The Kubota power station will start producing electricity from Jan.7, next year, and its 64MW capacity is expected to increase supply in the east coast. Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister Datuk Seri Peter Chin Fah Kui, who visited the project site, was satisfied with the progress of the RM80 million project. "The east coast of Sabah has been facing inadequate electricity supply, and the Kubota powe ...

Kepco Philippines Corp., a unit of Korea Electric Power Corp., is still keen on developing a 200-megawatt coal plant for the shipyard of Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Co. Ltd.-Philippines. “Pursuant to the agreemen signed between the Philippine and Korean governments during the visit of Korean president, Kepco is still interested in putting up a power plant with Hanjin in the Philippines with pla ...

The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) insists that it did not cause blackouts on Samui and Pha-ngan islands. An electrician at Egat's station in Nakhon Si Thammarat's Khanom district said the station cut the power temporarily for maintenance on December 4 but after doing this it released electricity through a cable. Three minutes later, a problem occurred with the cable, which caused the b ...

The end of deadlock between National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and Coal India Limited (CIL) over proposed mega power plant in North Karanpura has led to the hope of fast revival of the project. The power project was caught in a controversy between two public sector undertakings (PSUs) soon after its foundation stone was laid by the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 1999. Coal India Limited ...

Chief Secretary to the Government Datuk Seri Dr Ali Hamsa, said the private sector in Malaysia could emulate the Shuaibah Independent Water and Power Project (IWPP) in southern Jeddah, which has proven a success. He said, the IWPP, which is a Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB), Malakoff Corporation Berhad (Malakoff) and Khazanah Nasional Berhad joint-venture project with private entity in southern Jeddah, Saudi A ...

The Chhatrasal coal mine allotted to Reliance Power's 4,000 MW Sasan thermal power project in Madhya Pradesh has received forest clearance. "Chhatrasal coal block, one of the three captive coal blocks allotted to Sasan Power Ltd in 2006, has received forest clearance from the Ministry of Environment and Forest," said a source. When contacted, Reliance Power spokesperson confirmed that the forest clearance h ...

The Reliance Power arm, which is building one of India's largest power stations, wants to revive the 4,000-megawatt (mw) project at Krishnapatnam in Andhra Pradesh by moving the country's electricity regulator for an increase in tariff, people aware of the matter said. The imported coal-fired project has been in limbo for over a year and Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Maharashtra - which have sig ...

Coal India has resumed hunt for a joint venture partner for its maiden 1,600 mw thermal power project it plans to set up in Odisha through a special purpose vehicle, Mahanadi Basin Power Ltd (MBPL). Under the revised plan, it would offer a lesser 51% stake from the earlier 74% in the SPV to the partner who would be selected through a tariff-based international competitive bidding process to be initiated soo ...

Taiwan Cogeneration Corp said yesterday that the company would instruct four independent power producers (IPPs) under its purview to renegotiate the terms of electricity purchase contracts with state-run Taiwan Power Company. The company said in a statement to the stock exchange that its board had made the decision after its four IPP subsidiaries failed to reach an agreement with Taipower to adjust the term ...

Thailand expects to buy 20,000 megawatts more of electricity from Laos and Myanmar combined as part of the country's bid to diversify energy sources by reducing dependence on natural gas in power generation. Energy Minister Pongsak Raktapongpaisal said electricity supplies from Laos and Myanmar are mostly from hydroelectric and coal-fired power plants. A decade ago, Thailand signed a memorandum of understan ...