Asia-Pacific News

Latest news and developments from Asia-Pacific region

• POWERGRID awards INR1.5 billion contracts for HV project

  April 3, 2013
  POWERGRID has awarded two contracts worth INR1.5 billion under its System Strengthening in Southern Region (SRSS)–XIX project.

• India’s KEC wins INR9.14 billion contracts

  April 2, 2013
  Indian power equipment manufacturer and EPC contractor KEC International Limited (KEC) has won orders worth INR9.14 billion in transmission, power systems and cable businesses in the domestic and international markets.

• Japan approves plan to end power monopoly by 2018 [free access]

  April 2, 2013
  The Japanese government has approved the plans suggested by a panel of experts to extensively reform the country’s power sector.

• India’s BHEL wins INR474 million equipment contracts from POWERGRID

  April 2, 2013
  BHEL Limited, the Indian state-owned equipment manufacturer, has won two contracts worth INR473.8 million from POWERGRID for the supply of insulator packages.

• India’s POWERGRID to develop INR13 billion grid security system

  March 31, 2013
  POWERGRID is developing an advanced Grid Security Expert System (GSES) project to boost the country’s transmission network and prevent possible cyber attacks on the power system. The project would involve an investment of around INR13 billion.

• India to begin power exports to Bangladesh from July

  March 31, 2013
  India plans to begin export of 500 MW of power to Bangladesh from July 2013.

• ADB provides USD300 million loan to Indian state for power projects

  March 30, 2013
  The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a loan of USD300 million to the Indian state of Uttarakhand to help accelerate work on power generation and transmission projects.

• Uzbekenergo to invest USD6.5 billion in energy projects till 2015

  March 28, 2013
  Uzbekistan’s state-owned power company Uzbekenergo will implement power projects worth USD6.5 billion till 2015.

• India’s POWERGRID invites bids for 220 kV substation

  March 28, 2013
  POWERGRID has invited international competitive bids for the supply of a substation package for the new 220 kV Melli gas-insulted switchgear (GIS) substation under Part-B of the Transmission System for Transfer of Power from Generation Projects in Sikkim to Northern Region/Western Region, and extension of the new 220 kV Melli GIS substation under deposit work for Jal Power Corporation Limited (JPCL) and Dans Energy Private Limited (DEPL).

• India’s POWERGRID awards INR3.88 billion transmission contracts

  March 26, 2013
  India’s central power utility Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) has awarded six transmission contracts worth INR3.88 billion.

• Japan provides LKR53 billion loan for Sri Lankan infrastructure projects

  March 24, 2013
  Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has provided a loan worth LKR53 billion to Sri Lanka for four key projects, handled by three government ministries, namely the Ministry of Power and Energy, Ministry of Ports and Highways, and the Ministry of Water Supply and Drainage.

• Pakistan invites bids for 132 kV grid station projects

  March 22, 2013
  Pakistan’s power utility Multan Electric Power Company Limited (MEPCO) has invited international bids for two transmission projects which comes under Tranche III of the Asian Development Bank (ADB)-funded Power Distribution Enhancement Investment Program.

• Nepal allows private players to develop large power line projects

  March 22, 2013
  The Nepalese government has allowed the private sector to develop transmission lines worth more than NPR500 million.

• Chinese SGCC denies restructuring move

  March 21, 2013
  China’s largest power transmission company, State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) has denied the plans to split into five regional grid companies.

• POWERGRID awards INR19.7 million contract to India’s Deccan

  March 21, 2013
  India-based Deccan Enterprises Private Limited has won a contract worth INR1.97 million from POWERGRID.

• Vietnam to implement Ly Son island project soon

  March 21, 2013
  The Vietnamese government has asked the state-owned Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) and relevant agencies to implement a project connecting the Ly Son island offshore Quang Ngai central province with the country’s national grid.

• India likely to complete link with Bangladesh in six months

  March 20, 2013
  India is likely to complete its part of the transmission link for connecting the country’s grid with that of Bangladesh in the next six months.

• Indian NE state awaits ministry sanction for grid development

  March 20, 2013
  Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh is awaiting approval from the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) for a project worth INR18 billion involving construction of the power grid and substations in the state to minimise power transmission and distribution (T&D) loss.

• Philippines’ NGCP to develop transmission network for north Luzon wind farms

  March 20, 2013
  The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), the private concessionaire of the country’s transmission network, will develop transmission network in northern Luzon to connect the wind farms being developed in the region, with the grid.

• India plans to set up National Power Committee

  March 19, 2013
  The Indian Power Ministry is mulling to set up a National Power Committee for ensuring stricter grid discipline among the states and penalise the ones that are overdrawing electricity from the grid.