribution companies to clear the dues of renewable energy companies. It has been estimated that around Rs 20 billion is due to be paid by discoms to wind energy […]
The Union cabinet is reportedly planning to approve a new hydropower policy that would provide monetary support of Rs 167 billion for stalled hydro projects aggregating 11,639 MW. The policy has been sent to the […]
The MoP has launched a weather portal, which will assist distribution companies in taking proactive steps for short-and medium-term power management processes. Further, it will facilitate planning for infrastructure availability so as to ensure cost-effective […]
The Minisry of Power (MoP) has launched the MERIT (Merit Order Despatch of Electricity for Rejuvenation of Income and Transparency) portal for power procurement, developed jointly by the MoP, Power System Operation Corporation Limited and […]
NITI Aayog has released the draft of the National Electricity Policy (NEP), which broadly sets a new agenda consistent with the emerging developments in the energy world. It proposes actions on four main policy objectives […]
Siemens has secured a contract from China Energy Engineering Group Guangdong Power Engineering Co. Limited to supply key components for the 470 MW Attarat steam power plant in Jordan. Guangdong Power Engineering Co. Limited will […]
General Electric (GE) will merge GE Power with GE Energy Connections to form a single power-focused entity named GE Power. With $41.9 billion in revenue, GE Power would be the largest in the group and […]
Japanese utilities Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (Tepco) and Chubu Electric Power Co. have signed a contract for merging their fossil fuel business under a joint venture (JV) company, JERA Co. Inc. The utilities had […]
TTCL Plc, a JV of Italian-Thai Development Public Company Limited and Japan’s Toyo Engineering Corporation, is expected to invest over $6 billion for two coal-fired power plants in Myanmar’s Mon and Kayin. The plants, which […]
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) has completed the construction of a coal gasification furnace plant at Nagasaki in Japan. The plant will supply core facilities for integrated coal gasification combined cycle (IGCC) plants. Currently, a […]
In line with its effort to improve the country’s energy capacity, Nepal’s Ministry of Energy has signed anMoU with the China Gezhouba Group Corporation (CGGC) for the development of the 1,200 MW Budhigandaki hydroelectric project. […]
Pakistan’s Private Power and Infrastructure Board has issued a letter of interest to the China Communications Construction Company for building a 300 MW coal-fired power plant in the port city of Gwadar in Balochistan. The […]
The Global Luzon Energy Development Corporation (GLEDC), a unit of the Global Business Power Corporation (GBPC), one of the largest independent power producers in the southern region of the Philippines, has awarded a owner’s engineer […]
The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has awarded a contract to Spain-based DuroFelguera to execute the third phase of the 948 MW K-Station at the Jebel Ali power station, wherein the natural-gas-fired plant’s capacity […]
Vietnam is reportedly planning to grant investment licences for three coal-fired power plants worth $7.5 billion. South Korea’s Taekwang Power Holdings Co. and Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power will invest $2.07 billion for a 1,200 MW […]
Coal-miner BlackGold Natural Resources and China Huadian Engineering will reportedly form a JV to develop a 600 MW coal-fired power plant in Riau province, Indonesia. The JV will be established depending on the successful award […]
The Regional Electricity Transmission Company for Cote d’Ivoire-Liberia–Sierra Leone-Guinea has started the construction of the 225 kV Cote d’Ivoire-Liberia-Sierra Leone-Guinea (CLSG) Interconnection Project in Monrovia, Liberia. The groundbreaking ceremony for commencement of the installation of […]
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) is set to build three substations in Kaduna State. The project is part of the Federal Government’s plan to improve power supply in Nigeria. At present, the company is […]
State-owned electricity company Kenya Power is implementing a KES 13.2 billion project to modernise and reinforce electricity supply in Nairobi. The project involves the construction of the 400 MVA, 220/66 kV Nairobi Central Business District […]
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