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India surpasses July generation target by 3%
India surpassed its energy generation target for July by 3,065 million units, generating 74,104 million MU during the month. The country also registered an impressive double digit growth rate of 12.49% over the electricity generated from the same period last year.
India surpasses July generation target by 3%
India surpassed its energy generation target for July by 3,065 million units, generating 74,104 million MU during the month. The country also registered an impressive double digit growth rate of 12.49% over the electricity generated from the same period last year.
PTT signs agreement with IRPC
Energy firm PTT has signed an agreement with IRPC to invest THB6bn ($200m) in a solar power plant in Thailand. The company will take six months to study the prospects of investing in the project, which will have a capacity of 50-90MW, reports Reuters. PTT plans to increase its power generation capacity from its current 700MW to 6,000MW in the next ten years.
Electricity cable theft affects water supply in 16 Pakistani towns
Karachi's water supply was reduced to half when pumping of water from the Dhabeji pumping station came to a halt due to a major power breakdown.
Pakistan gets Turkish help to set up power units
A 10-member delegation from Turkey comprising three experts from three prominent government organizations arrived in Pakistan to assist in developing new energy projects.
Sakaide power plant's 269MW unit shut due to steam leak
Shikoku Electric Power Co shut the gas-fired 296-megawatt No.1 unit at Sakaide plant due to worries over a steam leak from a boiler tube.
Nepal developing 2,000 MW hydro projects
Hydro projects worth in Nepal with a total capacity of 2,007 MW capacity are in the pipeline.
Bangladesh to install 750MW Kodda plant by 2014
The government of Bangladesh in a joint venture with Bahrain will install a 750MW power plant at Kodda in Gazipur by 2014.
Vietnam eyes 2013 completion of Pleiku-Cau Bong transmission line
The government of Vietnam asked the local authorities to create favourable conditions for the Pleiku to Cau Bong transmission line project’s investors.
India's biggest solar park project gets $356M funding
What would be India’s biggest solar park will receive a 250 million euros or $356 million loan from KfW Entwicklungsbank of Germany.
Son La hydropower's 3rd turbine operational on Aug 25
The third turbine of Son La hydropower plant with designed capacity of 400 MW had been put into idle operation successfully.
Indian hydro project gets $648M World Bank loan
THDC India's 444MW hydro power project on Alaknanda River in Uttarakhand, India will get a $648 million loan from the World Bank.
S. Korea's industrial power sales grow in July
Growing exports by the South Korea's chemical, machinery and steel sectors increased its industrial electricity sales steadily last month.
Japan, 5 Mekong nations cooperate on cross-border energy security
Japan and five Mekong River countries will focus on cross-border energy security cooperation in light of power shortages in some parts of the Southeast Asian region.
China power shortage estimated to reach up to 70 million kw in 2013
China is expected to face a power shortage up to 70 million kilowatts in 2013, according to an official with the China Electricity Council.
China's power consumption up 12.2 % in first seven months
China's total electric power consumption from January to July rose 12.2 percent from a year earlier to 2.69 trillion kilowatt-hours, according to China's National Energy Administration.
Petrovietnam secures $95M loan to build coal-fired plant
Petrovietnam has secured a $95 million loan to build a $1.6 billion coal-fired power plant in central Vietnam.
Vietnam's KST Energy taps Russia's Energoproekt for thermal power project
KST Energy and Russia’s Energoproekt Company signed a contract to perform a feasibility study for building a thermal power plant near the proposed refinery project at the Nhon Hoi Economic Zone, Binh Dinh Province.
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