Power Utility

Thailand's Ratchaburi eyes expansion in Myanmar, Cambodia

Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding is looking to invest in two or three power plants in Myanmar, excluding the Dawei project.

Thailand's Ratchaburi eyes expansion in Myanmar, Cambodia

Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding is looking to invest in two or three power plants in Myanmar, excluding the Dawei project.

Malaysia's Genting to sell local power business to focus abroad

Genting Bhd will dispose of their entire 97.7 per cent shareholding interests in Mastika Lagenda Sdn Bhd to 1Malaysia Development Bhd for RM2.3...

India's Assam power plant suffers from insufficient gas supply

Insufficient gas availability for 291 MW Assam Gas Based Power Plant pulled down generation level in the rangeof only 190 to 210 MW.

Hitachi, GE may combine nuclear power JVs

Hitachi Ltd and General Electric Co may combine their two nuclear power joint ventures under a single entity.

Philippines' San Miguel to invest more in power sector

San Miguel Corp. will acquire more hydropower plants and is pondering a possible foray into renewable energy development.

India's power outage blamed on burgeoning demand for power

The lack of fuel security is a major constraint to the growth of India's power generation capacity.

China’s power use drops by 5.5%

Electricity consumption in the first half fell to 2.38 trillion kilowatt hours on account of the weak Chinese economy.

Indian power transmission system robust, says GE Energy

 General Electric finds India's power transmission system as quite robust compared to many developed nations.

Indian oil group to tap offshore wind power

ONGC Limited, the oil and natural gas major, is planning to set up a massive 500 MW wind farm for commercial purposes.

Analysis of the electricity meters market in India

Several sectors in India, especially industrial and infrastructural that include commercial and residential corridors, are presently witnessing...

Thailand’s renewable energy adder rates

Thailand underpinned its credentials as a leader in the Asian power sector for renewable energy by introducing a comprehensive package of adder rates...

Meralco PowerGen eyes 650MW thermal power plant

Meralco PowerGen Corp plans to acquire the 650MW Malaya thermal power plant in Rizal province, the Philippines.

Kudankulam to begin generating electricity

India’s controversial Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant will become operational next month after a delay of nearly five years and US$484 million over...

Kepco to increase electricity prices by 4.9%

Kepco will raise utility bills by an average of 4.9 percent as early as next week to improve its worsening balance sheet and help reduce power...

Optical fibre network to be installed in Northeast India

Powergrid will install an optical fibre ground wire network for Northeast India.

Kyocera-led group to operate 70MW Japanese solar plant

Kyocera and six other partner-companies have established a new firm to operate a 70MW solar power plant to be built in Kagoshima City, Japan.