The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) wants to repair the transmission facilities that connect the Agus hydroelectric plant to the grid to help improve power supply in Mindanao. In a petition before the Energy Regulatory Commission, NGCP asked that it be allowed to upgrade the 59-year-old switchyard located in the vicinity of the Agus 6 hydropower facility. “It is high time that NGCP rehabilitat ...

The Thai Energy Ministry is seeking Cabinet approval of a Bt12-billion project to improve electricity-transmission capacity in the Eastern region in preparation for the completion of new power plants. The capacity improvements, to be carried out by the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, will cover Rayong, Chachoengsao and Chon Buri. According to Egat, the economic internal rate of return of the p ...

China State Grid Corp. and AMP Ltd. (AMP) are among companies considering buying Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP s stake in a New Zealand utility, said three people with knowledge of the matter. Indicative offers for the 42 percent stake in Powerco Ltd., the country’s second-biggest electricity and gas distributor by customers, are due this month, two people said, asking not to be identified as the in ...

Work has started on China's third ultra-high voltage (UHV) power line project, according to an announcement by the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC). The new line will connect Zhejiang Province and Fujian Province, and in the future will form a major part of what will become the Eastern China UHV electric transmission line. UHV power lines are designed to deliver large quantities of power over long dis ...

Transformers and Rectifiers (India) Ltd has successfully tested and dispatched its first 765 kv class, 500 MVA transformer to Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. (PGCIL) in respect of MOU entered into by the Company with "Zaporozhtransformetor" (ZTR), Ukraine, leading global manufacture of 765 kv class transformers for the purpose of manufacturing and supplying transformers to PGCIL.   ...

Adani Power Maharashtra Ltd, which has synchronized its two units at Tiroda in Gondia district, is all set to commission its third unit later this month. The thermal power plant in Gondia, the biggest in central India and the first super-critical technology-based unit, ran into problem when the coal block allotted to the them in Lohara near Tadoba forest (Chandrapur) was cancelled since it was located in de ...

The construction of a 275/132kV transmission line and substation in Ampang to reinforce the National Grid System is proceeding smoothly without complaints from residents. This is in complete contrast to the protests by Cheras residents over a similar project in their locality some time ago. Councillor Meor Rithuan Mohamed Said said the project started about a year ago. “The only complaints I have received s ...

The Northern Grid will be connected with the Southern Grid on synchronous mode by 2014 with the completion of two 765 KV S/C transmission lines. These Two 765 kV S/C transmission lines from Raichur (Karnataka) to Sholapur (Maharashtra) are under construction. One line is being constructed by Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. while the other is being constructed by M/s. Raichur Sholapur Transmission Compa ...

State-run Power Grid Corp is developing an advanced grid security system, worth Rs 1,300 crore, as part of efforts to boost the country's electricity transmission network and stave off possible cyber attacks on the power systems. The proposed security system is part of larger measures being initiated by the Power Ministry to prevent recurrence of events like last year's massive collapse of grids that affect ...

State-owned electricity company PT PLN plans to build a 10-kilometer submarine and 1-km underground power cables to supply surplus power from Batam to neighboring Bintan Island, which remains short of electricity. The investment value of the project amounts to Rp 431 billion (US$48 million) and it is projected to be completed by 2014. After the recent signing of the contract for the construction of the unde ...