Latest Asia Pacific News
Maoneng and Chinese panel maker form Australian solar JV
Australia-based renewables developer Maoneng have formed a joint venture with CHINT New Energy, a solar panel manufacturer and EPC contractor based in Zhejiang province, China
Dutch banks finance Victoria solar
Dutch lenders ING and ABN AMRO Bank have provided the debt financing for the 85MWac Winton Solar Farm project in Victoria
Thai biogas acquisition nears completion
Thai construction engineering company Triton expects to close by this month a two-part acquisition of a biogas power plant in central Thailand for roughly $17 million
Another Mongolian solar hybrid EPC bid arrives
Mongolia’s Ministry of Energy has invited, under an international competitive bidding process, EPC contractors to build a 10MW solar PV farm and a 0.5MW hybrid system as part of a $66.2 million renewable energy programme in the country’s west
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Mongolia invites solar + storage EPC bids
Renewables Asia PacificMongolia’s Ministry of Energy has invited, under an international competitive bidding process, EPC contractors to design, supply and install a 5MW solar farm and energy storage system in the western region
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SECI reissues 1.2GW wind tender
Renewables Asia PacificSolar Energy Corporation of India has said it will shortly issue a tender with no upper limit on the tariff proposed by the bidders, for 1.2GW of wind power, to replace the tender that started on 20 September 2019
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Adani signs three airport concessions
Transport Asia PacificAdani Enterprises subsidiaries on 14 February signed concession agreements for three airports in India, after Adani's new airports division emerged as preferred bidder for six airport concessions in 2019
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Toll fee exemption takes effect across China
Transport Asia PacificToll fee exemption takes effect today in China on all vehicles that travel on toll roads, including toll bridges and tunnels, due to the outbreak of the new coronavirus called COVID-19
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Strategic investor adds to its stake in Sunseap
Renewables Asia PacificSingaporean renewable energy company Sunseap Group has raised S$100 million from Stock Exchange of Thailand-listed Banpu, following a S$75 million investment in 2017
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Another PB emerges on New Yangon City
Telecoms Asia PacificNew Yangon Development has announced this month the third preferred bidder out of six packages of the development of a new suburb near Myanmar’s economic capital
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Tokyo Gas buys solar in Gunma prefecture
Renewables Asia PacificA subsidiary of Tokyo Gas has acquired a 63.2MW solar power plant in Gunma prefecture, Japan, from real estate investor Asia Pacific Land
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Three interested in latest attempt to sell Malaya coal-fired
Power Asia PacificThree companies attended the pre-bid meeting this week for the privatisation of the Malaya Thermal Power Plant in the Philippines
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Aurecon appoints hydrogen, chemical technology director
Oil & Gas Asia PacificAustralian engineering consultancy Aurecon has appointed Thom Cameron in a newly-created role of hydrogen and chemicals technology director
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PLN searches for solar equity partners
Renewables Asia PacificA Perusahaan Listrik Negara subsidiary has invited expressions of interest from potential equity partners in up to four solar projects in Indonesia
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Protelindo, CMI sign to buy XL Axiata telecoms towers
Telecoms Asia PacificIndonesian independent towers companies Protelindo and Centratama Menara Indonesia have signed separate agreements for their purchases of a combined 2,782 tower portfolios from Indonesian telecoms services provider XL Axiata for a total price of $295.8 million
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CRCC wins train station upgrade
Transport Asia PacificA consortium of China Railway Construction Corp subsidiaries has won a $644 million upgrade project at a railway station some 165km north west of Qingdao
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Downer to cease bidding for solar, coal, iron ore contracts
Renewables Asia PacificAustralian contractor Downer has said it will no longer bid for solar PV build fixed-price contracts, while also exiting from fixed-price construction work in coal and iron ore
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Philippines shortlists bridge advisers
Transport Asia PacificThe Department of Public Works and Highways has called for proposals from four engineering teams to advise on a $3.5 billion bridge, following the project’s approval last month by the Philippines' National Economic and Development Authority
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UPDATE: Mega NSW onshore wind farm proposed
Renewables Asia PacificUPC\AC Renewables Australia, jointly owned by UPC Renewables and AC Energy, has proposed a mega 800MW onshore wind farm in Warrumbungle Shire in New South Wales, Australia