Project Update: Asia Pacific

Current status of key electric power transmission projects in Asia Pacific

• ±800 kV Wudongde Transmission Project, China

  February 9, 2021
  The recently operationalised ±800 kV Wudongde transmission project aims to improve the power supply in the Guangdong─Hong Kong─Macao Greater Bay Area.

• Clutha─Upper Waitaki Lines Project, New Zealand [free access]

  February 9, 2021
  The NZD197 million project involves the upgrade of 330 km of transmission lines between Clutha and the Upper Waitaki Valley to improve electricity supply to Southland during dry periods, and to allow additional generation to be exported from Southland.

• 230 kV Mindanao Backbone Transmission Project, Philippines

  January 4, 2021
  The project, commissioned in November 2020, will help cater to the increasing power supply and demand on the island.

• 500 kV East Coast─Singapyeong Transmission Line Project, South Korea

  January 4, 2021
  The planned 500 kV high voltage direct current (HVDC) East Coast─Singapyeong transmission line will facilitate the evacuation of 6.8 GW of power from the Samcheok thermal power plant.

• North Eastern Region Strengthening Scheme (NERSS)-VI Project, India

  December 17, 2020
  The project, commissioned in November 2020, entailed the establishment of the 400/220 kV, 2x500 MVA New Kohima substation, the 400 kV Imphal–New Kohima and New Kohima–New Mariani lines in the states of Nagaland and Manipur, at an estimated cost of INR6.53 billion.

• Sulbar─Central Sulawesi interconnection, Indonesia

  November 5, 2020
  The 150 kV West Sulawesi (Sulbar) to Central Sulawesi interconnection entailed the construction of a 370.16-km-long circuit panning across the Mamuju and Central Mamuju districts to the North Mamuju district.

• 500 kV Guzar–Regar Power Transmission Line Rehabilitation Project, Uzbekistan

  October 5, 2020
  The Asian Development Bank (ADB)-funded 500 kV Guzar–Regar power line between Uzbekistan and Tajikistan aims to improve power exchange between the two countries as well as strengthen their respective power grids.

• 1,000 kV Zhangbei–Xiong'an UHV AC Transmission Project, China

  September 2, 2020
  The 1,000 kV ultra-high voltage alternating current (UHV AC) project involved the construction of a 320-km line connecting the Zhangbei UHV substation in Zhangjiakou and the Xiong'an UHV substation in Baoding, crossing nine counties in the process.

• Electricity Grid Modernisation Project, Nepal [free access]

  September 2, 2020
  The project aims to strengthen and modernise Nepal’s high-priority grid network.

• New England Transmission Infrastructure (NETI), Australia [free access]

  August 11, 2020
  The transmission system is associated with the upcoming 8,000 MW New England renewable energy zone (REZ) in northern NSW.

• Western Victoria Transmission Network Project, Australia

  July 8, 2020
  The AUD370 million Western Victoria Transmission Network Project involves major transmission network augmentations to address electricity supply interruptions in the Western Victoria region and the inability to keep up with various renewable energy (RE) projects recently completed in the area.

• Transmission System for 400 kV Vikhroli receiving station and associated incoming transmission lines for strengthening of Mumbai Transmission System, India

  July 8, 2020
  The project is critical to the city of Mumbai as the existing capacity of the transmission corridor is not sufficient to carry more power into the city.

• Kaligandaki Transmission Corridor Project, Nepal

  June 10, 2020
  The Kaligandaki Transmission Corridor project is a sub-part of the Asian Development Bank (ADB)-funded South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) Power Expansion Project, which aims to evacuate power from the hydroelectric projects (HEPs) at the Kaligandaki river basin.

• 1,000 kV Mengxi–Jinzhong UHV AC Project, China

  June 10, 2020
  The 1,000 kV Mengxi–Jinzhong ultra-high voltage (UHV) alternating current (AC) project is a key project under the country’s ‘Thirteenth Five-Year Plan, 2016-20’ and is currently under construction.

• Power Transmission and Distribution Efficiency Enhancement Project, Nepal

  May 14, 2020
  The project is expected to improve the reliability and quality of electricity supply in Kathmandu Valley by reducing distribution system overloads, and technical and commercial losses.

• Western Region Strengthening Scheme XXI (WRSS-XXI) (Part-B), India

  April 6, 2020
  The project aims to help relieve overloading observed in the Gujarat intra-state system due to renewable energy (RE) injections in the Bhuj pooling station (PS).

• Energy Supply Improvement Investment Program–Tranche 5, Afghanistan

  April 6, 2020
  The Energy Supply Improvement Investment Program–Tranche 5 is part of the larger multi-tranche ADB-funded Energy Supply Improvement Investment Program, which aims to strengthen the national grid of Afghanistan and extend it into the eastern provinces to ensure reliable power supply to about 4 per cent of the Afghan population.

• Additional Inter-Regional Alternating Current Link for Import into Southern Region, India

  March 9, 2020
  The project, also known as the Warora–Warangal and Chilakaluripeta–Hyderabad–Kurnool 765 kV Link, entails creation of a power transmission link to import electricity from India’s southern region to meet the power demand in northern India.

• CASA-1000 Project, Tajikistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–Kyrgyz Republic

  March 9, 2020
  The transmission project aims to facilitate the trade of 1,300 MW of electricity among four countries—Tajikistan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

• Strengthening Transmission System in India for Transfer of Power from new HEPs in Bhutan

  February 5, 2020
  The project focused on transferring power from upcoming hydro generation projects in Bhutan to India, after meeting local demand in Bhutan.