The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Gulf PD Company have signed a $180 million agreement to build and operate a 2500MW combined cycle gas turbine power plant in the Rojana Rayong 2 Industrial Park of Thailand’s Rayong province, about 150km southeast of Bangkok.
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) and Hai Long Offshore Wind have signed a preferred supplier agreement for the delivery and servicing of turbines on the 300MW Hai Long 2 project.
Siemens has announced that it will provide the equipment to upgrade the Hiep Phuoc 1 steam power plant in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, to a combined cycle plant.
AES has signed an MOU with the Vietnamese Government to build a 2.2GW $1.7 billion gas-fired combined cycle power plant in Vietnam.
Siemens has announced that it will set up a high-efficiency HL-class power island for a new combined cycle power plant in South Korea.
Tata Power has announced that it will create a new arm, TP Renewable Microgrid, to set up 10,000 microgrids to provide power to five million homes across the country.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $450 million loan to strengthen power connectivity between the southern and northern parts of the Chennai-Kanyakumari Industrial Corridor (CKIC) in Tamil Nadu.
Nasrul Hamid, the State Minister for Power, Energy, and Mineral Resources for Qatar, said that the country is willing to make major investments in Bangladesh’s energy sector.
The Indian Government is exploring an option to set up an overhead electricity link with Sri Lanka to supply power to the island nation.
Pakistan’s K-Electric has awarded a contract to build a 900MW combined cycle power plant at the Bin Qasim Power Complex (BQPS-III) in Karachi to Siemens and Harbin Electric International.