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Philippine coal-fired generating projects advance
In one of a number of developments in the burgeoning coal-fired power generation sector in the Philippines, the Meralco PowerGen Corporation (MPGC) is taking a controlling stake in a project under development in Luzon. The project on the Redondo Peninsula in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone in Zambales province will eventually comprise two 300-megawatt (MW) sets. Meanwhile in other developments the board of directors of the local Semirara Mining Corporation has approved investment in a 600-MW coal-fired project at Calaca in Batangas province on Luzon; subsidiaries of the local conglomerates Ayala and Phinma have agreed to construct and operate a 135MW coal-fired plant, also at Calaca; and the local developer A Brown Co., Inc has confirmed plans for the construction of a 200-MW coal-fired plant at Concepcion in Iloilo. In the first development, MPGC said on June 27 that it is buying an equity interest in the Subic Bay project by taking an as-yet unspecified but controlling stake in the special purpose vehicle Redondo Peninsula Energy, Inc (RP Energy). The special purpose vehicle is currently owned by an equal joint venture between Therma Power, Inc (TPI), which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the local Aboitiz Power Corporation, and the Taiwan Cogeneration International Corporation (TCIC), which is the overseas subsidiary of the Taiwan Cogeneration Corporation. MPGC said that its acquisition of the majority ownership interest is contingent on the execution of a shareholders agreement in the next few weeks, among other conditions. The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Manila Electric Company (Meralco), which is by far the largest of the countrys power distributors and suppliers. Meralco noted in a filing to the Philippine Stock Exchange that its entry into generation is part of its overall strategy to assist in ensuring efficient, adequate and reliable electricity at cost-competitive rates. Meralco currently buys its power under contract from plants owned by the state-owned National Power Corporation, from independent power producers or from the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM). Meralco said earlier in 2011 that it plans to invest up to $150 million in a 120-MW to 150-MW oil and gas-fired, combined-cycle peaking plant at Calamba in Laguna province, with initial operation scheduled for the first quarter of 2012. It added at the time that it also planned to build coal or gas-fired baseload capacity, with the aim by 2016 of controlling up to 1,500 MW of plant capable of generating power at a cost lower than Peso 5/kWh ($115/MWh). Aboitiz Power said in a statement to the Manila bourse that MPGC is expected to take a controlling interest in RP Energy, with TPI and TCIC owning the remaining stake equally. It added that commercial operation of the proposed Subic Bay coal-fired power plant is projected to commence in 2014. The plant is expected to augment the power supply of the Luzon grid. In the first instance the Subic Bay plant will comprise 300 MW of circulating fluidized bed (CFB) capacity, with Aboitiz Power having previously said that the use of CFB technology is intended both to reduce emissions and allow a greater
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The Semirara Mining Corporation, which is the listed mining and power subsidiary of the local conglomerate DMCI Holdings, Inc, plans to build four 150-MW CFB units at Calaca in Batangas province through a whollyowned subsidiary. Semirara Mining had told the Philippine Stock Exchange earlier in June that it might proceed with the 600-MW by itself, rather than with other investors who were said to possibly include Meralco and Japans Marubeni Corporation (see PiA 581/14). But at that stage it cautioned that the proposal was still at the planning stage and remained to be confirmed - a position changed at the June 21 board meeting. The project is estimated to cost around $900 million, equivalent to $1,500/kW. When Semirara Mining first told the Manila bourse about the project in 2010, it had an estimated cost of $750 million. Through the SEM-Calaca Power Corporation, Semirara Mining already owns a 600-MW coal-fired plant at the proposed site. SEM-Calaca acquired the two 300-MW units on their privatization in July 2009 for $361.7 million, equivalent to $603/kW. The two units were commissioned in 1984 and 1995, and financed by Japans Japan Bank for International Cooperation. SEM-Calaca was allowed to buy the plant on a negotiated basis after three privatization attempts failed between May 2005 and October 2007. A third project, also to be located at Calaca, advanced on June 29 when the Ayala Corporation, through its wholly-owned subsidiary AC Energy Holdings Inc, and Issue 582 / July 7, 2011
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the Phinma Corporation, through Trans-Asia Oil and Energy Development Corporation, signed a joint venture agreement to build and operate a coal-fired plant. The project will be built through a joint venture company, South Luzon Thermal Energy, and will be equally owned by Trans-Asia and AC Energy. The 135-MW CFB plant has a total cost of up to Peso 12.6 billion ($291 million) - equivalent to $2,156/kW and will be financed by a combination of debt and equity, the companies said. The plant is scheduled to begin construction in September and to enter commercial operation by mid 2014. Trans-Asia Oil had earlier in 2011 signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with the local DM Consunji Inc for the baseload project. Ayalas president and chief operating officer, Fernando Zobel de Ayala, said the project is part of our strategy to build a portfolio of power generation assets that combines conventional and renewable energy sources. He added that the project would contribute much-needed baseload capacity in Luzon, simultaneous to our efforts to contribute in the development of alternative energy sources. AC Energy Holdings, which was formerly known as Michigan Power, recently acquired a 50% stake in Northwind Powers wind farm project at Bangui in Iocos Norte. It has also formed several joint ventures to develop solar and mini-hydro projects at various sites. Meanwhile Trans-Asias wholly-owned subsidiary, the Trans-Asia Renewable Energy Corporation, has been awarded service contracts covering 350 MW of potential wind capacity.
The four projects are among a large number of coal-fired projects under active development in the Philippines, both on a greenfield and expansion basis. For instance, Aboitiz Power is developing the 300-MW Davao coal-fired project on southern Mindanao island through a wholly-owned subsidiary, Therma South Inc. The two 150-MW CFB units have an estimated cost of Peso 25 billion, with the company planning to fuel the plant with coal from Indonesias Kalimantan.
Concepcion project
A fourth coal-fired private generating project advanced in late June when A Brown Co., Inc (ABCI), the investment arm of the businessman Walter Brown, confirmed local press reports that it is developing a 200-MW coal-fired plant at Concepcion in Iloilo. ABCIs vice president, Roel Castro, had said that the company will in the first instance build 100 MW of capacity through a subsidiary, the Palm Thermal Consolidated Holdings Corporation. Castro said that financial close on the $200-million project is anticipated in the fourth quarter of 2011. He said that expansion of the plant with another 100 MW of capacity would occur when the company had entered into sufficient supply contracts to underpin the venture. ABCI had told the Manila bourse in November 2010 that it was entering the private power generation business by acquiring DMCI Concepcion Power Corporation.
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Australia selects Solar Dawn and Moree solar power generation projects
The Australian federal government has selected Solar Dawn and Moree as the two projects awarded funding in the first round of its Solar Flagships program. The program is intended to support the development and commercialization of large-scale, grid-connected solar projects through the provision of A$1.5 billion ($1.59 billion) of federal funding for four projects, with Solar Dawn and Moree together to receive A$773 million. The A$1.2-billion Solar Dawn project is being developed by a consortium led by the solar power subsidiary of Frances Areva. It also includes the local generator CS Energy and renewable energy developer Wind Prospect CWP. The Solar Dawn project will comprise 250 megawatts (MW) of solar thermal gas hybrid power capacity. The national and Queensland state governments are committed to contributing A$464 million and A$75 million, respectively to the project, Areva Solar said. Areva Solar added that the consortium will now work with government and stakeholders to finalize all relevant approvals and financing arrangements, as well as engineering, procurement, construction, operations and maintenance contracts, by the end of 2011. The state-owned CS Energy, which says it will operate and maintain the Solar Dawn plant, noted that the project consists of approximately 450 hectares of infrastructure including a solar field containing the mirrors and steam boiler tubes, and a power block with the steam turbine generators, gas boilers and ancillary equipment. It added that the facility is projected to enter commercial operation in early 2015 following the finalization of project development in December 2011. The project will be located near to CS Energys 750MW coal-fired merchant plant and 44-MW Solar Boost project at Kogan Creek near Chinchilla in southwest Queensland. The Solar Boost project was awarded in April 2011 and is separate from the Solar Dawn project. Areva Solar noted that both solar projects will use its Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector (CLFR) solar thermal technology. The CLFR steam generators will be combined in the Solar Dawn project with a gas boiler back-up system, whereas the Solar Boost project will supplement conventional coal-fired steam generation by supplying additional solar-sourced steam to the turbine on its completion in 2013. The power from all the projects at the Kogan Creek site will be evacuated to the grid through Powerlink Queenslands Western Downs substation.
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Meanwhile the second project to receive federal government funding under the first round of the Solar Flagships program is located at Moree in the Tablelands region of the state of New South Wales. The government said that it will contribute A$306.5 million towards the A$923 million project, which it described as nearly twice the size of any photovoltaic power plant operating in the world today. The 150-MW solar photovoltaic plant near Moree is scheduled for commissioning by the end of 2015. The project is being developed by the Moree Solar Farm consortium, which includes the independent power producer Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV), BP Solar and the local Pacific Hydro. FRV will be the majority equity holder in the consortium. BP Solar act as the engineering, procurement and construction contractor and retain a minority equity stake in the project, while the renewable energy investor Pacific Hydro will hold a minority shareholding in the project. Subject to final approvals, construction of the project is scheduled to commence in mid 2012. The project will comprise around 650,000 photovoltaic panels and will displace about 400,000 metric tons/year of CO2. Tony Stocken of BP Solar said that the Moree Solar Farm will pave the way for more utility-scale solar power production in Australia by demonstrating that this proven technology has an important role to play helping Australia transition to a low carbon emission future. He added that, while the Moree Solar Farm will be the first of its kind in Australia, utility scale solar PV power stations have been successfully operating in the USA, Canada, Spain, Italy, Germany, China and other countries for many years and Australia has a higher level of solar resource than any of these countries. Moree was chosen for its intense solar resource, one of the best in Australia, and the availability of suitable land closely located near an adequate substation to enable connection to the states power grid, Stocken said. When first announced by the federal government in 2009, the Solar Flagships program was described as an initiative to support the construction of up to four large-scale, grid-connected solar power stations using solar thermal and photovoltaic technologies. Two more projects thus remain to be awarded in the second round of the program.
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Australia currently hosts the operational 16.3 million mt/year North West Shelf and 3.6 million mt/year Darwin LNG facilities. New projects already underway include Chevrons 15 million mt/year Gorgon project in Western Australia; BG Groups 8.5 million mt/year and Santos 7.8 million mt/year projects on Curtis Island in Queensland; and Shells 3.6 million mt/year Prelude floating facility in the Timor Sea. More developments are expected to approach or reach final investment decisions over coming months. These include Chevrons 8.9 million mt/year Wheatstone and Woodsides 12 million mt/year Browse and 4.3 million mt/year Pluto-2 projects in Western Australia; Australia Pacific LNGs 9 million mt/year and Arrow Energys 8 million mt/year projects in Queensland; and the Inpex Corporations 8.4 million mt/year Ichthys project in the Northern Territory.
rigorous three-year assessment process, comprehensive environmental studies and extensive engagement with the community and other stakeholders, he said. The 15-year heads of agreements will run from 2017. The purchasers include Japans Chubu Electric Power Company, which has agreed to buy 0.49 million mt/year, while Taiwans CPC has agreed to buy 1.75 million mt/ year and Japans Toho Gas has agreed to take 0.28 million mt/year. Inpex will take 0.9 million mt/year for delivery to its Naoetsu import terminal, which is currently under construction and due to enter operation from 2014. Total will also take 900,000 mt/year, although the company has agreed to provide 200,000 mt/year of its volume to Inpex. Inpex has also reached agreements in principle to sell the projects remaining output to five unidentified Japanese utilities. Sources told Platts that the prospective buyers include the Tokyo Electric Power Company, Tokyo Gas and Osaka Gas. An Inpex official said that all of the buyers have expressed interest in taking equity stakes in the project, although the stakes will not be directly linked to the volumes lifted. He said that Inpex hopes to finalize the equity sales before taking the final investment decision on the $20-billion-plus project, which is currently nearing the end of front-end engineering and design work. The Ichthys field in Browse Basin permit WA-37-R holds an estimated 12.8 trillion cubic feet of gas and 527 million barrels of condensate. The gas will be piped 935 kilometers to a liquefaction plant in Darwin.
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The latter project moved forward in late June when Inpex said it had entered into heads of agreements and initial sales contracts covering all the planned production. The two-train project is 76% owned by Inpex and 24% by Frances Total. The agreements were signed less than a week before Australias Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, Tony Burke, approved Ichthys on June 28. This will pave the way for a final investment decision in the fourth quarter of 2011, according to Inpex. The companys president director for Australia, Seiya Ito, said federal environmental approval represented a significant milestone for the project. It had followed a
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However, some private investors in the sector have expressed concern that a level playing field is problematic given that the state power holding group Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) dominates the market. Its subsidiaries include most of the generators, the national power dispatch center and the market operator. Moreover, Finance Minister Vu Van Ninh was quoted by local media in late June as saying that controlling inflation was a higher priority than moving to fully competitive power prices, if these were to be much higher than at present. Ninh thus said that market-based prices could be delayed until at least 2013 within the overall roadmap of moving to a fully competitive power market by 2025. Inflation is currently running at more than 20% a year. And, given that power prices are well below the cost of supply, market-based electricity prices could be more than 50% higher than present levels, according to previously-published EVN calculations.
A more positive harbinger for the outcome of the trial is that hydroelectric output has increased as water levels rise at dams, according to EVN. This means that the severe shortages projected earlier in the year have not eventuated, giving more leeway for the offer of lower prices in the pilot program. Overall electricity output, currently estimated at 52.4 TWh for the first half of 2011, is about 10% higher than in the same period of 2010, EVN said. As well as higher water levels, this reflects the commissioning of new generating units at plants including Nhon Trach2, Son La and Uong Bi, with the utility saying that at least 2,000 MW more capacity is scheduled to enter operation in the second half. June month output of 9.3 TWh was 13% higher on year, according to EVN. However, this is still below the rate of increase in electricity demand, which is projected to rise by 15% in 2011.
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Sinovel is also at the forefront of the development of higher capacity turbines. It produced Chinas first 6-MW wind turbine in May, and is currently developing a 10-MW model. However, Sinovel faces strong competition. For instance in October 2010 the Xiangtan Electric Machinery Company produced Chinas first 5-MW direct-drive permanent magnetic offshore wind turbine, with the the Hunan-based company planning to install prototype turbines both in Fujian province and in the Netherlands. To date, China has installed only 142.5 MW of offshore wind turbines. This is less than 10% of the countrys onshore wind farm capacity and a small percentage of global offshore wind capacity. But with an urgent need for additional electricity generation resources and a very large offshore wind power resource, the offshore wind market is growing fast.
According to the China Meteorological Administration, China could host about 200,000 MW of potential offshore wind capacity in areas with five to 25 meters of water depth and where the turbines are erected 50 meters above sea level. The National Energy Bureau is currently drafting detailed provisions governing offshore wind power developments, following on from an interim measure promulgated in 2010, the Xinhua report said. The new rules will underpin government plans to raise installed offshore wind farm capacity to 5,000 MW by 2015 and 30,000 MW by 2020. The NEB is also considering the launch of a second tender for offshore wind power concessions, the report said. It noted that the offer planned in the first half of 2012 would cover 2,000 MW of plant, or double the capacity included in the first tender completed in 2010 in Jiangsu province.
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economic and financial information on a river basin to decide whether the advantages of a dam project outweigh any damage caused. Marc Goichot, the senior infrastructure advisor for the WWF Greater Mekong Program, described the tool, known as RSAT, as a breakthrough in sustainable hydropower development because it allows for hydropower projects to be assessed within the basin-wide context, rather than on a case-by-case basis. The sustainability of hydropower projects cannot be assessed in isolation from one another. Their cumulative impacts need to be considered and this is the only way to ensure the ecosystems and the services they provide are conserved, Goichot said. The fact that the four lower riparian states have discussed their differences over the Xayaburi project and Laos agreed to postpone its decision has been seen by some analysts as a victory for diplomatic cooperation in Southeast Asia, and as boding well for future steps towards economic and power sector integration. But on June 23 the International Rivers organization said in a statement that Laos appears to have defied its neighbors in a move to press ahead with the proposed Xayaburi dam on the Mekong mainstream, despite concerns raised by neighboring governments and regional civil society groups. Citing a letter dated June 8, 2011, which had been leaked to the organization and written by the director-general of the Laotian Ministry of Energy and Mines to the Xayaburi Power Company Limited, International Rivers said that Xayaburis lead developer, Thailands Ch. Karnchang, had been told in the letter that the Mekong River Commissions (MRC) regional decision-making process is now complete, with the organization adding presumably giving Ch. Karnchang the green light to proceed with the project. Ame Trandem, Mekong Campaigner with International Rivers, said that the MRC itself, however, is yet to officially announce the regional process as complete, and noted that the four member governments had agreed to defer the decision on the project to a ministerial level meeting, likely to take place in October or November 2011. Trandem observed that completion of the regional process is a prerequisite to the Xayaburi Dam developers signing a power purchase agreement with the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, which the company is now seeking.
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While it remains to be seen how these claims of unilateral Laotian action will play out, analysts do note that Asean and other multilateral agencies have to date had limited success in settling long-running border disputes in the region, including that between Cambodia and Thailand. This dispute is again threatening to undo much of the work achieved to date with regards to regional cooperation.
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The conflict centers on the ownership of territory surrounding the Preah Vihear temple. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) awarded sovereignty of the temple to Cambodia in 1962, but Bangkok insists that the ruling relates to the temple and not to a 4.6-square-kilometer area of land to one side of the temple. The dispute has simmered since 1962, but came to the fore in 2008 when Cambodia applied for Unesco World Heritage status for the temple. Thailand stepped up its military presence in the region and several soldiers were killed in July 2008 in the first of a series of continuing skirmishes between the two forces. Tensions were exacerbated by the presence of Thaksin Shinawatra in Cambodia at one stage. Sacked in September 2006, the former Thai prime minister was sentenced to two years in prison for corruption in his absence, but Cambodia granted him protection and appointed him as a government advisor in November 2009. In May 2011, Phnom Penh referred the Preah Vihear dispute to the ICJ and rejected Bangkoks request that the dispute should be settled through bilateral talks. The dispute has affected the settlement of maritime boundaries in the potentially oil and gas rich Gulf of Thailand. Some 26,000 square kilometers are claimed by both Thailand and Cambodia, with a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in the disputed zone having been signed in 2001 but unilaterally cancelled by Bangkok in 2009. Both countries have attempted to license hydrocarbon concessions in the area. Much will depend here and in the Preah Vihear dispute on the repercussions of Thailands national elections, which took place on July 3. Prior to the polls the then government of Abhisit Vejjajiva took a hard line on the dispute to bolster electoral support in the deeply-divided country, where a return to the former tradition of military intervention is seen by some commentators as a real possibility. But with electoral triumph for the party led by Thaksins sister, relations with Cambodia - the country which took him in at one stage - could well improve. Either way, given Thailands pivotal economic position in the region, developments in the country and the evolution of its border dispute with Cambodia could have a real impact on regional relations, and on efforts to promote power sector integration.
Limited links between Vietnam and Cambodia are also expected to increase. At the same time the net flow of power is projected to reverse once the Sesan-2 and other Cambodian hydroelectric projects allow largevolume exports to Vietnam instead of localized imports. The role of China is less clear. It is already connected to the Vietnamese grid and could become a market for lower Mekong power, although the link is currently used to export power from China. New connections are being developed at a fast pace. For instance Vietnams Ministry of Industry and Trade has directed EVN to finalize plans to upgrade transmission links with China to 500 kV, while upgraded and additional cross-border links are planned between Vietnam and Laos to ease trade between the two countries, Thailand and Myanmar. But the various interconnections still have to be welded into a cohesive regional grid capable of moving power on an optimal basis - both physically through sufficient wires and generators, and economically through a pool or other market-based electricity trading structure. And one of the main constraints to moving to this physical and commercial structure is the impact of politics on projects integral to the region-wide development of crossborder electricity sales, such as the indefinite deferment in 2008 of Koh Kong Powers 3,600-MW coal-fired generator in Cambodia, which was predicated on exports to Thailand. As always, organizations such as Asean are only as strong as their member states. The organizations cannot solve land and maritime border disputes - or develop a regional power market - without the cooperation of the countries involved. But at the same time governments across the region will not easily give up the benefits accrued from decades of economic cooperation. Resolving the disputes may prove problematic, but recourse to war is now less of an option than it would have been without Asean or the other agencies involved. At root, the historical enmity between the former kingdoms of Khmer and Siam runs deep, but neither side has much to gain from armed conflict and a lot to lose. The same applies to other political disputes within the region. It thus seems likely that the process of regional power sector integration will continue. For the present it seems likely to be based on the continued piecemeal development of bilateral projects, rather than the topdown imposition of a grand scheme for a regional grid. But once sufficient building blocks are in place the benefits of the shift to regional power trading could see pragmatism overcome historical differences.
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The physical infrastructure required to enable much greater cross-border electricity trading is gradually being put in place. Links between Laos and Thailand have been in place for some time, while interconnections between Laos and Vietnam are being established.
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Kuwait received 11 LNG cargoes from August to October 2009, with the figure rising to 33 cargoes from April to October 2010. KPC now expects 43 to 47 cargoes to be delivered from March to November 2011. LNG imports now meet 15% of Kuwaiti gas demand, Loughani said. Associated gas output currently totals about 1 billion cubic feet/day, while non-associated gas output totals around 0.175 Bcf/d. Kuwait is planning to increase its non-associated gas production to around 1 Bcf/d by 2016.
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The fourth and fifth units entered operation in 2003 under a Eur440 million contract awarded in January 2001. The 2,400-MW second stage comprises six units built under contracts awarded in March 2004 and March 2005. The six units entered operation from 2008. SEC plans to add 1,826 MW of capacity to its 50,000-MW generating portfolio in 2011. It will add a further 12,752 MW from 2012 to 2016, in line with its target of increasing capacity to at least 80,000 MW by 2020.
Hassyan-1 power and desalination project included attendees from Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, India, Europe, United States and countries from the Gulf Cooperation Council, according to local media reports. The Hassyan-1 natural gas-fired, combined-cycle plant will comprise 1,500 megawatts of electric capacity, and is due to enter operation between 2014 and 2016. The successful bidder, who can be either a company or consortium, will own 49% of the special purpose vehicle formed to implement Hassyan-1, with Dewa owning the remaining 51% of the equity. To date, Dubai has eschewed private investment in its power sector or the privatization of its existing assets. Dewa thus owns all of the emirates current 8,519 MW of electric and 400 million imperial gallons per day of desalinated water capacity, with the capacity scheduled to increase to 10,000 MW and 400 migd by the end of the year. Meanwhile in a separate development Dewa has said that it may double the proposed capacity of its first coal-fired project. Dewas chief executive officer, Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, told a press conference that the utility is considering doubling from 1,500 MW to 3,000 MW the size of the planned coal-fired plant to cut the emirates reliance on gas, much of which is now imported. Al Tayer said that Dubai plans to produce no more than 70% of its power from gas in the future. The rest will come from coal, nuclear reactors and renewable energy. Dewa has been planning a coal-fired plant for some time, with various technologies and project sizes being proposed. For instance, in 2008 a 2,000-MW integrated coal gasification combined-cycle project was proposed by a Chinese group. In its most recent incarnation, Dewa sought consultants for a study into the coal-fired project in late 2010. From a field of about sixteen companies and consortia, Dewa appointed a team including McKinsey & Company, Black & Veatch, and Allen & Overy in May 2011. Completion of the study is scheduled for late 2011. Dubai used about 33 TWh of electricity in 2010 when peak demand exceeded 6,160 MW. Al Tayer said that demand was projected to increase by 5% in 2011 but could increase by up to 7%.
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Jessore. We are proud to be the sole financer for this 40-megawatt power plant, Standard Chartered Bank, Bangladeshs chief executive officer Jim McCabe told the contract signing ceremony. The finance will go to the Khanjahan Ali Power Company Ltd, which is controlled by the local United Group Ltd. United Groups chairman, Hasan Mahmood Raja, said that Standard Chartered had come forward to finance a viable project and has provided us the right financial package with pertinent currency and interest rate hedging tools. The repayment period is 56 months, excluding a three-month grace period, from the date of first disbursement. The interest rate is Libor plus 4.0%. The plant will use around 200 metric tons/day of heavy fuel, or furnace, oil. The company has set up two oil tanks with 15,000 mt and 10,000 mt of capacity to ensure uninterrupted power supply from the plant. Bangladeshs central bank had on June 12 approved proposals for two power projects to receive $45.5 million from Standard Charted Bank. United Ashuganj Power Limited will receive the remaining $26 million.
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The other transmission links in Package A include the 250-km Vemagiri-Khammam and 250-km KhammamHyderabad lines, while Package B has the 250-km Vemagiri-Khammam and 250-km Khammam-Hyderabad lines, and Package C has the 1,040-km Wardha-Jabalpur line. All of these links are associated with IPPs in the Vemagiri area.
The consortium will install a 1,000-megawatt pumpedstorage plant on the Bhagirathi River in Uttarakhand state. The project will be Indias first pumped-storage power plant to use variable-speed technology, Alstom said. The company added that its share of the contract was worth around Eur180 million. Alstom said that it will supply four 250-MW turbine and generator units and other equipment, including the main inlet valves and control and protection systems. On completion, the plants electricity output will provide much-needed power to the countrys northern grid, it said.
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involved in the oil and gas industry and in geothermal development and operations in Indonesia for the past 10 years. It added that Supreme Energy won the right to carry out preliminary feasibility studies in three of the best geothermal areas in Indonesia and successfully secured the mining licenses in all three in competitive tenders. International Power Suez has 1,280 MW of operating plant and a further 815 MW of independent power producer capacity under construction at Paiton on Java. All 2,095 MW of the capacity is coal fired.
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Ratch also purchased in early 2011 a 10 % stake in the locally-listed Electricit Du Laos-Generation Public Company. EDL-Gen is a generating subsidiary of the state-owned power utility Electricit Du Laos.
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The mandated lead arrangers and book-runners for the transaction were the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd, Chinatrust Commercial Bank, ING Bank NV, Maybank Group, Mizuho Corporate Banking, Ltd, and Standard Chartered Bank. EDC noted that ANZ acted as sole coordinator and documentation bank. The proceeds will be used to refinance EDCs existing three-year $175 million syndicated facility, which matures on June 17, 2013. The new loan effectively lengthens the remaining life of the existing facility from two years to six years and substantially lowers interest costs, EDC said, adding that the total firm underwritten commitment received from the seven banks was in excess of $600 million, or three times more than the target amount. EDC noted that it had issued $300 million of 10-year bonds in January 2011, with the issue being 3.5 times oversubscribed. And in May, the company signed a 15-year, $75 million facility with the International Finance Corporation. EDC said that it has a number of greenfield and expansion projects in the pipeline. Apart from domestic projects, it is eyeing potential projects in Asia and Latin America.
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Marubeni said that Siemens will supply the gas turbines, steam turbines and generators for both projects. Marubeni will supply the heat recovery steam generators and the balance of plant, and will also be responsible for the civil and installation works. Marubeni said that its highly-reputable presence in the market, together with the Siemens Groups superior technology resulted in a most competitive bid which led to the unprecedented double award of these two major projects. It added that Marubeni and Siemens had been awarded the first block at the Chana combined-cycle plant in 2005 and the fifth block at the Bang Pakong combined-cycle plant in 2006. The two latest awards thus mean that the companies have won four of the six large-scale combined-cycle projects developed by Egat since the 1997 Asian financial crisis, Marubeni said. Marubeni added that it has now been involved in the construction of about 7,000 MW of capacity in Thailand, representing about 25% of the countrys total installed capacity.
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In 2006 Moscow and Beijing signed an initial agreement on the construction of two gas pipelines. The Altai pipeline system would involve eastern and a western routes through which almost 70 Bcm/year of gas could be exported to China. In September 2010, Gazprom and CNPC signed a binding agreement on the supply of up to 30 Bcm/year of gas in the first instance. But the start of supplies from 2015 was predicated on an agreement being reached in mid 2011. Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller has said there is still a good chance that the deal could be closed by the end of 2011. He added that this would still allow for sales to begin by the end of 2015.
province. The remaining 80 MW of modules will go to a project at Golmud in Qinghai province, the company said. Liansheng Miao, the chairman and chief executive officer of Yingli Green Energy, noted that these PV power projects currently are the largest in China.
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Even so, the increase in crude and fuel oil-fired capacity at the complex means that Tepco expects to double its oil purchases in July to 520,000 kiloliters (3.27 million barrels) from the 260,000 kl set to be purchased in June. The return of the coal and oil-fired units to service is welcome news for Tepco ahead of the start of the summer peak electricity demand season. Electricity demand is already rising as higher temperatures prompt higher air conditioner usage. In late June Tepco recorded its highest power demand, at 42,250 MW, since the March 11 disaster. Power supply capacity was 47,800 MW at the time, a company spokesman said. Meanwhile, a three-month forecast released by the Japan Meteorological Agency on June 24 said that eight of the 12 regions of the country are likely to experience above-average temperatures during the July-September period. These include the region covering Tokyo, the agency said.
Inpex added that it continues to seek business opportunities in new energy business areas with the goal of offering diversified forms of energy.
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technology, which use sodium and potassium nitrate (molten salts) as their heat transfer fluid. Chiyoda observed that ASE also has experience in promoting grid scale concentrated solar power solutions fueled by alternative and renewable sources. Chiyoda noted that for its part it is an engineering, procurement and construction contractor with global experience in the installation of power, LNG and other industrial facilities. But it said that it not only desires to enter into the CSP plant market on the basis of those experiences, but also intends to become an [independent power producer] developer utilizing ASEs innovative molten salt CSP technology.
A step forward occurred on July 4 when Kyushu Electric secured approval from a local mayor to restart the Genkai reactors in Saga prefecture. It was the first official approval Kyushu Electric has received from a local authority to restart Genkai after completing scheduled maintenance. However, the Fukuoka-based power utility still has to secure approval from the Saga governor, Yasushi Furukawa, to restart the reactors. Furukawa had at press time declined to indicate whether he would support the Genkai restarts.
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The consortium valued the EPC contract at A$130 million ($138 million), equivalent to $2,509/ kW. The contract scope includes the installation of the 22 GE2.5-100 wind turbines and the 85-meter towers, the electrical and civil balance of plant, and a 22/132-kilovolt substation. A full maintenance service agreement will be provided by GE for a 10-year period, the consortium added. Meanwhile the state government-owned Verve Energy has said that, in a typical year, electricity production from the wind farm will be equivalent to the electricity consumption of 35,000 homes and will displace 200,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions. Leighton Contractors noted that it has been involved in constructing a number of Australian wind farms. These include the Macarthur and Waubra projects in Victoria, and the Lake Bonney and Canunda projects in South Australia
The decision was made by Environment Canterbury and the Mackenzie District Council, based on the fact that the proposal makes the most of an existing asset by utilizing the head between Lake Pukaki and the Pukaki-Ohau canal, Meridian Energy said. It added that various mitigation measures had been agreed through the consultation process. We are yet to make a decision about when we will build this project, but the option will be executed when market conditions are favorable, Meridian Energy said. Meanwhile in a separate development Meridian Energy welcomed the decision of the Hurunui District Council and Environment Canterbury to allow its resource consent application for the proposed Hurunui wind farm project to be determined by the Environment Court. The option is called Direct Referral and means that, instead of a council hearing in the first instance, the consent application goes straight to the Environment Court for consideration, Meridian Energy explained. It added that direct referral for Hurunui represented a streamlined, one-step process that would simplify the process and importantly avoid unnecessary cost for the councils, their ratepayers and the participants. The 75.9-MW Hurunui wind farm project is proposed for development between Omihi and the Greta Valley in North Canterbury. Announced in May 2010, it will comprise 33 turbines, Meridian Energy has said.
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Turkey: A wind farm project owned by Gama Enerji AS, a joint venture between the local Gama Holding AS and the US-based GE Energy Financial Services, has entered operation. The 22.5-megawatt Sares wind farm near Canakkale in the Ezine region comprises nine GE 2.5MW wind turbines. The joint venture said that it is also developing the 10-MW Karadag wind farm project, where construction is projected to start in the third quarter of 2011 for scheduled completion in the second quarter of 2012. Turkey: The US-based power equipment and services supplier GE has said that the local power plant developer Acarsoy Enerji will use its LM6000-PC aeroderivative gas turbine technology in a 60-megawatt natural gasfired, combined-cycle power plant at Denizli in southwest Turkey. GE said that the mid-merit plant is scheduled to be operational in the first half of 2012. GE added that the unit will be the fiftieth GE gas turbine to enter service in a country where more than 300 of the companys gas, hydroelectric, steam and wind turbine units with 8,200 MW of total capacity are installed or on order, representing more than 30% of the countrys total generation capacity. Bangladesh: The US-based energy company ConocoPhillips has signed a production sharing contract (PSC) with the government and state energy company Petrobangla covering two hydrocarbon blocks in the deepwater area of the Bay of Bengal. ConocoPhillips said that it holds a 100% working interest in the PSC, which the company noted represents its first investment in Bangladesh. Blocks DS-08-10 and DS-0811 cover a total area of 5,158 square kilometers. China: The Ministry of Land and Resources launched its first public tender for shale gas resources on June 27, with six local companies being invited to bid for the licenses for four southwestern blocks, according to the official Xinhua news agency. The blocks include the Nanchuan and Xiushan blocks in Chongqing municipality and the Suiyang and Fenggang blocks in Guizhou province, the report said. PetroChina, the China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation, the CNOOC (China) Company, the Yanchang Oil Field Administration Bureau, the China United Coalbed Methane Company, and the Henan Provincial Coal Seam Gas Development and Utilization Company were prequalified to participate in the tender, the report said. Officials had earlier said that domestic state energy companies will take the lead role in exploration and development of shale gas, with foreign enterprises wanting to participate having to form joint ventures with accredited Chinese companies. Beijing also plans to offer four blocks in the east of the country in the first phase of its shale gas development program. Based on the current provisional estimates, China holds about 26 trillion cubic meters of shale gas reserves. China: The country imported 967,922 metric tons of liquefied natural gas in May, up 49.3% compared with May 2010 according to data from the General Administration of Customs. Australia shipped 324,611 mt, up 29.18% on year to China, while second the countrys second largest supplier of LNG in May, Malaysia, exported 179,244 mt, up 57.1% on year. Taiwan: The US-based Fuel Tech, Inc has been awarded a $2.6-million contract to supply equipment and engineering services for a project involving the installation of an ASCR system incorporating selective catalytic reduction and other technologies. The suite of nitrogen oxide reduction equipment will be installed on an industrial boiler burning coal gas and other gases, with delivery of the equipment scheduled for late 2011 and the first half of 2012, the company said. Fuel Tech noted that its ASCR system is a layered technology approach that can offer advantages over full-scale standalone SCR systems, including lower capital costs, enhanced fuel flexibility and reduced spatial requirements. Japan: LNG imports in May totaled 6.04 million metric tons, much the same as in April. The imports were 26% higher on year in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, according to customs data released by the Ministry of Finance. The largest supplier was Australia, which provided 71% more LNG on year at 1.17 million mt. Company: Japans Nitto Denko and its wholly-owned US-based subsidiary Hydranautics have agreed with Norways Statkraft on the development and supply of membranes for osmotic power, which is the energy available by capturing the difference in the salt concentration between salt and fresh water. Nitto Denko noted that it is the global leader in the manufacture of membranes, which are key to the generation of osmotic power, while Statkraft opened the worlds first osmotic power prototype facility in Norway in 2009. Under the agreement, Nitto Denko and Hydranautics will develop membranes specifically for use in large-scale osmotic power plants. The development of more efficient membranes will contribute to making the technology competitive with other new, renewable energy sources and will bring osmotic power further towards future commercialization, Nitto Denko said. Statkraft says that osmotic power is clean, renewable energy, with a global potential of 1,600 to 1,700 TWh per year. Financing: The US government-linked Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) has committed $112 million to two funds focused on Asian renewable energy projects. OPIC will contribute $62 million to the Renewable Energy Asia Fund, managed by Berkeley Energy, which has a target capitalization of $187
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million and which focuses primarily on renewable energy projects and developers in India and the Philippines. The fund focuses on mature renewable technologies, such as wind and small hydro, to help close the sizeable electricity demand-supply gap in its target markets [and] currently has $125 million under management, OPIC said. Meanwhile it will contribute $50 million to the Mekong Renewable Resources Fund, which has a target capitalization of $150 million with the OPIC contribution being up to $50 million. The fund will invest in renewable resource opportunities in the Lower Mekong countries of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, specifically in the environmental services and infrastructure; renewable energy; and energy efficiency sectors, OPIC said. South Korea: The Smart Grid and Electricity Market Division of the Ministry of Knowledge Economy (MKE) said in late June that Korea has been appointed as the Secretariat of the International Smart Grid Action Network (Isgan) for the next three years. Isgan was launched in July 2010 as a mechanism for multilateral collaboration involving 20 member countries, the MKE said. Kim Junggwan, the vice minister for Trade and Energy, said that Korea will take a central role in facilitating a dynamic exchange of information to ensure the achievement of the shared goal: to advance the development and deployment of smarter electric grids around the world. China: The country recorded its highest share to date of coal exports shipped by Australias Port Waratah Coal Services terminals at Newcastle. The port exported 17.6%, or 1.48 million metric tons, of its 8.45 million mt of total coal exports in June to China, according to export data posted on the PWCS website. The statistics bore out market
reports of aggressive China-related buying at the Newcastle trading hub, particularly for thermal coal with an ash content of between 17% and 25% on a net as-received basis. Chinas share of exports at PWCS Newcastle coal terminals had previously peaked at 16%, or about 1.1 million mt, in November 2009 when weather-related rail transport problems reduced domestic coal supplies to Chinese power stations. Chinas upswing in market share at PWCS in June 2011 after China-bound exports hit a low of 1.2% in February 2011 - was connected to rising demand for coalfired electricity at a time of higher prices for domestic coal. But Japan maintained its place as the premier destination for coal exports from the Newcastle coal terminals operator in June - 52.6% of PWCS exports, equivalent to 4.4 million mt, was destined for Japan. Fuel: Japans Mitsubishi Corporation has agreed to transfer some of its shares in a shale gas project in the Cordova Embayment of Canada to South Koreas Korea Gas Corporation (Kogas). Following the transfer, and the wider restructuring of the shareholding arrangements, the ultimate ownership of the project in British Columbia will be Canadas Penn West Exploration (50%), Mitsubishi (30%), Kogas (5%), Chubu Electric Power (3.75%), Tokyo Gas (3.75%), Osaka Gas (3.75%) and the Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (3.75%). Mitsubishi said that large-volume production of shale gas is now cost feasible due to recent advances in drilling and completion technology, and added that Mitsubishi plans to discuss studying the possibility of exporting the shale gas to Japan as LNG among Japanese partners. It added that the participation of Kogas, the worlds biggest LNG importer, will accelerate the discussion by leveraging each nations strength so that energy resources can be stably secured within eastern Asia.
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TRN Energy
TRN Energy seeks engineering, procurement and construction contract bids for the balance of plant package for a 600-MW coal-fired project comprising two 300-MW units in the Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh state. Deadline: July 14, 2011 Contact: e-Gateway India Pvt. Ltd, 8, Community Center, Mezzanine Floor, East of Kailash, New Delhi110065. Tel: 91-11-26473020/21; fax: 91-1142654618/26473021 email: egateway@gmail.com at Lakhapar in the Mundra area of Kutch district in Gujarat state. Deadline: July 15, 2011 Contact: Saurashtra Power Private Limited, 202, Sarthik-11, Opp. Rajpat Club, S.G. Highway , Ahmedabad-380054, Gujarat. Tel: 91-7926872647/40227500; mobile: 91-9879603963; email: hariharan@saurashtracorp.com
Saurashtra Power
Saurashtra Power invites sealed bids for the engineering, procurement and construction contract for a 60-MW plant
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Miyar Hydro
Miyar Hydro Electric Power, a Moser Baer group company, invites expressions of interest for the five civil and hydromechanical works packages for its 120-MW hydroelectric project comprising three units in the Lahul & Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh state. Deadline: July 18, 2011 Contact: Miyar Hydro Electric Power Company Limited, 235, Okhla Industrial Estate, Phase-111, New Delhi-110020. Tel: 011-47624100
Industrial Energy
Industrial Energy Limited invites bids for the civil works package involving the supply of materials, construction, fabrication and erection of three 67.5-megawatt gas-fired units and three 150-MW coal and gas-fired units. Deadline: August 1, 2011 Contact: Chief Manager-Contracts & Procurement (ERP), Tata Power Company Limited, Eastern Region Projects Office, Plot No.C-43, Sector-62, Noida-201307, Uttar Pradesh. Tel: 91-120-6663000; fax: 91-120-6663029; email: anil. agarwal@tatapower.com
HVPN
Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam, the Haryana state transmission utility, seeks offers to design, supply, install, test and commission 66 and 220-kilovolt substations, and 66 and 220-kV bays under the World Bank-funded Haryana Power System Improvement Project. Deadline: July 19, 2011 Contact: Chief Engineer (MM), Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Ltd, Shakti Bhawan, Sector-6, Panchkula-134100, Haryana. Tel: 91-172-2583724/2583744; fax: 91-1722585746
MSPGC
The Maharashtra State Power Generation Company seeks offers for the electrical system package for the renovation and modernization of the 210-MW Koradi Thermal Power Station, which is being funded through a loan from the World Bank. Deadline: August 2, 2011 Contact: Chief Engineer (Operation and Management), Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Ltd, Koradi Thermal Power Station, Koradi, Nagpur-441111, Maharashtra. Tel: 91-7109-62141/262146; fax: 91-7109262127; email: cegenkoradi@mahagenco.in
Crisil
Credit Risk and Infrastructure Solutions Limited on behalf of Chattel Constructions Private Limited seeks an engineering, procurement and construction contractor for the design, engineering, manufacture, supply, erection, testing and commissioning of a 25-MW solar photovoltaic project in Gujarat state. Deadline: July 25, 2011 Contact: Vikas Kumar, Risk and Infrastructure Solutions Ltd, The Mira, G-1, 1st Floor, Plot No.1&2, Ishwar Nagar, New Delhi-110065. Tel: 91-11-42505107; fax: 91-11-26842213; email: vikumar@crisil.com
NTPC
NTPC invites bids for the main plant package for a 5-megawatt solar thermal power project at NTPCs Anta site in the Baran district of Rajasthan state. Deadline: August 3, 2011 Contact: Additional General Manager (CS-111)/Manager (CS-111), NTPC Ltd, 6th Floor, Engineering Office Complex, A-8A, Sector-24, Noida, Gautam Budh Nagar District, Uttar Pradesh. Tel: 91-120-2410528/3316642
Crisil
Credit Risk and Infrastructure Solutions Limited on behalf of Ujjawala Power Private Limited seeks an engineering, procurement and construction contractor for the design, engineering, manufacture, supply, erection, testing and commissioning of a 25-MW solar photovoltaic project in Gujarat state. Deadline: July 25, 2011 Contact: Vikas Kumar, Risk and Infrastructure Solutions Ltd, The Mira, G-1, 1st Floor, Plot No.1&2, Ishwar Nagar, New Delhi-110065. Tel: 91-11-42505107; fax: 91-11-26842213; email: vikumar@crisil.com
PGCIL
Power Grid Corporation of India invites bids for the 765-kilovolt transformer package associated with the transmission system to evacuate power from independent power producer projects in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh states. Deadline: August 11, 2011 Contact: Chief Manager/Senior Engineer (CS-G1), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd, Saudamini, Plot No.2, Sector-29, Gurgaon-122001, Haryana. Tel: 91-124-2571700-19-extn: 3311/2371; fax: 91-124-2571831
UJVNL
Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd seeks offers for the renovation, modernization and upgrading of the two 10-MW units at the Kulhal hydroelectric plant in the Dehradun district of Uttarakhand state. The contract involves the refurbishment and replacement of key components of the generating units. Deadline: July 26, 2011 Contact: Deputy General Manager, Uttarkhand Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited, M&U, Yamuna Valley, Dhalipur, Dehradun, Uttarakhand. Tel: 91-135-2763508/2763808
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Mizoram PED
The Power & Electricity Department of Mizoram state seeks request for qualification offers for the development of three 70-MW hydroelectric units on the Tuival River at Ngopa in the Champhal district of Mizoram state on a public-private partnership basis. The central governments viability gap funding program will provide support under the funding program, which is for projects which are otherwise commercially unviable. Deadline: August 16, 2011 Contact: Engineer-in-chief, Power & Electricity Department, Government of Mizoram, Aizwal-796001, Mizoram. Tel: 91-389 2322848/2320826; fax: 91-389-2320862.
Contact: Vice President - Power Projects, Astarc Power Private Limited, Astarc House, 3rd Floor, 76/79 Makwane Lane, Taklpada, Marol, Andheri Kurla Road, Andheri (East), Mumbai-400059, Maharashtra. Tel: 91-22-66793500; fax: 91-22-66793650; email: mani.mathavan@astearc.com Thailand
NLC
The Neyveli Lignite Corporation invites bids for the steam generators and auxiliaries package for the 1,000-MW Neyveli New Thermal Power Station comprising two 500-MW units. Deadline: August 30, 2011 Contact: Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited, Neyveli House, No.135, Penyar EVR High Road , Chennai-600010, Tamil Nadu, Chennai. Website: www.nlcindia.com NLC The Neyveli Lignite Corporation invites bids for the steam turbine generator package for the 1,000-MW Neyveli New Thermal Power Station comprising two 500-MW units. Deadline: September 2, 2011 Contact: Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited, Neyveli House, No.135, Penyar EVR High Road , Chennai-600010, Tamil Nadu, Chennai. Website: www.nlcindia.com
RRVPNL
Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Ltd, the state-owned power transmission enterprise in Rajasthan state, seeks request for proposal offers for the development of the 130-kilometer, 400-kilovolt Babal (Jhunjhunu)-Jaipur (North) transmission line along with two 315-MVA, 400/220-kV substations at Jaipur (North) on a build, own, operate and maintain basis. Deadline: September 14, 2011 Contact: Superintending Engineer, Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Limited, Room No.302, Vidyut Bhawan, Janpath, Jaipur-302005, Rajasthan. Tel: 91-1412744290/941406164; fax: 91-141-2740275; email: se_npp@rvpn.co.in
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Astarc Power
Astarc Power invites bids for the engineering, procurement and construction contract for the boiler, turbine and generator package for the 1,320-MW supercritical thermal plant comprising two 660-MW sets at Umred in the Nagpur district of Maharashtra state. Deadline: September 16, 2011
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