Asia-Pacific News

Latest news and developments from Asia-Pacific region

• Vietnam’s first private firm-invested 500 kV line reaches completion [free access]

  September 30, 2020
  Trung Nam Construction Investment Corporation (Trung Nam Group), one of the leading private power developers in Vietnam, recently completed the construction of the 500/220 kV substation and power transmission line in Vietnam’s central province of Ninh Thuan.

• ADB approves USD200 million loan to improve power sector in Uzbekistan

  September 30, 2020
  The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a USD200 million policy-based loan to strengthen Uzbekistan’s power sector by improving its financial sustainability. As a first of its kind in Uzbekistan's energy sector, this policy-based loan will be critical to support complex reforms and deepen private investment in the sector.

• Indian TANTRANSCO selects Enzen to create AI-driven smart grids

  September 29, 2020
  Indian state-owned grid developer, Tamil Nadu Transmission Corporation Limited (TANTRANSCO), has appointed Enzen, a global network service provider, to deliver an innovative, AI-driven smart grid solution to the people of Tamil Nadu that will maximise the use of renewable energy in the Indian state.

• India’s KPTL completes sale of 74 per cent stake in JKTPL

  September 29, 2020
  India-based engineering, construction and procurement (EPC) company, Kalpataru Power Transmission Limited (KPTL), and its joint venture (JV) partner Techno Electric and Engineering Company Limited, have completed the sale of 74 per cent equity stake in Jhajjar KT Transco Private Limited (JKTPL) to India’s leading infrastructure investment trust (InvIT), India Grid Trust (IndiGrid).

• Chinese firm wins contract to restore power link between Uzbekistan and Tajikistan

  September 24, 2020
  The Chinese firm—Shanghai Electric Power Transmission and Distribution Company Limited—has recently won a contract to restore the Asian Development Bank (ADB)-funded 500 kV Guzar–Regar power line between Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.

• New Zealand’s Transpower gets approval for NZD143 million voltage stability project

  September 23, 2020
  New Zealand’s Commerce Commission has recently approved the national grid operator, Transpower’s proposal, to recover up to NZD143 million of investment to manage voltage stability in the Waikato and Upper North Island region.

• Philippine NGCP reassesses timeline for transmission projects in wake of COVID-19

  September 22, 2020
  Private concessionaire for the Philippine transmission network, National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), is reassessing its timeline for the delivery of various critical transmission projects, in the wake of the recent COVID-19 pandemic.

• EMROD announces wireless technology for New Zealand’s transmission system

  September 22, 2020
  EMROD—a New Zealand-based technology startup—recently announced that it has developed a new long-range, high-powered wireless power transmission technology that could substitute the existing copper lines.

• POWERGRID’s inefficiency laying financial burden on consumers, according to CAG

  September 21, 2020
  According to a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report, the Indian grid developer, Power Grid Corporation of India’s (POWERGRID) inefficiency is laying extra financial burden on the power consumers.

• Tajikistan’s Barqi Tojik invites bids for installation of wholesale meters

  September 18, 2020
  Tajikistan's national power utility Barqi Tojik has invited international competitive bids for the installation of 448 wholesale meters at 500 kV, 220 kV, 110 kV, and 35 kV levels including current transformers (CTs), voltage transformers (VTs), meter cabinets and communication equipment in substations under the Asian Development Bank (ADB)-funded Wholesale Metering and Transmission Reinforcement Project.

• DABS commences work on TAP transmission line project [free access]

  September 17, 2020
  The state-owned power utility, Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) of Afghanistan, has commenced works on the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (TAP) transmission line project.

• Foundation stone laid for LILO of Kishenganj─Darbhanga transmission line in India

  September 14, 2020
  The Indian grid developer, Power Grid Corporation of India (POWERGRID), recently witnessed the initiation of the foundation for its LILO (line-in-line out), 400 kV Kishenganj─Darbhanga transmission line project at Saharsa in Bihar.

• Pakistan’s CDWP approves 132 kV projects

  September 14, 2020
  Pakistan’s Central Development Working Party (CDWP) recently announced the approval of the construction of a 132 kV grid station and feeder at Kan Mehtarzai, Pishin in Balochistan from the existing 132 kV Muslim Bagh─Khanozai transmission line.

• Indian state to upgrade Jewar substation to 400 kV level

  September 11, 2020
  Indian state transmission utility Uttar Pradesh Power Transmission Corporation Limited (UPPCL) is upgrading the A 220 kV substation at Jewar, Greater Noida to 400 kV capacity, to facilitate 300 MW of expected demand in the area.

• ADB approves USD128 million loan to facilitate power grid expansion in Cambodia

  September 11, 2020
  The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a USD127.8 million loan to facilitate the construction of transmission lines and substations to help provide Phnom Penh and three other Cambodian provinces with stable and reliable electricity supply.

• Indian government approves monetisation of POWERGRID’s transmission assets

  September 10, 2020
  The Indian Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) recently approved the plans to monetise the Indian grid developer, Power Grid Corporation of India Limited’s (POWERGRID) transmission projects that were won through a bidding process.

• POWERGRID commissions first part of Raigarh–Pugalur HVDC project in India

  September 10, 2020
  The Indian grid developer, Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID), recently reported the commencement of commercial operations of the first part of its 6,000 MW Raigarh–Pugalur high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission project.

• Indian SJVN initiated land acquisition for transmission line for Nepal’s Arun-III hydro project

  September 9, 2020
  India's Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN), which is constructing the 900 MW Arun-III hydro project, has initiated the land acquisition process for the construction of transmission line associated with the hydro project in Nepal.

• Vietnam’s EVN faces transmission hitch for renewable energy [free access]

  September 9, 2020
  State-owned Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) recently reported a prolonged timeframe for the construction of new transmission lines in comparison to the development of solar and wind power projects.

• 500 kV Chon Thanh substation project energised in Vietnam

  September 9, 2020
  Vietnam’s National Power Transmission‘s (EVN NPT) subsidiary—Central Power Project Management Board (CPMB)—has put into operation the 500 kV Chon Thanh substation and connection project in Chon Thanh district, Binh Phuoc province.