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Thailand's Bang Bo gas-fired power plant to get upgrade

Thailand's Bang Bo gas-fired power plant to get upgrade

Bang Bo power plant's GT26 gas turbine will be upgraded to MXL2 turbine blade and components.

Taiwan girds for higher electricity prices

Rate increases to be scheduled every year instead of every three months.

Thailand books a new 31.5MW solar project

Three Thai solar projects to add 52.5MW to grid.

India challenges discrimination against US solar cell imports

Will respond this week to charges of “forced localization”.

West Bengal gives empahsis on hydropower development

West Bengal will turn hydropower to improve power supply.

India to install 10,000 roof-top solar panels across Kerala

Power crisis in Kerala will be eased with the installation of 10,000 solar roof-top panels in houses.

Bangladesh to purchase of 61,650 electric poles

Bangladesh will purchase of 61,650 electric poles to achieve 1.8 million new power connections in rural areas.

Filinvest to put up 405MW coal-fired plant in Mindanao

Filinvest is gearing up for the pre-construction phases of a 405-MW coal-fired plant in Misamis Oriental.

Consortium pursues $500-M Philippine biomass power projects

San Carlos BioPower Corp is putting up four biomass power plants with a combined capacity of 100 megawatts at a cost of $500 million.

Japan's Marubeni selling stake in Australian power plant

Marubeni Corp. is seeking a buyer for its 30% stake in the Millmerran Power Station in Queensland, Australia.

Vietnam’s new hydropower stature

December 23, 2012 marks a milestone in the history of the Son La Hydropower Plant as the day it officially began operations three years ahead of schedule. It is the largest hydropower plant in the country and Southeast Asia, and also the largest of its kind designed and built by Vietnamese engineers.

Vietnam's electricity output surpasses 10.12 billion kWh in January

Electricity of Vietnam announced it produced and purchased an estimated 10.12 billion kWh in the first month of this year.

Hydro Tasmania eyes renewable projects in Australian mainland

Hydro Tasmania hopes to develop renewable energy projects outside Tasmania.

China's Shenhua Clean Energy helps build Australia's Musselroe Wind Farm

Hydro Tasmania and Shenhua Clean Energy have included the Musselroe Wind Farm among their joint projects.

Singapore starts up 2 converted gas-fired power plants

Senoko Energy started up two natural gas-fired power plants with 862 megawatt capacity in Singapore.

Japanese government opposes TEPCO bidding

TEPCO bidding plan for coal-fired thermal plants should be put on hold.

PASAR to build own power plant

The Philippines’ only copper smelter and refiner wants to build a 200 megawatt coal-fired plant.