Energy Development Corporation (EDC) has committed USD434 million to expand the Southern Negros Geothermal Project (SNGP).
The investment will support new well drilling, pad expansion, road and pipeline network upgrades, and the integration of emerging technologies.
Currently, the SNGP operates at a dependable capacity of 221.8 MW across multiple geothermal plants, with this expansion set to strengthen infrastructure and increase output.
Hyundai Motor will establish a dedicated Hydrogen Innovation Center at the Thaiyur campus of IIT Madras with an estimated investment of Rs 1.8 billion. The foundation for this project was laid by Chief Minister M K Stalin on August 21 during the Tamil Nadu Investment Conclave. The state-of-the-art facility, spanning approximately 65,000 square feet on the outskirts of Chennai, will focus on developing electrolyzers for green hydrogen generation and localizing manufacturing and supply chains. Scheduled…
SSEN Transmission has received approval from Scottish ministers to upgrade the Creag Dhubh-Dalmally overhead line from 132kV to 275kV, a project crucial for supporting renewable energy growth in Argyll and Kintyre. Part of the Argyll and Kintyre 275kV strategy, this upgrade is a key component of SSEN’s £20 billion ($26 billion) Pathway to 2030 programme, which aims to support thousands of jobs and boost local and national economies. The strategy aligns with the UK and…
German semiconductor giant Infineon is considering entering the power semiconductor market in India, with plans to produce wafers and silicon carbide (SiC) chips for use in electric vehicles (EVs), industrial, and telecom sectors. On 4 September 2024, company executives met with Minister of Electronics and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw in Delhi to discuss this potential venture. This move follows Infineon’s recent opening of the first phase of the world’s largest 200 mm SiC fab plant in…
Torrent Power has announced plans to invest more than Rs 640 billion in green energy capacities, with two major commitments made at the RE-Invest event in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, on September 16, 2024. The company pledged to achieve 10 GW of installed renewable energy capacity by 2030, requiring an investment of Rs 570 billion. This project is expected to generate employment for approximately 25,000 people. As part of this commitment, Torrent Power signed an MoU with…
Hellenic Cables, part of Cenergy Holdings, has won a contract to supply 65km of 132kV inter-array cables for the Leading Light Wind project, a 2.4GW offshore wind farm located over 40 miles off the New Jersey coast. Cable manufacturing will commence in autumn 2024 at the company’s Corinth facility in Greece, with delivery expected by 2030. The Leading Light Wind project, a joint venture between Invenergy and energyRe, is the sole American-led initiative in the…
Shaanxi Power Transmission and Transformation Engineering Company, a unit of China’s State Grid Shaanxi Electric Power Company, has completed the Shaanxi Section 1 of the ±800 kV Longdong to Shandong ultra high voltage direct current (UHVDC) project. The 933.9 km transmission line in China will run from the Longdong converter station in Gansu Province to the Dongping converter station in Shandong Province, passing through Gansu (109.2 km), Shaanxi (178.12 km), Shanxi (334.88 km), Hebei (178.5…
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