SOCPES Power & Energy Blog

26/11/06 - TIMES NEWS NETWORK - Asean reviews co-op pact, VIENTIANE: Senior officials from ten member countries of Asean held a meeting with the European Union and Asian Development Bank here to discuss shortcomings of the ASEAN Energy cooperation pact.

21/11/06 - WaterPower - Vietnam invests in hydro, Central Vietnam's Quang Nam province has announced investments totalling around US$12M as part of an electricity development strategy for 2006-2010…

16/11/06 - VNECONOMY - ADB assists Viet Nam to build power complex, The Asian Development Bank is helping the Vietnamese Government address its growing power shortage by offering a US$1.7 million technical assistance grant. The Bank’s $1.7 million grant will help Electricity of Viet Nam develop preliminary plans for the 750 MW O Mon plant No. 4.

10/11/06 - WaterPower - Chinese generation capacity set to exceed 600GW, By the end of 2006 China's installed generation capacity is expected to exceed 600GW, according to the China Electricity Council (CEC).

15/11/06 - VNS - Electric company inks joint power venture with China, HA NOI — Electricity Company No 1 (Viet Nam) and China’s Yunnan Power Grid Co entered a joint venture yesterday to construct the Seo Chong Ho hydroelectric project. To be built at a cost of US$28 million, the 21.4 MW facility in the northern...

15/11/06 - KPL - Thailand to purchase electricity from Laos

Bangkok (VNA) – The Thai Government plans to sign an agreement with Laos to purchase between 3,000 and 5,000 MW of electricity from Laos later this year, Thai Energy Minister Piyasvasti has said.

“5,000 MW is feasible,” he said, adding that the agreement to acquire more power from Laos would enable Thailand to accommodate many new projects.

The power purchase agreement will be signed by the countries’ prime ministers during the opening of the new Thai-Laos Bridge , local sources reported.

14/11/06 - AsiaTimes - Unplugging Thailand, Myanmar energy deals, BANGKOK - Thai Energy Minister Piyasvasti Amranand says he intends to scrap the previous government's controversial multi-billion dollar plans to ramp up imports of hydroelectric power and natural gas from neighboring military-run Myanmar, signaling a potentially significant shift in which direction the region's energy flows...Thailand would aim to purchase more hydroelectric power from neighboring Laos...

10/11/06 - The Irrawaddy - Burma to Lose Out in Thai Energy Industry Shake-up, Thailand will not rely on Burma for gas supplies or electricity from controversial river hydro dam schemes for the country’s energy needs in the next decade, new Energy Minister Piyasvati Amranand said in Bangkok Friday….Future plans also call for more investment in hydro-electric projects in Laos. Piyasvati said the government hoped to sign a tentative agreement next month for an extra 2,000 megawatts of electricity from Lao projects beyond 2010…

30/10/06 – WaterPower - Malaysia ponders further hydro, Malaysia is considering developing two new hydro power plants in Sarawak state on Borneo island in the next 10 years, said Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud.

06/11/06 – WaterPower - Nam Theun 2 progressing well, says report, The World Bank and the Asian Development Bank has released the latest semi annual update on the implementation of the 1070MW Nam Theun 2 project in Laos, with reports of overall satisfactory progress since the last update in March 2006.

30/10/06 – WaterPower - Malaysia ponders further hydro, Malaysia is considering developing two new hydro power plants in Sarawak state on Borneo island in the next 10 years, said Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud.

30/10/06 – WaterPower - GE to supply turbines for Chinese plant, GE Energy has been selected to provide three turbines for a new 300MW hydro power plant to be built on the Bing Lang Jiang river in Baoshan city, Yunnan province, China.

27/10/06 - Sin Chew Daily – Malaysia - Can Jatropha Trees Fuel The Future?, A native tree that Lao farmers use as a hedge to fence their livestock could become the country's newest source of power, with an energy company exploring its potential.

28/10/06 - Philippine Information Agency - China’s biggest power distributor to bid for Transco – Bunye - JIANGXI (via PLDT/SMART) (28 October) -- The biggest power distributor in China will ... Electric, which supplies 88 percent of China's total electricity load and ...