January 14, 2021
Indian engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) major, Larsen & Toubro (L&T), has recently bagged various contracts in India and overseas ranging in the area of INR10-25 billion.
January 14, 2021
Reliance Infrastructure Limited (Rinfra), part of the India-based conglomerate Reliance Group, and Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) have recently signed a termination agreement for Parbati Koldam Transmission Company Limited (PKTCL), the special purpose vehicle (SPV) that was formed for executing an INR9.57 billion project in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.
January 13, 2021
France-based Neoen SA, a renewable energy producer, has put forth a proposal to install a 500 MW/1,000 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS)— Great Western Battery—in the Wallerawang area of New South Wales.
January 13, 2021
Australian integrated energy company, Origin Energy Limited, is seeking bidders to build a 700 MW/2,800 MWh battery storage system on the grounds of the Eraring power plant—the company's only coal power plant which is scheduled to close in 2032.
January 12, 2021
Chinese grid developer, China Southern Power Grid (CSG), has recently operationalised a ±800 kV multi-terminal ultra-high voltage (UHV) flexible direct current (DC) project, transmitting power from the Wudongde hydropower station in Yunnan Province to the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Guangdong Province in Southwest China.
January 12, 2021
New Zealand’s national grid operator, Transpower, is moving forward with the construction works of the Clutha Upper Waitaki Lines Project (CUWLP).
January 6, 2021
The state-owned power utility Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) has recently increased the capacity of the country’s largest substation, the 400 kV Dhalkebar substation.
January 5, 2021
The Indian grid developer, Power Grid Corporation of India (POWERGRID), has recently separated itself from the power transmission business, and incorporated a new entity named Central Transmission utility (CTU).
January 5, 2021
State-owned Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) has recently put forward plans to digitalise all its transmission line equipment and about 80 per cent of its 110 kV circuit facilities by 2022.
January 5, 2021
Central Power Project Management Board (CPMB), subsidiary of state-owned Electricity of Vietnam (EVN), has recently announced its plans for energising 24 projects in 2021.
January 4, 2021
Construction works on Nepal Electricity Authority’s (NEA) 39-km-long, 220 kV Dana–Kushma power line and associated 220 kV substations have been completed.
December 30, 2020
Pakistan’s state-owned high voltage network developer, National Transmission and Despatch Company Limited (NTDC), has recently awarded an engineering, procurement, construction (EPC) contract to China Energy Engineering Corporation Limited (Energy China).
December 30, 2020
Nepal’s Ministry of Finance (MoF) has recently signed an NPR18.25 billion loan agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the modernisation of electric grid in the country.
December 30, 2020
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the government of Bangladesh have recently signed an agreement for USD200 million in additional loans, including USD130 million of concessional loans, for augmenting access to efficient and reliable electricity supply in rural areas of Bangladesh, by strengthening the transmission and distribution networks.
December 30, 2020
Indian engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) major, KEC International, has recently commissioned the 500 kV Pluak Daeng air-insulated switchgear (AIS) substation expansion project for the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT).
December 29, 2020
India-based power transmission asset developer Sterlite Power Transmission Limited (SPTL) and Australia-based global investment manager AMP Capital have recently entered into a 50:50 partnership to develop energy transmission projects in India with a total equity investment of USD300 million.
December 28, 2020
A Sydney-headquartered private investment firm, Precinct Capital and renewable energy and storage developer Edify Energy have formed a joint venture (JV) to undertake a 28 MW/56 MWh battery energy storage project.
December 23, 2020
South Korean power utility, Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), is facing a lag in commencement of construction activities for the planned 500 kV high voltage direct current (HVDC) East Coast─Singapyeong transmission line project.
December 23, 2020
Keppel Renewable Energy, the renewables arm of Singapore-based Keppel Corporation, has offered to buy a 45 per cent stake in Harlin Solar, a special purpose vehicle (SPV) established in August 2020 to develop a 500 MW solar farm at Harlin, about 100 kilometres northwest of Brisbane, Queensland.