NTPC Ltd has informed the government that it cannot accept the fresh terms set by the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) for its proposed 500-MW project in Sri Lanka. Indicating its willingness to withdraw from its maiden overseas venture, the state-owned power generator has sought permission to pull out two of its top functionaries from the island nation. NTPC and CEB had inked an agreement in 2011 for jointly ...

State utility PT PLN seals memorandum of understanding (MoU) with three companies in South Sulawesi, North Sumatera, and Bangka Belitung for supply of electricity. The three companies are PT Kawasan Industri Medan (Persero), PT Timah (Persero), and PT Earthstone Metals & Mining. PLN agrees to supply 200MW electricity to Medan Industrial Zone operated by PT Kawasan Industri Medan (KIM). President Directo ...

India's Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI) has approved a proposal by NTPC Ltd to set up three power plants with a total capacity of 1,980 megawatts in eastern India, a government statement said. State-run miner Coal India Ltd will supply the project, delayed for the past 14 year, commencing during the period 2018 through 2022, the statement said. Coal India, which produces nearly 80 percent of India's c ...

Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) have been decisive and said that it will step up efforts to support small and mid-sized enterprises (SME) this year. This week, the government-backed power company held a meeting with 500 executives of local SMEs and laid out a policy for their co-development and held discussions on finding future goals. Under the plan, the power company will guarantee 5 trillion won ...

The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand are prepared to run all power plants fuelled by natural gas from Myanmar, with diesel and bunker oil to overcome shortage from Yadana gas field shutdown In a statement released today, the agency however warned that the more pressing issue is on the depleting gas supply from the Gulf of Thailand in the next decade. As the country would then need to run power p ...

The supply of natural gas from Myanmar will be disrupted again from April 4-12 when electricity demand peaks at the height of the hot season, says the energy minister. Pongsak Raktapongpaisal said energy policymakers would meet in the next two weeks to discuss the expected disruption. About 25% of Thailand's gas supply comes from Myanmar, amounting to 1.1 billion cubic feet per day. Overall, Thailand consum ...

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N.Kiran Kumar Reddy has directed APGenco to commence work on three projects with total installed capacity of 2,400 MW. These projects will be based on supercritical technology and have capacity of 800 MW each. APGenco was asked to complete these thermal power stations in the State within three years. The total cost of these three thermal power stations is expected to be about R ...

Indonesia, the world’s largest palm oil producer, needs to consider limiting the export of palm-kernel shells (PKS) to ensure supplies of the biomass material, as the country struggles to decrease its dependency on fossil fuels, state utility firm PT PLN says. PLN’s construction director, Nasri Sebayang, said that many developers in Indonesia had expressed an interest in building PKS-fired power plants. “Ho ...

Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) has announced plans to place six power generation turbines in operation, with a combined capacity of 1,440 MW, in 2013. They include two 300-MW turbines at the Nghi Son 1 thermal power plant in Thanh Hoa province, two 110-MW turbines at the Ban Chat hydropower plant in Lai Chau province and two 300-MW turbines at the Quang Ninh 2 thermal power plant in Quang Ninh province. The u ...

Chhattisgarh government has decided to establish the first Geothermal Power Plant of the country in the newly formed Balrampur district of the state. A memorandum of understanding in this connection was signed on Sunday between National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and Chhattisgarh Renewable Energy Development Agency (CREDA). "State government has granted permission for the installation of a Geothermal ...