China Xidian Group and Thailand's National Generating Bureau have signed a contract for a transformer substation project in Thailand. This is the first time that high-voltage power transmission equipment made in China is being used in Thailand. The project is a hub substation, which will provide power to areas in the southern part of Thailand. China Xidian Group will provide equipment for the substation, an ...

Recent reports suggest that Chinese policy makers are studying and researching on detailed measures to dismantle State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC), the state-owned electric power monopoly into five independent companies by region. If the information materializes, there will be six regional power grid companies in China including the existing China Southern Power Grid Company Limited. It is reported tha ...

National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) Board has approved to pursue the Visayas-Mindanao interconnection project, which could fetch an investment of not less than $300 million. “NGCP Board has approved or given the go signal on Monday to pursue and to bid for the project,” NGCP independent director Francis Chua told reporters in a chance interview. According to Chua, NGCP will look for a consul ...

The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is undertaking the Compostela Substation Expansion Project in Cebu. This is to keep up with the rapid growth of power demand in Visayas, said Elmer Cruz, NGCP Visayas Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Officer. A 150-megavolt ampere (MVA) transformer, power circuit breakers, and accessories will be installed at the Compostela substation. The e ...

Indian power equipment manufacturer EMCO Limited has secured an order worth INR4.58 billion from India’s inter-state grid developer Power Grid Corporation of India Limited for the turnkey execution of a transmission line tower package for the ±800 kV high voltage direct current (HVDC) Champa–Kurukshetra line. The 1,365 km long bipole line will connect the Champa pooling station in Chhattisgarh to Kurukshetr ...

Consumers in Australia are switching power retailers in record numbers to cash in on discount deals prompted by the deregulation of the energy market. The news comes as energy utility AGL announced last month a 200 per cent boost to its net profit to $364.7 million in the first half of this financial year. The market has been flooded with discounts of up to 16 per cent on electricity bills and savings of mo ...

It has recently been revealed by the State Electricity Regulatory Commission (SERC) in China, that power distribution grid investment of SGCC and China Southern Power Grid and other major regional power supply enterprises maintained an overall gradual growth and has been exceeding power transmission grid investment for consecutive years. Nationwide power supply reliability was up to 99.948% in 2012. Accordi ...

The national electricity industry regulator has strongly criticised plans by a NSW government-owned electricity company to upgrade the network in the state's north east, even following a decision to defer the upgrade. The NSW high voltage transmission network owner Transgrid had planned to upgrade a link between Stroud and Lansdowne, near Taree on the mid-north coast, by building a 330,000 volt link to meet ...

The State Grid Corporation of China, the country's largest energy distributor, on Wednesday announced plans to facilitate the use of distributed power generation. Households and individual companies will not only be allowed to use small-sized power generation stations to provide themselves with power, but will also be given permission to sell extra power to the State Grid, the company said. Distributed powe ...

China's State Grid Corp, the country's largest power distributor, will invest over 300 billion yuan ($48 billion) in power grid construction in 2013, of which around 52 billion yuan will be allocated to the construction of ultra-high voltage (UHV) transmission lines, the company said in a statement released Thursday.
Total investment in power grid construction in 2013 will remain the same as in 2012. Howeve ...