Asia-Pacific News

Latest news and developments from Asia-Pacific region

• Nepal’s 400 kV Dhalkebar substation nears completion

  October 15, 2020
  Construction work on state-owned power utility Nepal Electricity Authority’s (NEA) 400 kV Dhalkebar substation has reached the final stage, and the substation is ready to be charged.

• Bangladesh’s PGCB faces delay in transmission projects for Rooppur NPP

  October 15, 2020
  The state-owned Power Grid Company of Bangladesh Limited (PGCB) is facing delays in the power transmission projects that were taken up to facilitate power evacuation from the country’s maiden nuclear power plant (NPP)—Rooppur NPP.

• China’s Xinjiang Electric operationalises 750 kV transmission line

  October 14, 2020
  The Chinese engineering, procurement, construction (EPC) service provider, Xinjiang Electric Power Company (XEPC)—a wholly-owned subsidiary of State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC)—has operationalised a 341-km-long, 750 kV voltage transmission line connecting the Altay Prefecture and the northern Junggar Basin located in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of Northwest China.

• Indian CEA discusses alternative corridor for securing Mumbai’s power supply post major grid disturbance

  October 14, 2020
  Recently, a committee headed by India electricity planning authority Central Electricity Authority (CEA) discussed the possibility of developing an alternate high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission corridor to evacuate 1,000 MW of power from Kudus in Palghar district to Aarey Colony in North Mumbai.

• Work on Solu Corridor transmission line set to resume in Nepal [free access]

  October 14, 2020
  State-owned power company Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has announced that the work on the long-delayed Solu Corridor 132 kV double-circuit transmission line is set to be resumed after sorting out issues with the local residents. Already 95 per cent of the work on the project has been completed, with 288 of the 302 towers installed.

• Indian State ETF committee allocates budget for transmission in Lucknow

  October 13, 2020
  The energy task force (ETF) committee of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has carried forward the plans of strengthening the power transmission sector of Lucknow by allocating a total budget of INR9.75 billion to the state.

• Trung Nam operationalises VND12 trillion solar farm project in Vietnam

  October 13, 2020
  The Trung Nam Group—a Vietnamese investment and construction joint stock company (JSC)—has recently operationalised the 450 MW Trung Nam-Thuan Nam solar power farm and a power transmission system it built in the country's Ninh Thuan province this year.

• Clough, Elecnor JV wins AUD1.5 billion contract for EnergyConnect

  October 12, 2020
  SecureEnergy a 50-50 joint venture (JV) between Australian construction company Clough, and Spanish infrastructure, energy and telecommunications company Elecnor, has bagged an AUD1.5 billion contract for the EnergyConnect project—a partnership between South Australian transmission system operators (TSOs) TransGrid and ElectraNet.

• Western Australia considers 200 MWh battery system at decommissioned power plant site

  October 9, 2020
  Synergy, the government-owned utility of Western Australia, has issued a Request for Information (RoI) from parties interested in working on a 200 MWh battery energy storage project at the site of a decommissioned power station.

• Hitachi ABB Power Grids bags INR1 billion order from HRRL in India

  October 8, 2020
  Hitachi ABB Power Grids India has recently bagged an order worth INR1 billion from HPCL Rajasthan Refinery Limited (HRRL)—a joint venture (JV) between state-run Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited and the government of Rajasthan.

• Australian TSOs re-evaluate EnergyConnect’s costs

  October 8, 2020
  Australian New South Wales (NSW) and South Australian transmission system operators (TSOs) TransGrid and ElectraNet, respectively, have submitted some new documents to the Australian Energy Regulator (AER), outlining the case for the EnergyConnect Project.

• Indian OPTCL commissions 220/132/33 kV substation in state

  October 6, 2020
  Indian state transmission network utility Odisha Power Transmission Corporation Limited (OPTCL) has recently commissioned a 220/132/ 33 kV grid substation at Baner in Kalahandi district.

• China’s Xinjiang Electric initiates construction of 220 kV project

  October 5, 2020
  The Chinese engineering, procurement, construction (EPC) service provider, Xinjiang Electric Power Company (XEPC), has initiated the construction of a 220 kV project in Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.

• KPTL and Techno complete 100 per cent stake sale in JKTPL

  October 5, 2020
  India-based engineering, construction and procurement (EPC) company, Kalpataru Power Transmission Limited (KPTL), and Techno Electric and Engineering Company Limited have completed the sale of 100 per cent equity stakes in Jhajjar KT Transco Private Limited (JKTPL), to India’s leading infrastructure investment trust (InvIT), India Grid Trust (IndiGrid).

• Indian state initiates construction of 400 kV substation

  October 5, 2020
  The Indian state government of Kerala has announced initiated construction of a 400 kV gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) substation at Kuruvilangadu in Kottayam.

• Indonesia’s PLN completes Topoyo–Pasangkayu network construction

  October 5, 2020
  Indonesia’s state-owned power company, PT PLN (Persero), has completed the construction of the 150 kV Topoyo─Pasangkayu transmission network that stretches from the Pasangkayu Regency substation to the Topoyo substation in Central Mamuju Regency.

• Indian KEC wins orders for INR8.9 billion T&D orders in domestic and global markets

  October 1, 2020
  Indian engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) major, KEC International, has bagged various orders worth INR10.3 billion.

• Australia’s ElectraNet receives funding approval for Eyre Peninsula Link

  October 1, 2020
  South Australian transmission company, ElectraNet Pty. Limited, recently received funding approval from the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) for the proposed, new high voltage (HV) transmission line for the Eyre Peninsula, known as Eyre Peninsula Link.

• Land to be resurveyed for Sterlite’s GTTPL project in Goa, India

  September 30, 2020
  The state government of Goa has directed officials to resurvey the land for the new 400 kV transmission line to be laid in Mollem as part of the project by Goa–Tamnar Transmission Project Limited (GTTPL), a special purpose vehicle (SPV) of Sterlite Grid 5 Limited—a subsidiary of Indian private transmission network developer Sterlite Power Transmission Limited (SPTL).

• Essar Power commissions final leg of 400 kV Mahan–Sipat line in India

  September 30, 2020
  Indian private transmission network developer Essar Power Transmission Company Limited (EPTCL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Essar Power Limited, has commissioned the 337-km, 400 kV Mahan–Sipat transmission line, the final leg of a 465 km transmission system consisting of three inter-state transmission lines built at an investment of INR24 billion.