Asia-Pacific News

Latest news and developments from Asia-Pacific region

• Chinese SGCC operationalises ±800 kV Sichuan–Jiangxi transmission line

  June 21, 2021
  China’s largest grid developer, State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC), has operationalised the ±800 kV ultra-high voltage (UHV) Sichuan–Jiangxi transmission line.

• Indonesian PLN completes construction of 150 kV substation

  June 21, 2021
  Indonesia’s state-owned power company, PT PLN (Persero), has completed the construction of the IDR78.4 billion, 150 kV Multi Nabati Asahan substation.

• Indian Adani incorporates new entity for T&D business

  June 18, 2021
  India's private transmission company, Adani Transmission Limited (ATL), has incorporated a wholly-owned subsidiary―ATL HVDC Limited (AHL), on June 16, 2021.

• Indian Sterlite Power obtains INR5.8 billion funding for 400 kV project [free access]

  June 16, 2021
  Indian private transmission network developer, Sterlite Power Transmission Limited (SPTL), has received a debt funding of INR5.8 billion from Rural Electrification Corporation Limited (REC), for Udupi Kasargode Transmission Limited (UKTL)—a special purpose vehicle (SPV) set up for the implementation of the 400 kV Udupi–Kasargode project.

• Pakistan’s NTDC signs agreements with Siemens for grid upgradation projects

  June 16, 2021
  Pakistan’s state-owned high voltage network developer, National Transmission and Despatch Company Limited (NTDC), has recently signed three agreements with Germany’s Siemens Energy, for extension and augmentation works at its 220 kV grid stations in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Punjab and Sindh.

• Pakistan allocates PKR102.6 billion for power projects under PSDP 2021-22

  June 14, 2021
  Pakistan’s government, under its annual Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) 2021-22, has earmarked a cumulative of PKR102.6 billion for the implementation of various power sector projects.

• Maldives invites bids for deploying 40 MW/40 MWh energy storage systems

  June 14, 2021
  The Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Technology, Maldives has invited bids from engineering, procurement, construction (EPC) contractors to install battery energy storage systems (BESS) of 40 MW/40 MWh capacity on select islands.

• Vietnamese CPMB’s 500 kV Doc Soi─Pleiku 2 line to soon complete

  June 9, 2021
  Central Project Management Board (CPMB), a unit of state-owned Electricity of Vietnam (EVN), is working on the final construction stages of the 500 kV, 209-km-long Doc Soi‒Pleiku 2 transmission line.

• Fluence commissions 20 MW/20 MWh BESS in Philippines [free access]

  June 9, 2021
  Fluence, the energy storage specialist formed by Siemens AG and AES Corporation, has recently commissioned two, 20 MW/20 MWh battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Kabankalan and Davao in the Philippines.

• Indian POWERGRID commences 320 kV Pugalur–Thrissur HVDC system

  June 8, 2021
  The Indian grid developer, Power Grid Corporation of India (POWERGRID), has fully commenced commercial operations for India’s first voltage source convertor (VSC)-based high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system, namely the ±320 kV, 2,000 MW Pugalur–Thrissur (Madakkathara) system.

• Indian POWERGRID acquires SPV Sikar-II Aligarh Transmission

  June 8, 2021
  India’s largest grid network developer, Power Grid Corporation of India (POWERGRID), has acquired Sikar-II Aligarh Transmission (SATL) Limited from PFC Consulting—a wholly-owned subsidiary of Power Finance Corporation (PFC).

• Australian TransGrid’s upgradation work progresses on Queensland to NSW Interconnector

  June 7, 2021
  The New South Wales (NSW) transmission system operator (TSO), TransGrid, is progressing with the upgradation of the 330 kV Queensland to NSW Interconnector (QNI).

• Wärtsilä commissions two energy storage projects in Philippines [free access]

  June 3, 2021
  Finnish energy solutions provider Wärtsilä has commissioned two large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in the Philippines.

• Australian EnergyConnect project obtains financial closure

  June 3, 2021
  Project EnergyConnect, being developed by South Australian transmission system operator (TSO) ElectraNet and New South Wales’ TSO TransGrid, is all set to begin construction after the financial closure for their project has been achieved.

• Australian Powerlink awards AUD150 million contract to UGL

  June 3, 2021
  Queensland’s transmission system operator (TSO) Powerlink has awarded a contract worth AUD150 million to Australian Construction, Infrastructure, Mining and Concessions (CIMIC) Group’s subsidiary UGL, for the construction of a 275 kV transmission line and switching station.

• India’s POWERGRID acquires ownership of Srinagar–Leh transmission system

  June 2, 2021
  The Ministry of Power, Government of India, has recently transferred the 220 kV Srinagar–Drass–Kargil–Khaltsi–Leh transmission system to the country’s largest grid network developer, Power Grid Corporation of India (POWERGRID).

• Indian power ministry approves transmission lines worth INR13.10 billion in Ladakh

  June 2, 2021
  The Indian Ministry of Power has given its approval for an intra-state transmission system in Ladakh to link far-flung villages of the Union Territory (UT) to the grid.

• Indonesian PLN energises 500 kV transmission facilities

  June 2, 2021
  Indonesia’s state-owned power company, PT PLN (Persero), has recently energised two projects in Central Java.

• Survey works continue on proposed 3.4 GW Thang Long wind project in Vietnam

  May 27, 2021
  Recently, Enterprize Energy (EE) Group―the developer of the 3.4 GW Thang Long offshore wind project—signed a contract with PTSC G&S and Fugro to supply, install and operate a Floating Light Detection and Ranging (FLiDAR) equipment at the site of the proposed wind farm in Vietnam.

• Pakistan’s NTDC begins work on 765/220 kV Mansehra substation

  May 25, 2021
  Pakistan’s state-owned high voltage network developer, National Transmission and Despatch Company Limited (NTDC), has initiated the land acquisition process for constructing a 765/220 kV substation at Mansehra.