Pakistan has sought cooperation from Tata Power to help develop large coal-based plants on the lines of company’s 4,000-MW Mundra ultra mega power project and help it revamp the sector dependent on imported oil and gas. A delegation, led by Punjab Power Development Company CEO Syed Farrukh Ali, visited India’s first fully-commissioned UMPP in the Gujarat port city early this month. The team also sought dire ...

EnergyAustralia today announced that it has entered a Sale and Purchase agreement with the State of NSW and Delta Electricity for the acquisition of the Mt Piper (1400MW) and Wallerawang (1000MW) power stations and associated infrastructure, for a net cash consideration of A$160 million. The purchase of the Mt Piper and Wallerawang power stations reinforces EnergyAustralia’s position as one of Australia’s l ...

The geothermal power plant in Apas Kiri here is scheduled to come onstream in 2016, said Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister Dr Maximus Ongkili. He said the project on a 12 square kilometre site being undertaken by Tawau Green Energy Sdn Bhd (TGE) was at the site preparation stage would be able to generate 30MW of electricity when completed. “This project is a good example of innovation in green ene ...

State-owned listed coal miner PT Bukit Asam (PTBA) is planning power plant projects in Myanmar with an estimated initial investment of US$320 million. PTBA president director Milawarma said on Friday that his company had found a local private partner in Myanmar to develop the power plants. He declined to name the partner. “We have reached discussions at the level of board of directors, including about how t ...

Korea Midland Power Co., one of six power generation subsidiaries of state-run Korea Electric Power Corp., is speeding up its overseas business expansion, backed by the success of its Cirebon power plant project in Indonesia. In April this year, KOMIPO inked a memorandum of understanding with the Indonesian government to construct and operate a large-scale hydroelectric power plant with a capacity of 284 me ...

  Coal India Ltd (CIL) has signed fuel supply pacts with NTPC's 16 power plants and joint ventures, while 11 more agreements with the power major and its JVs are being processed. "CIL has signed 82 FSAs of 34,793 MW capacities. These include 11 FSAs with NTPC and 5 FSAs with its joint ventures. Besides this, FSAs in 6 cases of 4,480MW capacity with NTPC and 5 cases of joint ventures of NTPC are under p ...

“Marubeni will construct a 1,000 MW power plant in Cirebon [West Java] near to the location of its existing power plant,” Industry Minister MS Hidayat told reporters after a meeting with the firm’s executives on Thursday at his office, adding the construction work was expected to start by the end of this year. Marubeni would at first be required to secure a permit from the Energy and Mineral Resources Minis ...

The U.S. Export-Import Bank board of directors voted on Thursday not to proceed with the financing of U.S. exports to help build a coal-fired power plant in Vietnam, following a plea from U.S. environmental groups to stop the project. The Ex-Im Bank board decision was made after a "careful environmental review" of the 1,200-megawatt Thai Binh Two power plant, according to a statement from the Ex-Im Bank, ci ...

The Ministry of Electrical Power has opened a tender yesterday to buy natural gas from local and overseas investors to meet growing domestic energy demands, according to official sources. The ministry plans to buy 150 or 200 million cubic feet of natural gas daily before March of 2014 to operate power plants needed to produce electricity. Later the ministry will increase the amount to 500 or 600 million cub ...

Coal India, the world's single largest coal miner, wants to become a mega power producer and has sought the government's permission to start a new subsidiary. Coal India Limited chairman S Narsing Rao last month sought the coal ministry's approval to set up pithead-based ultra mega power projects at three large coal blocks saying the company would not be able to supply extra coal during the 13th five year p ...