THAILAND – ROAD CONSTRUCTION Phuket ‘bypass’ construction stalled Budget problems are holding up work to complete a road linking the bypass road to a section of Ekwahnit Road near the back entrance to Surakul Stadium.
Continue ReadingLAOS – ENERGY Laos Electricity Corporation and Viet-Laos Power Joint Stock Company establish new company Laos Electricity Corporation and Viet-Laos Power Joint Stock Company have inked a deal to establish a new company called Xekamam 1 Electricity Company Limited. The agreement is designed to accelerate the Xekaman 1 hydroelectric power project and important investment […]
Continue ReadingCHINA – ENERGY MHI receives gas turbine order for Chinese CHP plant Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Limited (MHI) has received a major components order for a natural gas fired gas turbine combined-cycle (GTCC) power generation systems, which will be installed in a cogeneration facility to be built by Huaneng Power International, Incorporated, one of the […]
Continue ReadingChina Wind-Energy China to build its largest offshore wind farm According to the China News Service, China Guangdong Nuclear Group plans to construct a 1.25 GW offshore wind farm in the costal waters off Guangdong Province, representing the country’s largest such offshore facility. The Lufeng offshore wind farm will require an estimated investment of […]
Continue ReadingINDIA – ENERGY Tiana eyes up Mitsubishi for JV in India Tiana Group of India is reported to be keen to partner with Japan’s Mitsubishi Corporation in the sectors of power generation, infrastructure development and oil and gas in India. According to Tiana, the Indian government has given approval in principle for the company’s plans […]
Continue ReadingMarubeni awarded EPC contract in Vietnam The Vietnam Electricity (EVN) has awarded Marubeni Corporation a contract to build the 600 MW Nghi Son 1 coal fired thermal power plant, representing the Japanese trading company’s largest independent power deal in Vietnam.
Continue ReadingVietnam‘s gravy train derailed Exposing a growing rift in Vietnam’s one-party regime, the communist-controlled National Assembly has rejected the government’s US$56 billion plan to develop a high speed north-south railway.
Continue ReadingVietnam‘s gravy train derailed Exposing a growing rift in Vietnam’s one-party regime, the communist-controlled National Assembly has rejected the government’s US$56 billion plan to develop a high speed north-south railway.
Continue ReadingPöyry awarded owner’s engineering services contract for new gas-fired combined cycle cogeneration power plant in Thailand Pöyry has been awarded an owner’s engineering services contract for a new gas-fired combined cycle cogeneration plant in Thailand by Amata B.Grimm Power 3 Limited. The value of the assignment is about EUR 2.2 million. The client is currently […]
Continue ReadingBMA looks for plot to build depot of airport light-rail system The city is looking for a place to build a maintenance depot for a 18-kilometre light-rail link to Suvarnabhumi Airport. “The landowner may offer to sell, lease or enter into a joint venture,” Deputy Bangkok Governor Thirachon Manomaipiboon said Wednesday. The land must be […]
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