Asia-Pacific News

Latest news and developments from Asia-Pacific region

• Dalian Rongke Power commissions first phase of 800 MWh VRFB project in China

  July 21, 2022
  China-based Dalian Rongke Power Company Limited has commissioned the first phase (comprising 100 MW/400 MWh) of an 800 MWh vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) energy storage system in Dalian City’s Shahekou District, which is in Liaoning Province in northeastern China.

• KSEB awards 20 MWh BESS project to Hero Future Energies in India

  July 20, 2022
  Indian state-owned Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) has awarded a tender for 10 MW/20 MWh of a grid-connected battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Kerala, to Hero Future Energies (HEF)—a renewable energy project developer and independent power producer (IPP), as well as a subsidiary of Indian conglomerate Hero Group.

• Australian TransGrid completes AUD235 million project in Sydney

  July 20, 2022
  The New South Wales (NSW) transmission system operator (TSO), TransGrid, has completed the Powering Sydney’s Future Project, which will help secure electricity supply in the Sydney central business district (CBD) and surrounding areas.

• Indian UPPCL cancels contracts for four companies due to project delays

  July 19, 2022
  Indian state-owned Uttar Pradesh (UP) Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) has cancelled contracts of four companies for delay in the completion of power transmission projects awarded to them.

• Indonesia’s PT PLN to install two 150 circuits by 2023 in Madura

  July 19, 2022
  Indonesia’s state-owned PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PT PLN) has planned to install two more circuits of 150 kV line that will transmit electrical power from Surabaya to Madura via Suramadu Bridge, to strengthen the Madura electricity network.

• Construction works of 500 kV Chakwal substation begin in Pakistan

  July 18, 2022
  Construction works of the 500 kV Chakwal substation project has begun, after Pakistan’s National Transmission and Despatch Company Limited (NTDC) finished acquisition of the required land.

• India on track to install 27,000 circuit-km transmission line length by 2024

  July 13, 2022
  Reportedly, the Indian union ministry of power is on track of its target to install 27,000 circuit-km of inter-state transmission line systems and 28 substations by December 2024 under the PM Gati Shakti Programme with an investment of INR700 billion.

• Vietnam’s EVN-NPC invites bids for three 110 kV transmission projects

  July 13, 2022
  Vietnam’s Powergrid Project Management Board-Northern Power Corporation (EVN-NPC) has invited competitive bids for three 110 kV transmission projects.

• Russia’s Rosseti FGC UES to replace insulation at two power substations in Lipetsk

  July 13, 2022
  Russia’s state-owned power transmission company, Rosseti FGC UES, has begun working on the replacement of core insulation at two 220 kV substations, Metallurgical and Terbuny of the Lipetsk power system.

• REC recommends selling PFC’s stake to POWERGRID in India

  July 12, 2022
  Rural Electrification Corporation Limited (REC Limited), a public sector undertaking that finances and promotes power projects across India, has suggested the government sell its stake with Power Finance Corporation (PFC), an Indian financial institution under the ownership of Ministry of Power (MoP), to the country’s largest transmission network developer, Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID).

• Indian RECTPCL awards INR5.5 billion transmission project to POWERGRID

  July 11, 2022
  India’s nodal agency for awarding transmission projects through the tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) route—Rural Electrification Corporation Transmission Projects Company Limited (RECTPCL), has selected the country’s largest transmission network developer, Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID), as the successful bidder to establish an inter-state transmission system (ISTS) for Transmission System for Evacuation of Power from Neemuch SEZ (Special Economic Zone), on a build, own, operate, and transfer (BOOT) basis.

• India’s PSTCL completes INR360 million transmission projects in Punjab

  July 9, 2022
  Indian state-owned utility, Punjab State Transmission Corporation Limited (PSTCL), has completed two key transmission projects with an investment of INR360 million.

• Indian PFC issues RfP for technical consultant for two transmission projects

  July 8, 2022
  Indian PFC Consulting Limited (PFCCL) has issued a request for proposals (RfP) for the appointment of a technical consultant for the survey of two transmission projects using modern survey techniques and preparation of a report.

• Indian POWERGRID approves investment for four transmission projects

  July 7, 2022
  The Board of India’s largest transmission network developer, Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID), has accorded approval for about INR48.6 billion worth of investment for three transmission projects.

• Indian KEC acquires Swedish EPC company Linjemontage

  July 7, 2022
  Indian engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company, Kalpataru Power Transmission Limited (KPTL), has completed the acquisition of 15 per cent stake in Sweden-based EPC company Linjemontage i Grastrop AB for USD11.5 million.

• Nepal’s RGCPL invites bids for 400 kV transmission project

  July 6, 2022
  Nepal's Rastriya Prasaran Grid Company Limited (RGPCL), a government-owned entity established in 2015 to develop the country’s transmission network to transmit and evacuate hydropower, has invited international competitive bids for the design, supply, installation and testing of 400 kV, 130-km, double-circuit (Quad Moose Conductor) transmission line on the Phukot (Kalikot)–Betan (Surkhet)–Dododhara (Kailali)–Karmadev (Kailali) route.

• NEA energises 132 kV Butwal–Lumbini transmission line in Nepal

  July 6, 2022
  The state-owned power utility, Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA), has energised the 132 kV Butwal–Lumbini transmission line to improve power supply and control power losses in the Bhairahawa area of Rupandehi district, Nepal.

• Nepal Supreme Court allows construction of 400 kV Hetauda–Dhalkebar–Inaruwa project

  July 6, 2022
  The Supreme Court (SC) of Nepal has allowed the construction of the 400 kV Hetauda–Dhalkebar–Inaruwa transmission line project in Nepal.

• India withdraws BDT1.06 billion funding to Bangladesh

  July 5, 2022
  India has withdrawn its BDT1.06 billion line of credit (LoC) for the construction of a river-crossing transmission line proposed to facilitate power transmission from the Rooppur nuclear power plant (RNPP) in Bangladesh, as the latter failed to comply with the funding conditions.

• China's SGCC completes ±800 kV Baihetan–Jiangsu UHVDC project

  July 5, 2022
  Chinese State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) has completed the ±800 kV Baihetan–Jiangsu Ultra-High-Voltage (UHV) Power Transmission Project.