In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s strategy of accelerating development of infrastructure along the country’s frontier and promote manufacturing, India on Monday decided to pursue major electricity transmission projects on its own in Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim and boost localization of key technologies. A decision to this effect was taken by the cabinet committee on economic affairs (CCEA) for th ...

Alstom has been awarded a contract worth around €13 million1 from Electricity of Vietnam2 (EVN) for the extension project of the Thac Mo 75 MW hydropower plant in Vietnam. The aim of this project is to increase peak load capacity to support the existing 150 MW Thac Mo power station with 75MW of additional power. Alstom’s scope of the contract includes design, manufacturing, testing, supply, erection and com ...

Moving a step closer towards 24x7 power supply in Andhra Pradesh, the state government has permitted the AP power generation corporation (APgenco) to import 3.6 million tonnes of coal from other countries. The move is aimed at ensuring uninterrupted coal supply to all thermal stations and maintenance of sufficient stocks for major expansion projects. Earlier, the government had given permission to import 1. ...

Allen & Overy has advised Nam Ngiep 1 Power Company, a consortium formed by Japan’s Kansai power, the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) and the Lao Holding State Enterprise, on a $916 million hydropower project on Laos’ Nam Ngiep river. Clifford Chance advised the lenders on the deal, which included the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB ...

Game-Changing GE Solution to Help Boost Power Capacity in Asia Pacific Regions with Soaring Energy Demand While Lowering Power Plant Costs Performance Leaps in GE’s 9EMax Gas Turbine Solution to Expand Power Availability for Region’s Energy Demand Growth of 4 Percent Annually Output, Efficiency Increases Can Translate up to $11 Million Annual Impact for Asian Power Plants Solution Can Upgrade Installed Unit ...

The share of renewable energy sources in Kazakhstan’s energy system will reach 3 percent by 2020, Novosti-Kazakhstan reports citing the Astana Solar company. This forecast is included in the plan for the development of alternative and renewable energy sector in Kazakhstan, whose implementation was discussed today in Astana at a seminar on construction of solar power plants in Kazakhstan. In line with the pl ...

National Grid to enter Russia: China and Russia largest power grid planning joint Russia's largest power grid company – Russian Power Grid AG (Rosseti, hereinafter referred to as the Russian network) and China's largest power company State Grid Corporation (SGCC, hereinafter referred to as the national network) will be worth billions of dollars to expand cooperation in Russia. Both companies or signed on Oc ...

Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN) said it would be putting into operation the second generator of Vinh Tan 2 thermal power plant and the first generator of Song Bung 4 hydropower project this month to supply an additional 700MW for the national grid. Besides new generators put in place, EVN will make the most of operational hydropower, and coal- and gas-fired power plants in September to ensure power supply f ...

Singapore Power (SP) won the ‘Smart Grid Project of the Year’ award at the Asian Power Awards 2014 today, for its programme with Silver Spring Networks, Inc. SSNI, -0.82% to enable deregulated energy services in Singapore. This was enabled by SP's successful deployment of a smart infrastructure networking platform, with nation-wide coverage, through Silver Spring’s IPv6 technology. Since April 2014, SP has ...

Taiwan Power Company (Taipower 台電) said that the current estimated power supply shortage is roughly equal to that generated by three large nuclear generators, and it appealed to the public to reduce power consumption. After power consumption reached record highs in July, it remained at peak levels through last month due to continuing hot weather, Taipower said earlier this month, the power consumption was 1 ...