Singapore

Singapore Power reduced the electricity tariff for households by 21.37 percent for the second quarter of 2009. This amounts to a reduction from 22.93 cents to 18.03 cents per kWh.

Wärtsilä will deliver another major power plant to Pakistan valued at approximately $186 million with an electrical power output of 200 MWe.

Emerson Network Power has promoted Ross Campbell as vice president for its Energy Systems business in Asia Pacific.

The State Development and Reform Commission has approved Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant’s application to carry out preliminary works for its Units 3 and 4. The plant earlier passed the site acceptance of the National Nuclear Security Administration of its Unit 1 NI excavation in Phase I on 21 February.

To lower costs for its 154kV substations, KEPCO changed the cooling method and simplified frame structures for its new designs.

More CO2 emissions credits will be used by Chubu Electric for an LNG thermoelectric power generation project being built in Putian City, Fujian Province by the CNOOC Fujian Gas Power Co., Ltd. Chubu Electric has concluded an agreement to repurchase CO2 emissions credits from Mitsubishi Corporation after it has committed to purchase approximately 9.24 million tons of CO2 emissions credits from a Chinese project. The company described the latter purchase, which will be made over the 2009–2012 period, as "the largest carbon credit purchase agreement that Chubu Electric has ever entered." An official statement from Chubu Electric Power Company, Inc., stated, "Our intent is to continue the fight against global warming by working with CO2 reduction projects and taking other measures."

Black & Veatch will provide engineering, procurement and commissioning services for the Tanjung Jati B power station’s boiler island in Central Java, Indonesia. This includes equipment for coal handling and unloading, air quality control systems and limestone unloading and handling.

Kaifeng Power Plant’s extension project passed the 168-hour test run with a 100 percent rate in automation, protection, instrument startup and steam-water quality. The successful test run signals its completion for generation.

Macau’s CEM can now monitor all its 960 units of 11,000/400V transformers on a 24-hour basis following the installation of its alarm system.

J-Power has acquired holdings in three Marubeni wind power companies to increase its wind power capacity in Japan to 255,880kW. It is the first such assets acquired by J-Power in Japan that have been developed and operated by another company.

GE Energy recently signed contracts worth $128 million to service the 795.6 megawatt Zhejiang Zheneng Zhenhai Power Plant.

The Changling Wind Farm is now ready to provide a total capacity of 34.5MW after its 18th wind turbine was connected to the grid last 27 February, indicating the completion of the project. It is the second wind power project in Jianxi Province and also the largest.

In a first for China, a new 640 km, 1000 kV transmission line connects its two major grids using home-grown technology.

Meralco customers will pay four centavos less per kilowatt-hour beginning this month following a refund order by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC).

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has secured a contract worth Rs.31,500 million to supply equipment to the Malwa Thermal Power Project. Outbidding Chinese equipment suppliers, BHEL bagged the contract from Madhya Pradesh Power Generating Company Limited (MPPGCL) under International Competitive Bidding (ICB).

Sales by Kyushu Electric Power Company for January 2009 amounted to approximately 7,736 million kWh, down by 1 percent from January 2008. The sales volume was below the previous year’s level for five months in a row.