Sri Lanka’s Parliament has passed the latest Electricity Bill, which seeks to reform the power sector and increase the country’s renewable energy capability.
The Bill was passed with 103 lawmakers voting in favour and 59 against. The Bill seeks to provide for the setting up of the National Electricity Advisory...
National High Power Test Laboratory Private Limited’s (NHPTL) board has approved the transfer of 13.1 million equity shares from NHPC Limited to Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (Powergrid).
This transaction reduces NHPC’s equity holding in NHPTL from 20 per cent to 12.50 per cent, causing NHPTL to cease being...
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has received an order from Adani Power Limited for setting up the 2×800 MW thermal power plant (TPP) at Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The scope of work includes
supply of equipment (boiler, turbine, generator) and supervision of erection and commissioning for power project based on supercritical technology....
Aboitiz Power Corporation (AboitizPower) has partnered with Thailand-based REPCO NEX Industrial Solutions (REPCO NEX) to introduce the Philippines’ first smart power plants through Project Arkanghel.
This project will develop digital twins for AboitizPower’s existing circulating fluidised bed coal-fired power plants, specifically the 300 MW Therma South Plant in Davao City...
Adani Power Limited has announced that its subsidiary, Mahan Energen Limited (MEL), has approved the merger of Stratatech Mineral Resources, a coal mining company, with itself to enhance fuel security.
Stratatech Mineral Resources, a subsidiary of Adani Enterprises, has been allocated the Dhirauli coal mine in Madhya Pradesh, located near...
Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (Powergrid) has acquired Khavda IV-E2 Power Transmission Limited, a special purpose vehicle (SPV) for the Transmission System for Evacuation of Power from potential renewable energy zone in Khavda area of Gujarat under Phase-IV (7 GW): Part E2.
REC Power Distribution Company Limited has been...
The Telangana State Electricity Regulatory Commission has levied a penalty of Rs 50,000 on the Southern Power Distribution Company of Telangana (TGSPDCL) for not adhering to a prior order that required the payment of outstanding energy bills and Late Payment Surcharges.
TGSPDCL also failed to follow the instructions to open...
ORIX Corporation has announced plans to construct the Maibara-Koto energy storage plant, with a rated output of 134 MW and a capacity of 548 MWh. The plant will be situated in the city of Maibara, Shiga. The construction will commence in November 2024 and operations in 2027.
Furthermore, ORIX secured...
Sterlite Power has secured funds totaling Rs 13.73 billion from Power Finance Corporation Limited (PFC), for its Neemrana-II Kotputli Transmission Limited project.
The company acquired the Neemrana-II Kotputli Transmission special purpose vehicle in November 2023 to execute the green energy corridor on a build-own-operate, and transfer basis for a period...
Power Mech Projects Limited has secured an order worth Rs 5.63 billin from Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited (BHEL) to construct a nuclear power plant.
The order is for civil structural and architectural works of turbine island package of 2×700 MWe pressurized heavy-water reactor Kaiga Atomic Power Project, Unit 5 and...