The state-run power supplier Korea Midland Power Corporation will build a new thermal power generation plant in northern Seoul, which is to become the world’s first-ever urban underground power facility, officials said. On Friday, KOMIPO and Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction signed a contract for the latter to supply key parts for two new complex fuel generators to be built in the subterranean spac ...

Hub Power Company (Hubco) aims to start switching its 1,200 MW power plant to coal from oil as soon as the government revises policy guidelines and renegotiates the power purchase agreement to make the shift feasible, company’s CEO Khalid Mansoor says. He expressed the intention after the government cleared dues of independent power producers (IPPs) against an understanding that at least a few of them promi ...

Korea's Doosan and China’s Dong Fang have emerged as front-runners for Reliance Power's Rs 10,000-crore contract for supply of equipment to the Tilaiya ultra mega power project in Jharkhand, say industry sources. The private developer is expected to finalize the contract by the end of this month. Desperately looking for fresh orders from the Indian market, about a dozen global vendors, including Doosan and ...

Malaysia’s rising appetite for coal for its power plants may put it in competition with rivals in the future as global demand for the black fuel is expected to surge. 

Analysts looking at Malaysia’s long-term strategy to burn coal for a significant part of its power generation say as demand for coal increases in the future, Malaysia’s traditional suppliers may not be able to supply the fuel it needs at a g ...

Thailand has agreed to provide energy assistance for Myanmar in its preparations for the 27th SEA Games in Yangon. Two power plants will be constructed in Myanmar with support from Thailand. According to Energy Minister Pongsak Raktapongpaisarn, Myanmar has abundant natural resources such as coal and natural gas but lacks technological expertise and proficient human resources needed for the power plant cons ...

1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) has fuelled up its chances of securing an estimated RM14 billion power project with the acquisition of the Jimah power plant in Negri Sembilan. Sources said with Jimah, 1MDB now stands a better chance of securing the contract, coded Project 3B, from the Energy Commission (EC). The EC had reportedly shortlisted five consortia to tender for the 2,000-megawatt (MW) Project 3B c ...

The power supply situation may soon see a boost in production with the Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited ( HPGCL) ensuring fuel security for its power projects after the Union ministry of coal allocated the Kalyanpur-Badalpara coal block in Jharkhand to Haryana. Haryana power minister Ajay Singh Yadav said allocation of the coal block is a major boost to the power generation sector in Haryana. "T ...

In what should be welcome news for the power hit-Andhra Pradesh, the Union coal ministry has allocated a huge coal block in Odisha to APGenco that would allow the generation company to produce another 4,000 MW of power annually for the next 30 years. The allocation has come in the form of the 701 million tonnes Sarapal-Nuapara coal block in Talcher coalfields of Odisha. However, according to sources in the ...

Japan, eager to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions, has begun pitching its fuel-efficient coal-fired power generating facilities to Asian countries, which rely on the fossil fuel for their energy needs. The policy would seem to fly in the face of efforts by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to promote exports of Japanese nuclear technology as part of a package of measures to improve the economy. Demand for coal po ...

Marubeni Corporation together with Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) on a 50%:50% shareholding ratio, have jointly received the notification of an award for the development of a project to construct, own and operate a 1,200MW (600MW x 2 units; 1,200,000 kW) coal-fired power plant for electricity sales to Vietnam Electricity Holding Company (“EVN”) in Nghi Son, Thanh Hoa province, in the central area ...