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Philippine grid firm to invest $6.4M for substations

The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines will invest P269 million or US$6.44 million for additional capacitor banks at substations in the Luzon grid.

Philippine grid firm to invest $6.4M for substations

The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines will invest P269 million or US$6.44 million for additional capacitor banks at substations in the Luzon grid.

Japanese, Thai loans put Myanmar's clean coal plant on track

Myanmar's clean coal plant to be built at Dawei special economic zone may now push through with Thailand and Japan providing loans.

Komatsu to halve power use in 3 years

Komatsu will spend ¥58 billion to scrap aging facilities and become more energy-efficient.

Indonesia's PLN to cut power of deliquent customers

PLN will start cutting power to customers in Jambi who have not paid their bills in three months.

Sharp to scale down solar power operations

Sharp Corp. plans to substantially reduce its domestic and overseas solar power operations to help revamp its

WB: Rampur hydro project execution in India is unsatisfactory

The World Bank has called for regular monitoring of the critical phase of the 412MW Rampur Hydropower Project in Himachal Pradesh to avoid any slippage in physical progress.

Bangladesh raises power prices again

The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission hiked retail power prices by 15 percent and bulk power prices by 17 percent.

Cheap power source not to pull Vietnam electricity prices down

The Electricity of Vietnam will have to complete recalculating electricity production cost before October 1, 2012 to propose pricing plan.

Philippines' Ayala Corp. pursues 135MW clean-coal power project

A subsidiary of Ayala Corporation will build a 135MW power generation plant in the Province of Iloilo at the cost P12.5 billion.

Bukit Asam to sell power to PLN for Sumatra, Java and Bali

PT Huadian Bukit Asam Power will supply electricity of 2 by 620 megawatts for 25 years to PLN.

Indian polyester firm to set up 30-MW wind power plant

Indo Rama Synthetics Limited will set up a 30-MW wind turbine project in Maharashtra through a wholly owned subsidiary.

Indonesia's PLN to get coal supply from Hanson Energy

Hanson Energy will deliver 429,000 tons of coal annually to PLN’s coal-fired power plant PLTU 3 in Teluk Naga, Tangerang, Banten under a 20-year contract. The power plant, with a capacity of 945 MW, will distribute the electricity to Jakarta and its surrounding areas. This is the second agreement Hanson has made with PLN in 13 months. In August 2011, Hanson agreed to provide 640,000 metric tons of low-rank coal per year to PLN’s steam power plant in Tarahan Baru, Lampung. That agreement lasts for 20 years. For more.

Government power generation comes short in Bangladesh

The government of Bangladesh is continuing to tap entrepreneurs to set up private power plants.

Australia not ready for commercial geothermal production: Report

A report indicated that Australia is not yet ready for commercial geothermal production, although an expansion in production capacity of over 0.075GW will be achieved by 2022.

Indian states left to decide power distribution model

Indian states may choose between the Public Private Partnership model and the Franchise Model in power distribution.

Indian power-savings firm may get IFC funding

The International Finance Corporation may help an Indian power-saving solutions firm named Ecolibrium Energy raise up to US$ 1.5 million.

Bidding for Philippine thermal plant designed to fail?

PSALM's offer of P348.91-million for the one-year operation of the 145.8-megawatt Naga thermal power facility in Cebu was found to be exorbitant by some bidders.