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demonstrating the optimal market fit of the product in China’s low wind market,” said Thomas Keller, President of Vestas China.
SOLAR
Siemens completes its first solar project in Pakistan
Siemens has completed the supply of equipment and services for a major substation that will help in supplying low-cost electricity to Karachi, Pakistan.
Siemens completed the grid connection
for Gharo Solar Ltd.’s 50MW solar plant in the Thatta district in Pakistan’s Sindh Province through a 132-kV grid station. Clean energy from the plant will feed into K-Electric’s power grid. This was the first contract that Siemens has completed for a solar power plant in Pakistan.
The grid station is equipped with digital technology that enhances controllability and reliability, while optimising operating costs. Siemens supplied substation automation system as well as protection and control equipment. As part of the project, the company provided a ring main unit (RMU) for the 22-kV distribution network which will help protect, for example, inverter transformers connected to the grid against overloads and short-circuits, ensuring a reliable power supply.
the project is needed to supply power for ongoing infrastructure development, projects, schools, hospitals, industries in and around Karachi, Pakistan’s biggest city. The project will help K-Electric bridge the shortfall in its power network that serves 15mn people in Karachi.
“We are proud to complete this major project that will help provide clean, reliable and efficient power supply to Pakistan’s most populous city,” said Mahmoud Hanafy, Senior Vice President, Transmission Solutions, Siemens Middle East.
“We are excited to have an opportunity
to support Pakistan’s vision to diversify the country’s energy mix and push for more renewable energy generation. The new project exemplifies our solutions to enable a stronger, smarter and greener grid, providing access to electricity.”
Sri Lanka launches 150MW solar tender
The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), Sri Lanka’s largest electricity provider, has issued a tender for 150MW of solar power.
The company hopes to build 20 solar projects ranging in size from 3MW to 10MW. The facilities will be built in different locations and each of them will be connected each to different grid substations.
The ceiling price for the tender is LKR 15.60 ($0.086)/kWh. The utility said that 80% of the proposed tariff will be re-adjusted based on fluctuations in the US dollar exchange rate.
Interested developers will have time until May 21 to submit their proposals. The projects will be part of the third phase of the Soorya Bala Sangramaya (Battle for Solar Energy) programme. The country hopes the scheme will help it to add 200MW of solar by the end of this year and 1 GW by the end of 2025.
According to a recent joint study by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and Asian Development Bank (ADB), Sri Lanka has the potential to deploy 16 GW of solar power. It aims to cover its entire power demand with renewables by 2050.
GEOTHERMAL
Japan’s JFE engineering set
to generate electricity from
geothermal energy
Geothermal energy in Japan is expected to be actively utilised as renewable energy. This is one of the world’s most abundant sources of power.
In 2018, a new geothermal electric power generation was launched in Matsuo- Hachimantaiarea, Iwate Prefecture. JFE
Engineering coordinates the total system of planning, construction of geothermal power plants and electricity sales.
“JFE Engineering has participated in
the construction of a geothermal power
plant in the Matsuo-Hachimantai area as an investment company. First, I think Japan is
the third-largest country in the world with such natural resources. Geothermal electric power generation is a renewable energy that can be used as stable energy that does not vary in time. JFE Engineering has been involved
in the construction of the geothermal power plants for more than 50 years,” said a Hiroyuki Kawasaki of JFE Engineering.
JFE Engineering provides a high-efficiency geothermal power generation system consisting of production and well-managed facilities, steam production facility, steam gathering pipeline, brine gathering pipeline, and re-injection facility, and binary power generation facility capable of utilizing both steam and hot water.
“The power plant output is 7.499MW. This is the largest plant after 22 years in Japan. For foreign countries, many like Indonesia have
a geothermal resource, so JFE Engineering can construct steam production facilities and power plants consistently; we hope to expand the geothermal power generation to other countries,” Kawasaki said.
The electricity produced is supplied to the local town. Technology of JFE Engineering to convert geothermal into stable energy can make great contribution around the World.
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