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ASIA’S SOLAR BOOM MEETS MARKET FORCES: CAN A SUSTAINABLE SHARE BE FOUND? SOUTHEAST ASIA’S WIND FARMS NEED MORE FUNDING, LESS REGULATION

HITTING THE GAS PEDAL IN JOHOR RIZAL NORDIN, MD OF SOUTHERN POWER GENERATION, ON ITS NEW 1.44GW PLANT IN SOUTHERN MALAYSIA

FROM THE EDITOR

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sian Power's first issue for 2021 reveals the future of renewable energy in the region with the wind sector struggling to take flight due to regulatory woes and the solar sector needing new policies to outcompete traditional energy sources. Read more about it on pages 10 and 14.

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This issue also features an in-depth look in the Philippines' power sector as the pandemic exposed weaknesses in its power market with its largest utility company, Meralco, experiencing a peak demand drop of almost 40% during the lockdown. Learn more about this on page 18.

We also had a chance to talk with SPG’s managing director Rizal Nordin during the virtual launch of the new 1.44GW combined cycle gas power plant to ask how the facility sits within Malaysia’s energy matrix and sustainability goals. Check out the exclusive interview on page 22.

This issue also features the winners of the 16th Asian Power Awards, held virtually in 2020. Find out who bagged the coveted trophies in "The Oscars" of the power industry on page 24.

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CONTENTS

INTERVIEW 18 CEO HITTING THE GAS PEDAL IN JOHOR

FIRSTS 06 Nuclear still critical in meeting carbon neutrality goals 06 China’s US crude, LNG imports spike in 2020, still falls short of trade deal target

07 Coal to make way for LNG in South Korea

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SECTOR REPORT PARADIGM SHIFT NEEDED TO SUSTAIN ASIA’S STUNNING SOLAR POWER BOOM

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FIRST NUCLEAR STILL CRITICAL IN MEETING CARBON NEUTRALITY GOALS

SECTOR REPORT 12 Paradigm shift needed to sustain Asia’s stunning solar power boom

EVENT COVERAGE 20 Find out who reigned at the Asian Power Awards 2020

07 Singapore outlines power sector greening goals

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CO-PUBLISHED CORPORATE PROFILE

PT PP (Persero) Tbk cements its position as one of the top companies in Indonesia The firm was awarded with Dual Fuel Power Plant of the Year - Silver in Asian Power Awards 2020

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T PP (Persero) Tbk is one of the biggest investment and construction companies in Indonesia. For more than six decades, PT PP (Persero) Tbk has successfully become one of the main players in national construction business through the accomplishment of various big projects across Indonesia. In 2011 PP EPC was formed to answer market challenges in the field of engineering, procurement, and construction.

Business development in the segment of EPC is designed with a business model that takes into account the aspects of market segmentation, competitive strategy, structure of value chain, capital, and growth strategy. PT PP (Persero) Tbk has also designed EPC business road map with objectives and focus on energy, oil and gas, mining and manufacturing sectors.

PT PP (Persero) Tbk always committed to provide the best performance with high quality service in every projects. There are many projects, such as DEPP Senayan and MPP Package 1 that have been well executed and got many different awards.

In 2017, consortium Wartsila-PP were selected as contractors of New Senayan DEPP project owned

by PT. Indonesia Power. The biggest challenge in the 101MW Senayan DEPP Project is the inland transport process from the Tanjung Priok port to the Site, with a total weight of engine up to 320 tons and a total height of engine almost 7.20 meters requiring a special method of transportation. Moreover, the narrow project site area, intersection with PLN GIS project and PLN facilities, and suspension of work during the Asian Games 2018 are several obstacles in this project.

We applied many innovations in Senayan DEPP Project. The good risk management to consider obstacle issue since the project begin. The best HSE implementation that lead the project become Benchmarking Standard in Indonesian Ministry at that time. And, good synergy between all stakeholders made this project become the best PT. IP project in Indonesia. This project also has awarded as DieselFired Power Project of the Year with Gold Award and Power Plant Upgrade of the Year - Indonesia in Asian

Power Awards 2020.

PT. PP always seeks new opportunity to execute more project in Indonesia and contribute in national strategic program. Mobile Power Plant Project 1 in 2018 is one of the most important programs of Indonesian government to provide electricity for all Indonesian citizens. It is located in the tropical zone of eastern Indonesian region, Papua Province which

As one of the leading construction and investment company in Indonesia, PT PP (Persero) Tbk now focus on strengthening the EPC business by successfully performed 3075 MW power plant in Indonesia have warm and very humid climate for most of the year. This project separated into three locations, Sorong Site (30MW) and additional 20MW, Merauke Site (20 MW) and Timika Site (10 MW) , There were some challenges that came through the process. One of the challenges is the limited

execution time. We use two shifts during the construction process, so we can take advantage of limited time. In the engineering process, we utilize our knowledge in the design of mobile power plants with reference to similar projects that we handle, so that the engineering and procurement process is faster. Another challenge is inconvenience project location. Thus, we arrange the schedule, choose and combine the appropriate mode of transportation (Air fright, LCT, Cargo shipping), so that the delivery process become more efficient in time and cost.

The biggest challenge during the delivery process is engine delivery, because the transportation access, transportation facilities and ports was very limited. We need to carefully calculate the infrastructure facility and time to transport all of the equipment. However, great coordination between PT PP which is in charge in installation, PT Wartsila as main equipment’s manufacturer and PT Indonesia Power as the owner was proven to be the essential aspect that made the equipment transfer went smooth.

Social issues also become one of the challenges.

The existence of armed criminal groups is often causing chaos in the region. PT.PP have to handle the issues so that the project can continue to run according the schedule and finish on time.

This depicts the proof that challenges on the site and during the project were nothing but motivation for PT PP to achieve even more. PT. PP’s commitment also proved by this project’s achievement as Dual Fuel Power Plant of the Year with Silver Award in Asian Power Awards 2020.

CONTACT Company name: PT.PP (Persero) Tbk Address: Plaza PP - Wisma Subiyanto Jl. Letjend. TB. Simatupang No. 57. Pasar Rebo, Jakarta 13760 Contact number: (+6221) 840 3883 (hunting) Fax: (+6221) 840 3936 & 840 3890 Website: ptpp.co.id ASIAN POWER 3

News from asian-power.com Daily news from Asia MOST READ

PROJECTS

Enterprize Energy inks deal for ‘Energy Plus' concept Offshore wind developer Enterprize Energy has entered into an agreement with Hamburg and Malaysia-based offshore wind engineering firm Tractebel Overdick to create a prototypical design for a platform that enables multiple energy outputs.

POWER UTILITIES

Pakistan shelves 27GW of coal projects for renewable energy investment Pakistan has abandoned plans to build 27GW of coal power plants between 2030 and 2047, and will instead invest in renewable energy. Prime Minister Imran Kahn told the Climate Ambition Summit 2020 that the first two blueprints had been replaced by hydroelectricity projects.

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POWER UTILITIES

Indian wind farm production drops amidst rare weather events India recorded a notable drop in wind farm production over the second and third quarters of 2020 as rare regional and global meteorological factors occurred simultaneously during the period, consulting and technical company ArcVera Renewables found in a study.

PROJECTS

South Australia unveils plan for $240m green ammonia plant South Australia has taken its plans for a green hydrogen export industry a step further, with its newly launched plant project. The plant will be the largest ammonia plant across the globe, 60 times more than the size of Australia’s biggest electrolyser at Tonsley in Adelaide.

ENVIRONMENT

Southern Australia moves closer to gas supply cliff The Southern Australian government is running out of time on its major energy decisions, as it edges closer to its gas supply cliff, according to energy advisory firm EnergyQuest’s Energy Quarterly December 2020 Report. Production offshore Victoria is predicted to decline from around 2023.

POWER UTILITIES

Renewables to be cheaper in most of Asia Pacific by 2030 Most Asia Pacific markets can expect to see cheaper levelised cost of electricity for renewables compared to coal by 2030, according to a report from Wood Mackenzie. New investments in renewable power are expected to have 23% lower cost than coal power on average.

FIRST Capital flows into renewable energy will be huge

More than half of global carbon emissions comes from big economies that have pledged carbon neutrality

Nuclear still critical in meeting carbon neutrality goals ASIA PACIFIC

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uclear energy may not be the popular choice, but it remains critical in reaching carbon neutrality, according to Wood Mackenzie vice chair for Asia Pacific Gavin Thompson.

In his blog post titled “APAC Energy Buzz: Nuclear – the cleanest dirty word”, Thompson noted that more than half of global carbon emissions currently come from big economies that have pledged carbon neutrality at certain dates, particularly those from Northeast Asia.

“China alone contributes 32% of global carbon emissions, and Japan and South Korea around 3% and

2%, respectively,” adds Thompson.

As these countries are the world’s largest oil, gas, and coal importers, the journey to carbon neutrality will require a fundamental redesign of energy systems.

Capital flows into renewables will be huge, notes Thompson, but the budget will also be allocated for green hydrogen, fuel cells and CCS/CCUS projects, energy storage, and end-user consumer management. However, these are not enough. “Northeast Asia’s carbon neutral targets will be very difficult to meet by renewables alone, given the need to massively increase

electrification,” he comments, noting that due to a significant size difference, it will be 10 times harder for China than it is for Japan or South Korea.

So, nuclear energy comes into the picture—a highly controversial source of power which divides opinion unlike any other. Thompson backs this claim by mentioning the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011, which has “fuelled widespread hostility to nuclear power, not only in Japan but also in South Korea, and noticeably tempered China’s nuclear power ambitions.”

In spite of this, he mentions that he’s had a conversation with Frank Yu from Wood Mackenzie’s APAC power and renewables team, that if carbon neutrality is to be achieved, Northeast Asia will need significantly more nuclear power.

Nuclear energy has a future in Northeast Asia, Thompson concludes, but it’s necessary to clearly distinguish its role in China as compared to its role in Japan and South Korea.

“Public sentiment in China is more ambivalent, with less opposition to nuclear and therefore a more supportive environment for [the] government and developers to get projects approved and constructed,” said Thompson, whilst “for Japan and South Korea, anti-nuclear sentiment is widespread, with relatively high levels of opposition to both existing and proposed plants.”

The challenge will be moving from 20% to 80% renewables by 2050/60, which is needed in the carbon neutral scenario. Going even further than this looks exceptionally difficult, and hence the continued role for nuclear.

"This may not always be the popular choice, but remains critical to reaching carbon neutrality,” Wood Mackenzie’s Thompson concludes.

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Coal to make way for LNG in South Korea

SINGAPORE OUTLINES POWER SECTOR GREENING GOALS SINGAPORE

SOUTH KOREA

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ome 30 ageing coal plants in South Korea will be retired by 2034, but many of them will be converted into LNG-fired facilities.

South Korea plans to increase the capacity of its LNG-based power plants by 43% over the next 13 years, moving to 59.1 GW in 2034 from 41.3 GW of capacity in 2020. The country's long-term energy transition blueprint will also reduce reliance on coal-fired plants and nuclear reactors.

The long-term Basic Plan for Power Supply 2020-34, announced by the Energy Ministry on 29 December 2020, outlines the closure of 30 ageing coal-fired power plants, or half of the coal-fired power stations currently under operation in South Korea.

Of those 30, 24 plants with a combined capacity of 12.7 GW will be converted into natural gas–fired power plants, which will boost the country's LNG demand and imports, the blueprint says. "[Some] coal-fired power plants whose 30-year operational life cycles will expire by 2034," a senior official says. "As a result, 30 coal power plants with a combined capacity

Dr Bikal Kumar Pokharel, Wood Mackenzie South Korea to increase capacity of its LNG-based power plants by 43%

of 15.3 GW will retire by then. In order to make up for an electricity shortage that will result from the planned closures of the coal power plants, 24 of them with a combined capacity of 12.7 GW will be converted into LNG-fired ones," the official adds.

As a result, the portion of coal within the country's power generation capacity mix will be lowered to 15% by 2034 from 28.1% last year.

The long-term plan estimates that South Korea's power demand would reach 102.5 GW in year 2034 from 90.3 GW in 2020, with its annualized growth rate coming at 1%.

South Korea releases its long-term energy blueprint every two years.

PLANT WATCH

The country's long-term energy transition blueprint will also reduce reliance on coalfired plants and nuclear reactors

New Vietnam power Indonesia resumes plant revealed plant construction

India’s new power plant completed

VIETNAM

INDIA

Energy solutions provider Sharp Energy Solutions Corporation, a subsidiary of Sharp Corporation, announced the completion of a mega solar power plant project in Binh Dinh Province, Vietnam.

The newly built solar power plant has an output of about 50 MW-dc and an annual power generation capacity estimated at 82,506 MWh/year, which is enough to power about 43,700 Vietnamese households in a year. The project was done in collaboration with Viet Nam Viet Renewable Energy Joint Stock Company.

INDONESIA

After being impeded last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the construction of the 400 MW coal-fired power plant in the Aceh regency in Indonesia has resumed.

Slated to be completed in late 2023, the $600m power plant is expected to commence operations in 2024. It will consume about 1.2m tonnes of coal per year, 90% of which will come from Kalimantan on Indonesian Borneo.

It will act as a base-load facility and mitigate power shortages in the Aceh Jaya, west Aceh, southwest Aceh, and Nagan Raya regions.

India-based solar energy solutions provider Vikram Solar announced the completion of the 140 MW solar power plant project commissioned for local power utility National Thermal Power Corporation Limited.

Located in Bilhaur, Kanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, the power plant includes a 33/132 KV switchyard and can power approximately 1,45,662 houses per year. The expected energy yield would be 319 million units. The NTPC won the bid from the Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Development Agency.

Singapore plans to up solar energy deployment to at least 2 GWp by 2030

The government has revealed the Singapore Green Plan 2030, which contains targets that will strengthen Singapore’s commitment to the United Nation’s 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and Paris Agreement as well as pose the city-state to achieve its long-term, net-zero emissions goal.

One of the Green Plan’s key pillars was Energy Reset, which highlighted objectives centred on sustainability as well as the “greenification” of the city-state.

Amongst the core concepts of Energy Reset was Green Energy, which focused on the development of Singapore’s power sector.

According to a statement, the objectives listed under it are the following: • promote sustainable fuels for international trade and travel; • increase solar deployment in Singapore together with the deployment of energy storage to address solar intermittency, enhance grid resilience, and support the transition towards a greener energy mix; • increase efficiency with each new generation of gas-fired power plant to reduce carbon emissions (e.g., adopting new, advanced combined-cycle gas turbines); and • green Singapore’s electricity supply by tapping on the low-carbon potential of clean electricity imports.

The plan also laid out targets to be achieved by 2030, such as upping solar energy deployment to at least 2 GWp, which would generate enough electricity for over 350,000 households annually.

Moreover, a 200 MW capacity of energy storage systems was slated to be deployed beyond 2025, which can supply power to up to 16,000 households daily.

The Green Plan also listed the acquisition of “best-in-class generation technology that meets heatrate/emissions standards and reduces carbon emissions” as well as a diversified electricity supply with clean electricity imports by 2030.

These objectives will fulfill international goals such as the International Civil Aviation Organisation’s aim of 2% annual fuel efficiency improvement from now to 2050 and the International Maritime Organisations’ target to halve greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping by 2050.

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Moving towards a more flexible Moving a more flexible and towards sustainable power grid: and sustainable power grid: Battery Energy Storage System Battery Storage Control System for Energy Fast Frequency for Fast Frequency Control

Rizhao Kaidi Ecological Energy Co., Ltd. Rizhao Ecological Energy Project Co., Ltd. 1×30MWKaidi Biomass Cogeneration 1×30MW Biomass Cogeneration Project

Green Energy Assisting Poverty Alleviation: Green Energy Assisting Poverty Alleviation: Chunhui Photovoltaic Power Station Chunhui Photovoltaic Power Station

Benchmark Project Fulfilling Corporate Social Benchmark Project Fulfilling Corporate Responsibility: Tianshuibao Wind Farm Social Responsibility: Tianshuibao Wind Farm

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CO-PUBLISHED CORPORATE PROFILE

DEWA and Siemens Energy co-develop world’s first Gas Turbine Intelligent Controller

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ubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), in collaboration with Siemens Energy, has made a global achievement by developing the first-of-its-kind Gas Turbine Intelligent Controller (GTIC) and Gas Turbine Digital Twin. GTIC uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) to recover gas turbine capacity and efficiency degradation due to ageing thus improving efficiency, increasing generation capacity and reducing fuel consumption, which in turn reduce emissions.

DEWA has added a new accolade to its record of global achievements by winning the Innovative Power Technology of the Year 2020 award at the 16th Asian Power Awards, considered one of the most prestigious electricity awards in Asia. This is in recognition of its Digital Twin Gas Turbine Intelligent Controller.

His Excellency Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD&CEO of DEWA, expressed his pleasure with the new achievement.

“At DEWA, we work in line with the vision and directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to achieve the National Innovation Strategy, which aims to make the UAE one of the most innovative countries in the world, and the Dubai Plan 2021, which aims to make Dubai the home of creative and empowered individuals full of pride and happiness,” His Excellency said.

His Excellency added, “Winning the Asian Power Award is a testament of the distinguished capabilities and expertise of the UAE nationals. It is another global recognition that strengthens the position of the United Arab Emirates in international forums and consolidates the country’s competitiveness in all fields. DEWA works to establish a culture of innovation among its employees and all members of society, and relies on innovation as a fundamental pillar of its processes and organisational approach, and it is proceeding with confidence towards preparing for the next fifty years and building a sustainable future.”

Deployment of GTIC across all six gas turbines in DEWA’s M-Station, which is the largest power station in the United Arab Emirates, increases both the generation efficiency up to 2.2% and capacity of each unit by around 3.5 MW, resulting in the financial savings of AED 5 million (USD 1.36 million) in CAPEX and AED 2.83 million (USD 0.77 million) in OPEX per unit. This also reduces fuel consumption and eliminates around 10,000 tons of carbon emissions per unit per year and Nitrogen Oxides emissions by 10%.

GTIC development journey started in January 2016 and went through a number of phases starting with performance testing of 22 gas turbines, then installing Thermodynamic Diagnostic Systems on 10 gas turbines to collect technical data for one year from January 2017 to January 2018. A prototype of the automated response initiated by thermodynamic variables, piloted on M-Station GT number 11, was designed and applied in April 2018. Following the prototype success, an additional feature called SEM (Stability & Emissions Module) was added in January 2019 to increase stability of combustion systems and to reduce emissions, which has resulted in significant and continuous improvements.

GTIC was developed by DEWA’s Emirati experts led by Mr. Nasser M. Lootah, Executive Vice President of Generation Division (Power & Water) with support

from His Excellency Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, and in collaboration with Siemens Energy. The system was launched by His Highness Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai , Minister of Finance of the United Arab Emirates and President of DEWA, during the 21st Water, Energy, Technology and Environment Exhibition (WETEX) in October 2019 in Dubai.

Based on the excellent results achieved, GTIC is being extended to cover the complete combined cycle instead of gas turbines only. It will be further extended to cover the desalination plants as well (i.e. the complete cogeneration cycle). This will not only benefit the gas turbine; but will also improve the subsequent steam production process, which is used at DEWA both to generate electricity and produce drinking water from seawater. The goal is to optimise the overall operation automatically.

“For organisations like DEWA, which have to meet rapidly changing demands. Such an improvement is crucial for ensuring that the system becomes even more efficient and resilient whilst also significantly reducing the emissions. By applying this innovative solution to the complete cogeneration cycle, huge outcome and benefits are anticipated; such as fuel consumption reduction, DEWA assets optimisation, emission reduction and total plant efficiency increase,” Lootah said.

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CO-PUBLISHED CORPORATE PROFILE

CKPower leads renewable energy development in Thailand The firm took home the Natural Gas-Fired Power Project of the Year- Silver trophy at the Asian Power Awards 2020. and paid-up capital. BIC is a producer and distributor of electricity and steam from a natural gas-fired cogeneration power plant which consists of two blocks—BIC1 and BIC2. Both are located in Bang Pa-in Industrial Estate, Amphoe Bang Pain, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province.

In expanding the cogeneration power business, the company focuses on the model of selling the majority of the electricity to EGAT and selling the remaining electricity and steam to industrial users, in the estate in a stable revenue than stream.

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K Power Public Company Limited (CKPower or CKP) is a listed company on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) which engages in the production and sale of electricity generated from three types of energy source.

The company owns 13 power plants with the total installed capacity of 2,167MW, consisting of two hydroelectric power plants, namely the Nam Ngum 2 Hydroelectric Power Plant with 615MW installed capacity and operated by Nam Ngum 2 Power Company Limited,and the Xayaburi Hydroelectric Power Plant with 1,285MW installed capacity and operated by

CKPower is driving the economy towards a sustainable growth for future generations

Xayaburi Power Company Limited. The company also has two cogeneration power plants with combined 238MW installed capacity and operated by Bangpa-in Cogeneration Limited; nine solar power plants, seven of which are under Bangkhenchai Company Limited with total installed capacity of 15MW; one solar power plant with 8MW installed capacity under Chiangrai Solar Company Limited; and one solar power plant with 6MW installed capacity under Nakhon Ratchasima Solar Company Limited.

CKPower is committed to business development towards becoming a regional leader in renewable energy in Thailand and the ASEAN region along with strategies to underpin business efficiency in parallel with taking care of society and the environment for stable and sustainable growth.

Last year, CKPower has been selected to join the 2020 Thailand Sustainability Investment list, an index of Thai public companies that have achieved 10 ASIAN POWER

sustainability standards under supervision of the SET, reaffirming the company’s commitment to sustainable business practices and reflecting the greater emphasis the company is placing on sustainable business development which takes into consideration environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors. The selection also bears testament to the CKPower Group’s strong commitment to sustainable business practices.

Moreover, CKPower has received an “Excellent” rating by the Thai Institute of Directors with support from the SET for three consecutive years.

The rating shows that the company satisfactorily emphasizes the importance of business sustainability and corporate governance in its operation corresponding to the CG Code and investors’ expectation.

Bangpa-in Cogeneration Limited (BIC) CKPower holds shares in Bangpa-in Cogeneration Limited (BIC), representing 65% of its registered

Energy saving by gas compressor project Each block the power plant is designed to have two gas compressors working in parallel to produce fuel gas for the gas turbines at a certain pressure during high-demand period and lowdemand period. As the gas turbines consume much less fuel gas during off-peak time, the BIC engineering team wanted to make use of this advantage and reduce the excess fuel gas to save energy.

The team prepared some studies,how to improve the compression process and the control functions to reduce the number of running compressor periods of low-demand. Finally, a satisfactory solution was found and, upon approval by the plant management, successfully implemented. The gas compressor project started in October 2019. Within a three-months period, the power plant was able to save 396,253kwh of energy. As a result, this project generated a saving of around 1 million Baht.

The recognition by recieving the Asian Power Awards for the gas compressor project inspires the BIC engineering team to continue doing more research and generate further innovations for environmental conservation. Ongoing and future activities include water usage reduction, general waste and hazardous waste reduction, fuel gas usage reduction through efficiency improvement, CO2 emission reduction amongst others.The BIC is proud that an international organisation recognises and sees the value of those activities towards sustainable development and operation of the CKPower group.

CONTACT Company name: CK POWER PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED Address: No. 587 Viriyathavorn Building, 19th Floor, Sutthisan Winitchai Road, Ratchadaphisek Subdistrict, Dindaeng District, Bangkok Thailand 10400 Contact number: +66 2691 9720 Fax: +66 2691 9723 Email: pr@ckpower.co.th Website: www.ckpower.co.th

SECTOR REPORT: SOLAR

Paradigm shift needed to sustain Asia’s stunning solar power boom Record-low prices will shape Southeast Asia’s solar power market in 2021 and beyond, but new policies are needed because renewables outcompete traditional energy sources.

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n the rugged southern province of Ninh Thuận, Vietnam has built Southeast Asia’s largest solar farm to date. Despite the chaos caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the 450-MW solar project became fully operational in late 2020, and it is estimated to supply one billion KWh to the national grid system annually.

Vietnam presents a stunning success story in Southeast Asia’s solar energy sector. Barely four years have passed since Vietnam first launched its ambitious feed-in tariff policy, the country has already overtaken Thailand as Southeast Asia’s largest solar power market.

“If the progress that we’ve seen in Vietnam over the past two years is any indication, renewables are now transforming the definition of a modern, growth-oriented power system that can attract supportive foreign direct investment needed for development,” noted Melissa Brown, director of Energy Finance Studies, Asia at the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). “The mere fact that Vietnam was able to add cost-effective new capacity during a COVID-crisis year speaks to the virtuous cycle that is

Vietnam has already overtaken Thailand as Southeast Asia’s largest solar power market

Southeast Asia's largest solar power farm in Ninh Thuận, Vietnam 12 ASIAN POWER

now creating alignment between consumers that want clean power and a government eager to be an economic leader in the region,” she added.

Record-low prices spur deals Despite the pandemic, the world continued to experience record-low prices for new renewable energy tenders in 2020, said Courtney Weatherby, research analyst at The Stimson Center. In Abu Dhabi, a solar project was signed for just $0.013/ kWh, whilst new solar auctions in Malaysia and Myanmar saw a series of projects with prices signed under $0.042 c/kWh. “The auctions in Malaysia and Myanmar did not set a record in Southeast Asia for solar pricing, but they are particularly important because in both cases companies offered prices well under the average new coal or hydropower price,” Weatherby noted.

“Whilst prices in Southeast Asia have historically lagged due to slow adoption of policy and financing terms that support record low prices, new low prices were signed for new solar projects in Malaysia and Myanmar, [whilst] in Vietnam there has been

an explosion of solar investment over the last two years as investors take advantage of the feed-in tariff pricing,” Weatherby explained. “If these new projects do come online and sell electricity at the price agreed-upon at tender, they may help motivate other countries in the region to adopt auctions for renewable energy projects—which has been key to the competitive pricing seen elsewhere around the world.”

The same trend for lower prices has emerged in India, where recordlow solar tariffs were seen last year.

In November 2020, for instance, an auction by the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) saw the lowest tariff yet of Rs2/kWh, a far cry from the tariff of Rs2.36/kWh recorded just a few months prior. The November auction was won by Saudi Arabia-based Aljomaih Energy and Water Co. and Singapore-listed Sembcorp Energy’s India arm Green Infra Wind Energy Ltd., which bagged projects for 200MW and 400MW capacities, respectively.

Vibhuti Gharg, energy economist at the IEEFA, has highlighted that prices have gone down by 75% in a span of seven years due to a mix of factors.

The key drivers of such low tariffs

SECTOR REPORT: SOLAR Number of solar projects in India, 2019

Vibhuti Garg

Sources: Coal vs Renewables, Financial Analysis. India 2019

include power purchase assurance for developers, wider access to low-cost financing by international developers, a favorable tax environment, and the expectation of lower solar module prices due to an expected surge in production. Whilst it remains to be seen whether such tariffs are sustainable, Garg noted that such strong bidding has demonstrated investor confidence in the Indian solar sector even amidst the pandemic.

Pandemic pushes paradigm shift Although the coronavirus disease pandemic has crippled many industries and economies globally, the solar power sector has remained relatively resilient even in the face of unprecedented disruption.

“Globally speaking, the first half of 2020 saw lower installation of renewable electricity projects compared to 2019 due to the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and supply chain disruptions," said Stimson Center's Weatherby.

"However, renewable energy technologies like solar and wind have remained relatively resilient: although overall electricity demand dropped in many locations due to the economic slowdown, renewable energy production actually increased as a portion of overall power generation in early 2020 compared to previous years,” she added.

Despite the sector’s relative resilience, the pandemic has laid bare the structural challenges that countries face when it comes to scaling up renewables production. For instance, lower electricity demand has resulted in short-term financial difficulties for some utility companies and higher electricity costs for consumers, as system operators grapple with inflexible fossil fuel base load units.

“The COVID-19 pandemic has taught Asian power system operators some tough lessons. First and

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foremost, it has made it starkly obvious that many governments have been paying attention to the wrong risks.

A single-minded focus on baseload power generation has derailed common sense efforts by power sector planners to make the investments needed to operate their systems more flexibly at lower cost,” according to IEEFA’s Brown.

“System operators in Indonesia and the Philippines have struggled to manage COVID era dispatch choices in the face of system lock-in resulting from systems dominated by IPPs with fixed capacity payments.

These fixed payments mean that even when demand drops, consumers are punished with higher average electricity prices per kWh,” she added.

In India, the poor financial health of electricity distribution companies is a stumbling block that may keep the country from achieving its ambitious renewable energy targets. “Some states and discoms are attempting to unfairly burden renewable energy sources to reduce the average cost of supply or through abandoning legally binding contracts signed before renewable tariffs fell. This short- termism is coming at a massive long-term cost in degrading India’s investment risk profile, and introduces sovereign risk issues for foreign investors,” according to IEEFA’s Garg.

The challenges caused by the pandemic may result in potential policy changes in some countries, which could impact timelines for future power purchases. “Whilst COVID disruptions will not impact long-term electricity needs and electricity demand is likely to rebound along with the economy, the pandemic’s impacts may post longerterm challenges because of disruptions to utilities and project pipelines,” Weatherby said. “For instance, the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand has faced ballooning excess

Courtney Weather

capacity in recent years, and the additional electricity demand drops in 2020 due to COVID have prompted the government to rethink its reserve margin targets. This has implications for the timelines for retiring old plants and signing power purchase agreements for new projects.”

Maintaining momentum Strong regulatory support and removing financing barriers are crucial in maintaining Asia’s solar power momentum. “The ability of renewables to reprice power for the benefit of consumers and realign power systems for innovative solutions is no longer in question. The only question is how long it will take for planners in the diverse power markets of Asia to sort out their priorities,” Brown said.

Policymakers must ensure that their power sector planning efforts are designed to optimize renewables.

“Energy planners are tasked with ensuring a reliable and affordable electricity system, and perceptions of solar and wind as expensive compared to traditional fossil fuel sources or hydropower have led some developing countries to delay investments in renewable energy,” Weatherby noted.

Since 2010, however, the average global cost of solar has dropped nearly 89%, and by the mid-2010s, the cost of variable renewable energy technologies began to be cost-competitive with traditional power generation in many places globally. “Whilst it took time for these price drops to gain recognition in developing Asia, recent contracts in 2019 and 2020 show that new solar projects are clearly competitive or outcompeting traditional power sources: new solar projects at auction in Cambodia, Malaysia, and Myanmar were all under $US0.042 c/kWh, which is notably cheaper than new coal or hydropower plants in most locations around the region. As these low prices become normalized, perceptions are catching up to the reality that solar and wind are increasingly affordable and economically competitive,” according to Stimson Center’s Weatherby.

Financial institutions also play a role in securing the region’s continued shift to solar energy. “Fee-driven project finance bankers have perpetuated an outdated model restricting funding to large projects that rely on sovereign guarantees to offset all forms of market risk. This is classic misdirection. They do not support the development of pools of patient capital to support power system operators that need to make diverse system investments to optimize renewables,” Brown warned.

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AGL BIPS leads the renewable energy transition in Australia Wärtsilä helps Australia’s drive towards renewables through multiple solutions.

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ince the start of the pandemic, there has been a clear drop in power demand as economic activity has reduced and people have shifted to working from home. The energy landscape is also in transition towards more flexible and sustainable energy systems.

This has led to an increased share of renewable energy sources in the grid, with South Australia being able to run on 100% renewable energy for some period.

Australia is a country with unparalleled renewable energy resources and with a unique opportunity to swiftly decarbonise and move towards 100% renewable energy. The green stimulus announced for clean energy and for hydrogen shows that there is room to further speed up this transition. The optimal 100% renewable energy mix will be based on wind and solar, however energy storage and flexibility from bio- or synthetic gas will still be crucial for balancing.

Though it is great to have cleaner energy in the system, renewable energy sources also bring challenges of their own into the grid as they are not dispatchable. This affects the reliability and stability of the grid. In addition, with increased amounts of solar and wind the system inertia is decreasing.

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AGL, one of Australia’s leading integrated energy companies, has already installed renewable capacity in Australia, especially on the solar side. In 2018, AGL and technology group Wärtsilä signed a contract for a new power plant, known as the Barker Inlet Power Station (BIPS) located on Torrens Island near Adelaide.

The AGL BIPS project is a result of AGL’s long consideration to develop a power plant that can respond to various moments when the renewables are coming and going, depending when the wind is there or the solar is there.

“When we entered into the discussions with AGL, they had already anticipated the on-going global energy transition and understood the need for dispatchable flexible power generation.

During the process, they came to the conclusion that internal combustion engine (ICE) power plant would provide them with the most reliable and cost-effective solution that will fit into the generation portfolio also in the future,” said Kari Punnonen, Director, Australasia at Wärtsilä Energy, in an interview with Asian Power magazine.

AGL BIPS’ role in renewables transition AGL Energy Limited has a large portfolio with many different technologies, including

approximately 450 MW of wind power in South Australia. The main role of BIPS is to ensure reliability in the renewable-heavy South Australian power system by providing balancing capacity to manage the variability from renewables.

BIPS is the most efficient and flexible power plant in AGL’s portfolio in South Australia. Its Wärtsilä engine generating sets can reach full output in a matter of minutes, providing the faststart capability needed to rapidly respond to the fluctuations inherent to solar and wind power.

This efficiency is seen in the power plant’s fuel use, with its reciprocating engines being both cost-efficient and environmentally sound. The new power plant requires 28% less fuel than its predecessor gas turbine plant and reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 35%-50%.

These reciprocating engines are said to be great for a flexible operating profile, which is needed when introducing more and more renewables into the system. As a multi-unit plant, BIPS offers high operational flexibility and high efficiency also at part load. Furthermore, any number of engines can be dispatched and run at high efficiency to match load requirements.

Continuous starts and stops, which characterise the operating mode of renewable-

Wärtsilä Energy Australasia Director, Kari Punnonen

balancing generation, also do not affect the maintenance intervals of the reciprocating engines of BIPS. Their fast start-up capability makes the plant optimal as balancing capacity, but also provides increased revenue to AGL. Drive towards renewables The drive towards renewables continues in a post-pandemic world. However, renewables will need balancing, notes Kari. It is crucial to make sure enough flexible capacity is being added to the power system to cover the demand for power during times with low renewable production, such as calm and cloudy days.

Flexible reciprocating engines and batteries can provide the needed flexibility to balance the renewables and keep the grid stable and reliable.

There is a need to increase flexibility in the grid to manage the rising share of renewables.

In addition to flexible engine power plants, like the BIPS, batteries will play a key role in balancing renewables. Batteries can take care of short duration balancing, whilst the flexible engine power plants can balance renewables for a longer duration. To optimise the use of various power generation assets, cutting-edge energy management systems are needed.

Wärtsilä can offer complete end-to-end solutions for customers, such as flexible reciprocating engine power plants, energy storage and energy management system, as well as lifecycle services.

In May, Wärtsilä released its Atlas of 100% Renewable Energy, where they have modelled 145 countries and regions to find the costoptimal way to produce electricity from 100% renewables. The Atlas illustrates what the costoptimal power systems of each of these regions would look like if these were to be optimally

built from scratch, not considering the burden of existing power plants. These solutions would enable a higher share of intermittent renewable energy sources.

“This is a great tool to use to see the possibilities for a 100% renewable energy system, in which direction we should continue to push, and what technologies are needed to enable a fully renewable power system,” added Kari.

In Australia, over 90% of the energy would come from solar and wind, with flexible gas engine power plants running on synthetic fuels and batteries to balance the intermittency of the renewables.

Australia leading the renewable energy race Australia is well on the way to becoming one of the world’s leading countries in terms of renewable energy, added Kari. However, the current structure of the power system needs to be updated to be more suitable for renewable integration.

The political landscape is pushing for growth in the renewable energy sector by setting targets for emission reductions, carbon reductions and shares of renewable energy. In addition, the economics of renewables are driving this shift from traditional fossil fuels towards cleaner energy.

Kari notes that the country is definitely on the right track, with state governments setting their own renewable energy and carbon reduction

targets, which will continue to drive investments towards sustainable solutions.

“The push for renewables will continue, although it might slow down for a little bit and accelerate in the future. The good news is that the economics are in favour of renewable energy sources and the growth of them, whilst simultaneously contributing to a cleaner energy system,” he added.

Wärtsilä envisions a 100% renewable energy future. Though the world is still far away from 100% renewable energy globally, the share of renewables is increasing in grids worldwide, pushing inflexible power generation out of the system.

“We want to be our customers’ most trusted partner and help them optimise their energy transition,” said Kari. “Based on our deep understanding and leading position in the energy transition we develop new value-adding offerings for our customers’ needs today and in the future. With a lot of experience in power system modelling, market development and project development we help our customers find their optimal path towards 100% renewables.”

Wärtsilä solutions and services are said to support the transition and offer its customers the highest value by optimising their energy systems and future-proofing their assets. Flexible gas engine power plants and energy storage will provide the needed flexibility to balance renewables and secure reliability of the power system.

“The push for renewables will continue, with the economics in favour of renewable energy sources, whilst simultaneously contributing to a cleaner energy system’’ ASIAN POWER 15

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PowerXellence: The New Solution To Power Generation Problems PowerXellence allows customers to interact with PJB Services anytime, anywhere.

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lectrical energy has a very important role in our lives today. It can not be denied that electricity is one of the primary needs in today’s modern era, every activity that we do requires electrical energy. So that directly, electricity becomes a support system in the rotation of the community’s economic wheels.

Therefore, PowerXellence exists to keep power plants more reliable and efficient.

PowerXellence is a digital platform service provided by PJB Services to make it easier for customers and potential customers to get information about company products, place orders for company product services and interact with the company regarding to the products offered by the company.

With PowerXellence, customers digitally can enjoy activities in interacting with PJB Services anywhere and anytime. PowerXellence makes it easy for customers to get various information about PJB Services, as well as get fast solutions to problems that commonly occur in Generating Units. In order to give the best solution for generator performance, the solutions will be provided virtually or by a site visit.

The PowerXellence Digital Platform is available and can be downloaded on PlayStore, AppStore, or by accessing powerxellence.id. Therefore, complaints and service needs can be submitted anytime and from anywhere via a smartphone.

With 5 (five) Stages, customers can receive Services from PowerXellence starting from Register / Login, followed by Select Service, and then followed by Service Orders, we follow up with Verification by our Customer Care to Service Tracking to ensure our service delivery to customers. Further information, customers can also contact us via WhatsApp at +6281133311414 and email at marketing@pjbservices.com The Company’s portfolio is displayed in PowerXellence as a proof of PJB Services

experiences in managing a reliable Power Plant as illustrated with the awards received by the Company with the PJB Services motto: a Trusted Partner to support Customer Power Plant to have high Reliability.

The services offered by PJB Services through PowerXellence is supported by Experienced Experts who are ready to provide solutions to the needs and problems of Customer Power Plant.

Customers can simply click on PowerXellence to select the service they needed and deliver the problem at the Power Plant they selected.

PowerXellence available for five service categories, including: • Operation and maintenance of various types of power plant and BOP (Balance of Plant).

• Maintenance, equipment repair, and overhaul.

• Engineering services: Remaining Life Assessment (RLA), efficiency increament of PLTU Batubara (coal), predictive maintenance, electrical assessment, and asset management governance.

Green energy: green power (provision and maintenance of PLTS), electrical vehicles (provision of various types of electric vehicles), and upgrading of PLTS. Other services, such as: plant relocation, retrofit, commissioning, first year inspection, heavy equipment management, heat insulation provision, scaffolding provision, industrial cleaning, training development, power certification, technical and operational support, provision of cosumable materials, and refractory repairs.

One of the categories in supporting engineering services that was able to achieve the Information Technology Project of the Year - Indonesia at the 2020 Asian Power Awards is the Online Monitoring & Supervisory of Work Execution or OMS. OMS integrates information technology developments in the business process of the OM Services and Project performed by PJB Services, hence the support from experts can still be done effectively and efficiently in all O&M Service Units and Projects throughout Indonesia.

With the presence of OMS, currently our experts at the Head Office (East Java) can immediately supervise corrective work in all O&M Service Units, therefore the executors in the O&M Service Unit can complete maintenance work correctly, immediately, safe, and efficient.

PowerXellence makes it easy for customers to get various information about PJB Services, as well as get fast solutions to problems that commonly occur in Generating Units, and the solutions will be provided virtually or by a site visit

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The plant provides power not only to the whole nation, but also specifically for the southern region and the southern state, Johor

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Hitting the gas pedal in Johor Southern Power Generation has just launched its 1.44 GW combined cycle gas power plant in Johor state. Asian Power caught up with its Managing Director Rizal Nordin on what it means for Malaysia’s national grid.

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he power is now flowing through the new 1.44GW combined cycle gas power plant – “Track 4A” in Johor state, Malaysia.

After several years of development, the Track 4A plant commenced operations on 24 February this year, and features the world’s first operational 9HA.02 heavy-duty gas turbine at its heart.

With 1.44GW of capacity, the new plant is expected to power about three million homes in Malaysia. GE Gas has developed the plant equipment, alongside engineering developer CTCI and Southern Power Generation, a subsidiary of Tenaga Nasional, which manages several plants across the country.

Asian Power caught up with SPG’s managing director Rizal Nordin during the plant’s virtual launch event to ask how the facility sits within Malaysia’s energy matrix and sustainability goals.

Can you tell us a little bit about your career journey to date? What has led you to be the MD of Southern Power Group and launching this new plant in 2021?

I am a professional mechanical engineer. I was actually educated in the US, and got my undergraduate degree in the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor).

I'm an employee of Tenaga Nasional Berhad – I've always been since graduation, actually. And I've been involved in project management for Tenaga Nasional since the beginning of my career.

The first project that I was involved in was TNB Janamanjung. That was in Perak, one of the states in Malaysia. It was a 2,100 MW coalfired power plant, and then at Tenaga Nasional we tried to go into the global market – we had a few projects internationally. I was involved in one of the projects that Tenaga Nasional was involved in in Saudi Arabia. That was for power and water desalination. So I was there for a couple of years, and then came back to Malaysia and got myself involved in other parts of Tenaga Nasional Berhad here and there for a couple of years. And then came back to Track 4A, managing projects. And so here I am today.

And what about Southern Power Group — is that a part of Tenaga Nasional that is focused purely on the Malaysian market?

Yes. Actually, it is purely for this one project only. The Malaysian market now requires power producers to be basically an IPP, or a private entity — because of this requirement to sign the power purchase agreements, etc. So, for this project specifically, Southern Power Generation was formed. And it's also important to mention our partner SIPP Energy, which plays a major role in assisting us with regards to localities, especially in the state of Johor.

So the partnership is between Tenaga Nasional and SIPP Energy.

Tenaga Nasional has a recently formed generation arm, to basically govern and manage Tenaga Nasional’s generation assets, which is the NP Power Generation. SPG now consists of Tenaga Nasional, its subsidiary Tenaga Nasional Power Generation, and also SIPP Energy. And, I think it’s also maybe worth mentioning in terms of the operation and maintenance, or the power plant in the future as well [that] we have another subsidiary of Tenaga Nasional, which is known as TNB Remaco.

So, tell us about the Track A4 plant that you've launched today. Can you tell us about all the development that's gone into that?

The power plant will be injecting power or electricity into the national grid. In Malaysia, it’s designed as one national grid. So, it provides power not only to the whole nation, but also specifically for the southern region as well — and, specifically for the southern (Peninsular Malaysia) state, Johor.

And we are situated in an industrial area in Pasir Gudang. So, in terms of the reliability and availability of power, the security

of the power generation in this region will definitely improve the consumption and the energy needs locally. It's been a long journey, especially with the challenges that we are facing today. We've had good partners in GE and also CTCI to ensure that the project stays on track, and to finally achieve this milestone in terms of achieving commercial operation of the power plant.

And how quickly does that move up to sort of that full capacity?

Are you able to go to full capacity today?

I don't know at this moment now. But, basically, we are available to produce maximum capacity anytime on the demand of the grid system operator.

And do you know if that demand is already there? Are you smoothing out the numbers of brownouts and shortages, or is the plant really designed to deal with future capacity and future demand requirements from Malaysia?

I guess both, because we can see that since we started commercial operation, we've been dispatched at full load. I think the system operator also sees the flexibility and the robustness of the machine.

We can see trends, where the machine load has gone down to a lower load, basically to reflect the requirements of the demand. And we also make sure that the future generation supply is also there.

So, we are also here for the future. But, in terms of today, we can see that the flexibility and the robustness of the machine is already put into for use.

How did the pandemic impact the development timeline for this project. Did it cause some delays? Were there any other issues brought about by the Covid-19 situation in Malaysia?

Yes, especially in the beginning — I think it was early last year, and nobody knew what to expect — those were the more challenging times, because for everybody, the safety of personnel is paramount.

And, at the same time, we had to make sure that the power plant progresses sufficiently. If it could not, then how do we protect the equipment or the plant from getting damaged? So, in the beginning it was more challenging.

As time progressed, the learning curve was there, and then standard operating procedures were established. We've communicated well between SPG, GE, and CTCI, and also TNB Remaco to make sure that we mitigate the challenges and the issues as much as possible together.

Of course, there were impacts — in terms of the schedule, I think that's quite apparent, but I think I would call it a quite positive success, looking at the challenges that we were faced with.

Looking at the future, are there any future plans for Tenaga Group?

In terms of other projects that you're working on? Or is it really just the case that SPG does the Track 4A plant only?

For SPG, basically this plant — the development, the construction, and then the operation of the plant for the next 20 years. In terms of expansion of new power plants? We don't know, maybe in the future, there could be, but at this point of time, the focus is on this plant and making sure that we progress with the operation and maintenance.

We have to also make sure that we produce reliable energy and make sure we're available at all times.

So, it's not just SPG, along with our operator TNB Remaco, and also GE will be with us, especially since we have a long-term service agreement that we signed with them back in 2017. It's more work for us; the buck does not stop there.

But, in terms of expansion — for the time being, no, as far as SPG is concerned. But, in the future, we never know.

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Find out who reigned at the Asian Power Awards 2020 The most outstanding companies with ground-breaking projects and trailblazing initiatives in Asia’s power sector were recognised at the 16th Asian Power Awards, held digitally from 27 October to 3 November 2020.

This year’s nominations were judged by an elite panel of judges consisting of Mike Thomas, Partner at The Lantau Group; Wen Bin Lim, Director, Power and Utilities at KPMG Advisory; John Yeap, Partner at Pinsent Masons; Petteri Harkki at Regional Director for Asia at AFRY; and Gervasius Samosir, Partner at YCP Solidiance.

"The spread of COVID-19 has greatly affected multiple industries. However, the pandemic also provided the power sector with opportunities to innovate and successfully launch projects which will help them reach more consumers," said Asian Power publisher Tim Charlton. “The Asian Power Awards aims to recognise these projects which helped the community amidst these tough times.”

Check out this year’s winners: BIOGAS-FIRED POWER PROJECT OF THE YEAR GOLD- RPG IMPACT PROJECT BY RE POWER GROUP BIOMASS POWER PROJECT OF THE YEAR GOLD- RIZHAO KAIDI ECOLOGICAL ENERGY CO., LTD. 1×30MW BIOMASS COGENERATION PROJECT BY SHENZHEN RUNDIAN INVESTMENT CO., LTD SILVER- CARBON REDUCTION FOR AN IMPROVED NATURE

BY VAYUNANDANA POWER LIMITED BRONZE- BIOMASS CO-FIRING IMPLEMENTATION IN COAL STEAM POWER PLANT BY PT PEMBANGKITAN JAWA BALI COAL POWER PROJECT OF THE YEAR GOLD- 500MW KOREAN STANDARD COAL POWER PLANT RETROFIT, BORYEONG TPP NO.3 BY KOMIPO SILVER- 2790 MW ZONGULDAK CITY COAL FIRED THERMAL POWER PLANTS BY EREN ENERJİ ELEKTRİK ÜRETİM A.Ş.

BRONZE- 660MW ENGRO THAR BLOCK II POWER PLANT BY HUB POWER COMPANY LTD DIESEL-FIRED POWER PROJECT OF THE YEAR GOLD- DIESEL ENGINE POWER PLANT (DEPP) SENAYAN 101 MW, JAKARTA, INDONESIA POWER, POWERED BY WARTSILA, PROJECT EXECUTED BY CONSORTIUM WARTSILA - PT.PP (PERSERO) TBK SILVER- 114 MW HFO FIRED POWER PLANT PROJECT, FENI, BANGLADESH BY FENI LANKA POWER LIMITED

GOLD- INTERCONNECTION OF BARAKAH NUCLEAR POWER PLANT INTO TRANSCO NETWORK BY ABU DHABI TRANSMISSION AND DESPATCH COMPANY (TRANSCO) SILVER- SHING KAI ROAD SUBSTATION: SUSTAINING THE DEVELOPMENT OF URBAN OASIS IN HONG KONG BY CLP POWER HONG KONG LIMITED BRONZE- NETC- STRIVING TOWARDS EXCELLENCE UNDER MOST DIFFICULT ENVIRONMENT BY NORTH EAST TRANSMISSION COMPANY LIMITED CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR - INDIA CONSERVATION OF CRITICALLY ENDANGERED SPECIES - GREAT INDIAN BUSTARD BY 816 MWP KURNOOL ULTRA MEGA SOLAR PARK OF GREENKO GROUP CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR - INDONESIA ADARO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAM BY PT. ADARO ENERGY, TBK CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR - KOREA SEOUL POWER GENERATION DIVISION 800MW ECO-FRIENDLY UNDERGROUND POWER PLANT BY KOMIPO CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR - MALAYSIA MALAKOFF CORPORATION BERHAD CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR - PHILIPPINES RAGS FOR PROFIT PROGRAM BY DMCI POWER CORPORATION ENVIRONMENTAL UPGRADE OF THE YEAR - CHINA WATER-SAVING, POWER-SAVING, SMOKE REDUCTION AND VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT BY SPIC ZHENGZHOU GAS POWER GENERATION CO., LTD. ENVIRONMENTAL UPGRADE OF THE YEAR - INDIA LARGE SCALE RAIN WATER HARVESTING BY HALDIA ENERGY LIMITED ENVIRONMENTAL UPGRADE OF THE YEAR - INDONESIA COAL FIRED POWER PLANT 2 X 150 MW BY PT. GH EMM INDONESIA ENVIRONMENTAL UPGRADE OF THE YEAR - OMAN MAZOON ELECTRICITY’S GREEN CHOICE: GREEN OIL IN TRANSFORMERS BY MAZOON ELECTRICITY COMPANY SAOC ENVIRONMENTAL UPGRADE OF THE YEAR - TAIWAN PROJECT TO REDUCE SOX AND NOX EMISSIONS FOR THE COAL POWERED UNITS AT THE HSINTA POWER STATION BY TAIWAN POWER COMPANY ENVIRONMENTAL UPGRADE OF THE YEAR - THAILAND BANGPA-IN COGENERATION POWER PLANT - ENERGY SAVING BY GAS COMPRESSOR BY CK POWER PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCER OF THE YEAR - BANGLADESH FENI LANKA POWER LIMITED INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCER OF THE YEAR - INDIA NABHA POWER LIMITED, RAJPURA, PUNJAB, INDIA INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCER OF THE YEAR - INDONESIA PT. GH EMM INDONESIA INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCER OF THE YEAR - PAKISTAN HUB POWER COMPANY LTD INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCER OF THE YEAR - SAUDI ARABIA ACWA POWER

DUAL FUEL POWER PLANT OF THE YEAR GOLD- 115 MW HFO FIRED POWER PLANT PROJECT, FENI, BANGLADESH BY FENI LANKA POWER LIMITED SILVER- SCATTERED DIESEL DUAL FUEL ENGINE (SDFE) MOBILE POWER PLANT PACKAGE 1 (120 MW), INDONESIA POWER, POWERED

BY WARTSILA AND EXECUTED BY PT.PP (PERSERO) TBK

INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCER OF THE YEAR - TAIWAN 70 MW MINGUS SOLAR PROJECT BY VENA ENERGY

FAST-TRACK POWER PLANT OF THE YEAR GOLD- 145.49MW FAST TRACK GAS FIRED POWER PROJECT IN KYAUKSE, MYANMAR BY POWERGEN KYAUKSE CO., LTD SILVER- 116 MW HFO FIRED POWER PLANT PROJECT, FENI, BANGLADESH BY FENI LANKA POWER LIMITED BRONZE- 660MW ENGRO THAR BLOCK II POWER PLANT BY HUB POWER COMPANY LTD

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECT OF THE YEAR - INDIA MACHINE LEARNING DRIVEN DEMAND LOAD FORECASTING

BY ADANI ELECTRICITY MUMBAI LIMITED

FLEXIBLE GAS POWER PROJECT OF THE YEAR GOLD- AGL BARKER INLET POWER STATION (BIPS) BY WÄRTSILÄ GAS POWER PROJECT OF THE YEAR GOLD- SEOUL POWER GENERATION DIVISION 800MW ECOFRIENDLY UNDERGROUND POWER PLANT BY KOMIPO SILVER - RIAU NATURAL GAS POWER PROJECT BY ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK BRONZE- IBRI & SOHAR 3 IPPS BY ACWA POWER HYDRO POWER PROJECT OF THE YEAR GOLD - UPPER TRISHULI-1 HYDROPOWER PROJECT BY ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK SILVER- DON SAHONG HYDROPOWER PROJECT, LAO PD

BY MEGA FIRST CORPORATION BERHAD BRONZE- NAM CHE 1 HYDROPOWER BY B.GRIMM POWER NATURAL GAS-FIRED POWER PROJECT OF THE YEAR GOLD- 145.49MW FAST TRACK GAS FIRED POWER PROJECT IN KYAUKSE, MYANMAR BY POWERGEN KYAUKSE CO., LTD SILVER- BANGPA-IN COGENERATION POWER PLANT - ENERGY SAVING

BY GAS COMPRESSOR BY CK POWER PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED BRONZE - RIAU NATURAL GAS POWER PROJECT BY ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK TRANSMISSION & DISTRIBUTION PROJECT OF THE YEAR 20 ASIAN POWER

INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCER OF THE YEAR - TURKEY EREN ENERJİ ELEKTRİK ÜRETİM A.Ş.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECT OF THE YEAR - INDONESIA ONLINE MONITORING & SUPERVISORY OF WORK EXECUTION (OMS) BY PJB SERVICES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECT OF THE YEAR - TAIWAN THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNIQUES IN CIRCUIT BREAKER OPERATION TIME ANALYSIS FOR CONDITION-BASED MAINTENANCE BY TAIWAN POWER COMPANY INNOVATIVE POWER TECHNOLOGY OF THE YEAR - AUSTRALIA AGNEW HYBRID RENEWABLE PROJECT BY EDL INNOVATIVE POWER TECHNOLOGY OF THE YEAR - CHINA BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE FOR FAST AGC FREQUENCY REGULATION AT CR POWER LIYUJIANG POWER PLANT BY CHINA RESOURCES INTELLIGENT ENERGY CO. LTD. INNOVATIVE POWER TECHNOLOGY OF THE YEAR - INDIA ENERGY CONSERVATION THROUGH LARGE SCALE RAIN WATER HARVESTING BY HALDIA ENERGY LIMITED INNOVATIVE POWER TECHNOLOGY OF THE YEAR - INDONESIA SEA’S FIRST PACKAGE OF VENTURE-BACKED AND CROWDFUNDED SOLAR PROJECT BY XURYA DAYA INDONESIA INNOVATIVE POWER TECHNOLOGY OF THE YEAR - JAPAN T-POINT 2 COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANT VALIDATION

FACILITY BY MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD. INNOVATIVE POWER TECHNOLOGY OF THE YEAR - KOREA KOREA DISTRICT HEATING CORPORATION DONGTAN PROJECT BY EMERSON

SAKAKA 300MW BY ACWA POWER SOLAR POWER PROJECT OF THE YEAR - TAIWAN 70 MW MINGUS SOLAR PROJECT BY VENA ENERGY

INNOVATIVE POWER TECHNOLOGY OF THE YEAR - TAIWAN THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNIQUES IN CIRCUIT BREAKER OPERATION TIME ANALYSIS FOR CONDITION-BASED MAINTENANCE BY TAIWAN POWER COMPANY

SOLAR POWER PROJECT OF THE YEAR - VIETNAM BIM 2 (18N) SOLAR POWER PLANT BY BIM RENEWABLE ENERGY JOINT STOCK COMPANY

INNOVATIVE POWER TECHNOLOGY OF THE YEAR - UAE WORLD’S FIRST GAS TURBINE INTELLIGENT CONTROLLER (GTIC)

BY DUBAI ELECTRICITY AND WATER AUTHORITY (DEWA) NUCLEAR POWER PROJECT OF THE YEAR - GOLD FLOATING NUCLEAR POWER PLANT AKADEMIK LOMONOSOV BY ROSATOM POWER PLANT UPGRADE OF THE YEAR - CHINA CHINA SHENZHEN NANTIAN POWER CO., LTD ALSTOM GT13E2 COMBINE CYCLE CONTROL SYSTEM RETROFIT PROJECT BY EMERSON

WIND POWER PROJECT OF THE YEAR - CHINA NEW ENERGY (HUANXIAN) WIND POWER CO., LTD. BY CHINA RESOURCES NEW ENERGY (HUANXIAN) WIND POWER CO., LTD. WIND POWER PROJECT OF THE YEAR - THAILAND 260-MEGAWATT HANUMAN WIND FARM BY ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK CEO OF THE YEAR AHMED SAEED MOHAMED OF FENAKA CORPORATION LIMITED

POWER PLANT UPGRADE OF THE YEAR - INDIA GREENKO BUDHIL HYDRO POWER PRIVATE LIMITED OF GREENKO GROUP POWER PLANT UPGRADE OF THE YEAR - INDONESIA DIESEL ENGINE POWER PLANT (DEPP) SENAYAN 101 MW, JAKARTA, INDONESIA POWER, POWERED BY WARTSILA, PROJECT EXECUTED

BY CONSORTIUM WARTSILA - PT.PP (PERSERO) TBK POWER PLANT UPGRADE OF THE YEAR - IRAQ NAJIBIYA GAS POWER PLANT BY MINISTRY OF ELECTRICITY

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA)

Feni Lanka Power Limited

Greenko Group

Greenko Group

Komipo

Komipo

Mitsubishi Power, Ltd.

Nabha Power Limited

PJB Services

Powergen Kyaukse Co., LTD

POWER PLANT UPGRADE OF THE YEAR - JAPAN T-POINT 2 COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANT VALIDATION FACILITY BY MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD. POWER PLANT UPGRADE OF THE YEAR - KOREA KOREA'S FIRST 500MW KOREAN STANDARD COAL POWER PLANT RETROFIT, BORYEONG TPP NO.3 BY KOMIPO POWER PLANT UPGRADE OF THE YEAR - MALDIVES LAAMU ATOLL CENTRAL POWER STATION BY FENAKA CORPORATION LIMITED POWER PLANT UPGRADE OF THE YEAR - TAIWAN PROJECT TO REDUCE SOX AND NOX EMISSIONS FOR THE COAL POWERED UNITS AT THE HSINTA POWER STATION BY TAIWAN POWER COMPANY POWER PLANT UPGRADE OF THE YEAR - THAILAND AMATA B.GRIMM POWER 3 BY B.GRIMM POWER POWER UTILITY OF THE YEAR - INDIA TATA POWER DELHI DISTRIBUTION LIMITED POWER UTILITY OF THE YEAR - IRAQ NAJIBIYA GAS POWER PLANT BY MINISTRY OF ELECTRICITY POWER UTILITY OF THE YEAR - MALDIVES FENAKA CORPORATION LIMITED POWER UTILITY OF THE YEAR - PAKISTAN K-ELECTRIC LIMITED POWER UTILITY OF THE YEAR - THAILAND B.GRIMM POWER POWER UTILITY OF THE YEAR - TURKEY EREN ENERJİ ELEKTRİK ÜRETİM A.Ş.

SMART GRID PROJECT OF THE YEAR - INDIA IMPLEMENTATION OF SMART METERING ECOSYSTEM BY TATA POWER DELHI DISTRIBUTION LIMITED SMART GRID PROJECT OF THE YEAR - PHILIPPINES PHILIPPINES SMART SOLAR NETWORK BY INFRACO ASIA DEVELOPMENT PTE LTD SMART GRID PROJECT OF THE YEAR - TAIWAN THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNIQUES IN CIRCUIT BREAKER OPERATION TIME ANALYSIS FOR CONDITION-BASED MAINTENANCE BY TAIWAN POWER COMPANY SOLAR POWER PROJECT OF THE YEAR - AFGHANISTAN 150 KW ONGRID SYSTEM FOR BAHAR SARAB TRADING CENTRE

BY VISTA RENEWABLE ENERGY SERVICES COMPANY SOLAR POWER PROJECT OF THE YEAR - BANGLADESH IDCOL SOLAR IRRIGATION PUMP PROJECT BY INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LIMITED SOLAR POWER PROJECT OF THE YEAR - CHINA LANXIAN CHUNHUI PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER STATION BY CHINA RESOURCES NEW ENERGY (LANXIAN) CO., LTD. SOLAR POWER PROJECT OF THE YEAR - INDONESIA SEA’S FIRST PACKAGE OF VENTURE-BACKED AND CROWDFUNDED

BY SOLAR PROJECT BY XURYA DAYA INDONESIA SOLAR POWER PROJECT OF THE YEAR - MALDIVES MADAVELI/HOADEHDHOO PROJECT BY FENAKA CORPORATION LIMITED SOLAR POWER PROJECT OF THE YEAR - SAUDI ARABIA

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Taiwan Power Company

Vayunandana Power Limited

Wärtsilä

Abu Dhabi Transmission and Despatch Company (TRANSCO)

B.Grimm Power

CK Power Public Company Limited

Mazoon Electricity

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SPIC Zhengzhou Gas Power Generation Co., Ltd.

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Mazoon Electricity makes a green choice every time The company aims to integrate clean and green energy technologies that will help pave the way for the future of the industry.

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s a leading electricity provider in the Sultanate of Oman, Mazoon Electricity Company SAOC (MZEC) believes that continuing value to customers, communities, and shareholders ensues from operating in a responsible and sustainable way. Mazoon Electricity, a regulated distributor and supplier of electricity, operates in four governorates in north-eastern Oman, serving 1.5 million people over an area of 81,000sqkm (31,000 sq miles).

Whilst undertaking regulated distribution and supply of electricity in various governorates of Oman including Al Dakhiliyah, Al Sharqiyah North, Al Sharqiyah South, Al Batinah South, and Suwaiq in Al Batinah North, Mazoon Electricity has always focused on upgrading its environmental responsibility through innovation. Mazoon Electricity is a farsighted company which aims to connect isolated communities and to enhance the system reliability of the existing electricity network for people across the area it operates.

Mazoon Electricity is proud of its stable and steady growth in customers, regulated units, distributed assets, employees, and revenue since the inception of the company in 2005. The company acknowledges that dedicated attention on the accomplishment of planned objectives identified during periodic reviews from time to time was the key success factor in ensuring this growth whilst discharging the functions and duties as per the license. The significant achievements of the company vouches for this fact and encourages the management to continue adopting a framework for effective management in the coming years.

The company’s approach is based on curtailing environmental impacts by complying with all environmental regulations and best international practices. In recognition of its efforts in this front, the 2020 Asia Power Awards’ Environmental Upgrade of the Year was bestowed on Mazoon Electricity in recognition of its successful green oil transformers project.

“The role of any business is not just about giving back to society but also ensuring that its practices are socially responsible and environmentally sound,”

said Salim Said Al Kamyani, acting CEO of Mazoon Electricity.

“We continue to be guided by the philosophy of meaningfully impacting lives. Asia Power Awards is a testament of our efforts to constantly introduce business innovations and inspire future generations.

We continuously seek modern approaches to implement suitable environmental upgrades,” he added.

The company has begun using environmentally friendly transformers, which use green oil as an insulating medium rather than traditional mineral oil. Green oil transformers are eco-friendly, efficient, and economical. One of the key benefits of using green oil is the prevention of pollution. It is 100% biodegradable and less toxic, limiting pollution risk during operation and installation. Fire safety is improved considerably, offering increased security for operators and those in proximity. With limited maintenance needs due to no sludge formation or moisture problem, use of green oil has offered significant environmental benefits.

These green oil transformers are non-hazardous in soil and water, reduce civil cost and extend transformer life by five to eight times. They are economical and a better alternative to hazardous and costly dry type (cast Resin) transformers. Having a 100% safety record, they can be positioned indoor, underground or close proximity to buildings or any other equipment.

For Mazoon Electricity, the major benefit of using green oils as an alternative transformer fluid has been that they are biodegradable and non-toxic. They have allowed the company to alleviate any negative environmental impact since they degrade to carbon dioxide and water in less than 28 days and are not harmful to living organisms. In addition, these oils absorb more moisture compared to mineral oils.

The growing demand for improved fire safety, biodegradability and life extension of transformers and other oil filled high voltage-equipment prompted the company to use green oil in its transformers.

The company’s transformer using green oil has been working perfectly with zero environmental impacts.

The company believes that shift to green oil in transformers is one of the key steps towards greener and more sustainable future transmission and distribution networks. The chance to use a product which uses biodegradable oil is appealing to Mazoon Electricity as it is continually looking at more environmentally sustainable options. Mazoon Electricity’s focus is to define optimised, customised solutions based on modern requirements and evaluation criteria. It aims to contribute to the green agenda and setting new standards for the future.

Mazoon Electricity will continue to be committed to advancing sustainable business practices in its operations.

We continuously seek prevalent approaches to implement appropriate environmental upgrades

The company focuses on creating safe working environments by supporting a preventative practices approach and strong safety-first leadership and culture. The company has identified the strategic objective “Achieve excellence in QHSE compliance” to achieve Advanced HSE management, comply with legal requirements, create a culture of safe behaviour, and commit and contribute towards protecting the environment.

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Charting realistic paths to decarbonise power in Asia Pacific Mitsubishi Power at the forefront of developing technologies to help countries achieve energy goals.

T-Point 2, Mitsubishi Power’s combined cycle power plant validation facility at Takasago Works in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Photo attribution: Mitsubishi Power

Home to more than 4.3 billion people, Asia Pacific is one of the places most vulnerable to the devastating effects of climate change. In recent years, communities from India to Australia have experienced increasingly extreme weather conditions, and uncontrolled carbon emissions have undoubtedly contributed to this.

We have a shared mandate to reduce our carbon footprint.

For the energy sector, the journey to deep decarbonisation will not be easy nor quick, especially in a region as diverse as Asia Pacific.

Countries here have varying access to natural resources, capital, and legislative incentives to push clean power initiatives. Additionally, new technologies are constantly changing how we monitor, learn, and create better outcomes for electrification.

Asia Pacific needs a dedicated and knowledgeable partner to help navigate these intricate challenges. As a global energy solutions provider with in-depth understanding of the region, Mitsubishi Power is fully equipped to lead the charge.

Different communities will need to establish their own paths to decarbonisation. We believe that any roadmap we build together must incorporate three key approaches: First, we need to increase flexibility of legacy power infrastructure to accommodate intermittencies as power providers work to enhance the output and stability of electricity from renewables.

Second, we need to reduce the environmental impact of existing facilities, especially coal plants that dot the region. This involves improving fuel efficiency and reducing carbon emissions through equipment upgrades, and installation of air quality control technologies.

Finally, we need to increase the proportion of cleaner fuels in the energy mix. As zero-carbon fuels such as ammonia and hydrogen, as well as renewables like geothermal, wind and solar are 24 ASIAN POWER

progressively introduced into the mix, lower carbon options such as natural gas and biomass which are abundant in some countries in the region will help maintain the stability of baseload power generation.

Guided by these principles, Mitsubishi Power is at the forefront of developing technologies that support countries in achieving their energy goals.

“We continue to engage closely with customers, governments, utilities, industry leaders and our sister companies within the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group to address the foremost energy challenge of our time: creating an energy future that works for people and the planet” Our IGCC and GTCC systems have already transformed power systems all around Asia Pacific – making them more efficient whilst significantly reducing their carbon emissions. Mitsubishi Power’s IGCC systems, with the capacity to generate power from both coal gas and recovered exhaust heat,

can improve efficiency by approximately 15%.

Meanwhile, plants employing our state-of-the-art gas turbines have a 20% higher power generation efficiency than conventional coal-fired thermal power generation systems and enable a 50% reduction in carbon emissions.

Our next-generation J-Series Air Cooled (JAC) gas turbines lead the industry with 64% fuel efficiency and 99.6% reliability. These record-setting gas turbines are revolutionising grids in countries like Japan and Thailand. In the latter, major independent power producers such as Gulf Energy Development and Hin Kong Power are installing JAC turbines in their facilities to deliver a total of 6.7GW of cleaner power to the country.

We owe the JAC model’s top performance to our proud heritage of innovation, exemplified by the more than 8,000 hours of testing that our new gas turbine designs undergo at our T-Point 2 combined cycle validation facility in Japan. Apart from being the site of long-term prototype validation, T-Point 2 is also on track to becoming the world’s first autonomous combined cycle plant with its adoption of TOMONI, our proprietary suite of intelligent power plant solutions fueled by advanced data analytics and artificial intelligence.

Osamu Ono, President and CEO, Mitsubishi Power Asia Pacific, said that part of the company’s mission is to deliver the most advanced energy solutions that can help the region obtain its energy goals.

“We recognise the need to ensure that power remains reliable and affordable, whilst also working to minimise the environmental impact of power generation. We continue to engage closely with customers, governments, utilities, industry leaders and our sister companies within the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group to address the foremost energy challenge of our time: creating an energy future that works for people and the planet,” he added.

The next few years will be crucial for Asia Pacific’s energy journey. Countries in the region have set ambitious targets to reduce emissions and overhaul their energy systems. To do this, public and private sectors must work hand-in-hand.

Mitsubishi Power will be with you at every step of the way. We are your partners in creating an energy future that works for you.

Mitsubishi Power engages in a wide range of research and development to develop innovative power generation solutions. Photo attribution: Mitsubishi Power

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WE ARE LISTENING. As Asia Pacific’s economy grows, so does the demand for reliable, affordable power. Mitsubishi Power can help achieve this – smartly and more efficiently. Our proprietary TOMONI™ intelligent solutions use artificial intelligence and advanced data analytics to evolve the way you operate your power plant. TOMONI is also pivotal in transforming our award-winning T-Point 2 facility into the world’s first autonomous power plant. The future is here.

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10 years of InfraCo Asia: Pioneering infrastructure, changing lives

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ccording to the International Energy Agency’s 2019 statistics, around 155 million people in developing Asia – concentrated in the rural regions, are without adequate or reliable access to electricity. This number is set to increase in view of Asia’s burgeoning energy demand. The impact of energy poverty has been exacerbated by the unprecedented scale and scope of the COVID-19 pandemic. In archipelagic nations like the Philippines, which is made up of more than 7,000 islands, off-grid communities without access to essential infrastructure are at times even cut off from basic access to clean water and energy supply, due to lockdowns and movement restrictions.

As a result of the pandemic, the losses in developing Asian economies could be somewhere in the range of US$1.4-2.2 trillion in 2020, according to Asian Development Bank (ADB) estimates. The road to economic recovery for developing Asia is paved with challenges, and will require both private and public sector players working hand-in-hand to restore economic growth, create jobs, and set least developed countries (LDCs) back on a path towards sustainable development targets.

To build forward better and greener, Asia will also need greater private sector participation in sustainable infrastructure projects that are scalable, affordable, replicable and transformative. InfraCo Asia’s Philippines Smart Solar Network project – a joint venture with AIEC-ILAW, developed through Infunde Development, received industry recognition last year, as one such initiative. In 2020, the team

InfraCo Asia’s mission is to catalyse the private sector investments needed to bridge the infrastructure gap in Asia’s emerging and frontier markets.

was awarded ‘Smart Grid Project of the Year – Philippines’ by Asian Power, and the ‘Access to Energy’ award by the prestigious, UK-based Energy Institute.

The Philippines Smart Solar Network project demonstrates a commercially viable model of rural electrification, for implementation at scale and across off-grid communities in the Philippines. The project consists of smart “mesh” grid controllers combined with commercially available solar modules and batteries. With this project, customers pay as little as US$0.16/ day for energy access. This amounts to US$0.5-0.8/kWh – in comparison to power generation by diesel engines at US$1.181.91/kWh or grid extension solutions at US$1.91++/ kWh. The innovative rural electrification project uses a 26 ASIAN POWER

The InfraCo Asia team, alongside its joint venture partner Sunseap International, on the site of the 168MWp solar farm in Ninh Thuan Province, Vietnam

digital electronic payment wallet, providing revenue collection risk mitigation. It has also enabled productive loads for the first time in the villages, paving the way for job creation, the storage of fish and medical supplies, ice production for the storage of vaccines, and more. Following on the success of the 62-household pilot in San Isidro, Busuanga, InfraCo Asia and AIEC-ILAW have committed to connect approx. 4,000 additional households to first-time, affordable and reliable clean energy in the expansion phase, with plans to scale the project to 200,000 households in the exit pipeline.

For 10 years now, the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) company InfraCo Asia has been at the helm of pioneering infrastructure projects that have played a pathfinding role for investors in the region. “Headquartered in Singapore, InfraCo Asia’s mission is to catalyse the private sector investments needed to bridge the infrastructure gap in Asia’s emerging and frontier markets. We combine patient capital and development expertise to de-risk infrastructure development in the region, that creates a lasting impact on people and economies” said Allard Nooy, CEO of InfraCo Asia.

Highlights from InfraCo Asia’s portfolio include the first project-financed wind power developments in Pakistan, crowding-in the first overseas

hydropower investment by Japan’s TEPCO through InfraCo Asia’s Coc San Hydro Power project, and the commissioning of one of Vietnam’s first utilityscale solar farms through 100% foreign debt and equity financing. InfraCo Asia’s investment and development portfolio is mandated for 12 countries across South and Southeast Asia, and covers infrastructure sectors as diverse as affordable housing, digital communications infrastructure and water, sewage and sanitation, in addition to power and energy. The business takes on early-stage investment and development activities, de-risking and transforming infrastructure projects into viable investment opportunities for private sector players.

Since 2010, InfraCo Asia has mobilised over US$ 735 million in private sector investment, providing 2.5 million people with new and improved access to infrastructure, and creating over 3,000 jobs in communities where its projects are located.

“What InfraCo Asia has accomplished to date is a demonstration that the work of the PIDG companies in Asia remains very relevant and, given the current circumstances where public finances are under great strain, it is needed more than ever,” said Philippe Valahu, CEO of the Private Infrastructure Development Group. “We look forward to its future successes in bringing to life infrastructure with a high positive impact on people, planet and economies.”

CONTACT Company name: InfraCo Asia Development Pte Ltd Contact number: +65-6321-6666 Email: info@infracoasia.com Website: www.infracoasia.com

The Philippines Smart Solar Network project demonstrates the commercial viability of a solar-powered, rural electrification model that is expected to provide affordable, clean energy to 200,000 households in off-grid regions.

InfraCo Asia operates across 12 countries in the region, covering a range of infrastructure sectors as diverse as affordable housing, digital communications infrastructure, water, sewage and sanitation, and power & energy.

We deploy funding and development expertise to de-risk the early-stage development of socially responsible and sustainable infrastructure projects that make a lasting impact on people, planet and economies.

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Headquartered in Singapore, InfraCo Asia looks to invest and develop sustainable infrastructure projects in which it can play a role that is complementary to the private sector, and create high development impact that is aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement.

InfraCo Asia is a company of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) – an innovative infrastructure development and finance organisation which mobilises private investment in pioneering infrastructure in the frontier markets of sub-Saharan Africa, South and Southeast Asia, to promote economic development and combat poverty.

PIDG operates along the infrastructure project life cycle and across the capital structure. It aims to help projects overcome financial, technical or environmental challenges – creating investment-ready, bankable infrastructure opportunities.

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Feni Lanka at the forefront of independent power producers in Bangladesh The firm bagged four accolades at the Asian Power Awards 2020.

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eni Lanka 114MW Power Plant, a remarkable achievement by the engineering talent of Lakdhanavi Limited, is located at Kashimpur, Feni, Bangladesh. It is the third HFO-fired power plant operated in Bangladesh by Lakdhanavi Limited, a power-generating arm of LTL Holdings and one of the leading engineering companies in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. An independent power producer, Feni Lanka started its operation on 25 November 2019 and began its civil construction work on 6 February 2019.

The plant comprises six W18V50 and one W20V32 four-stroke diesel engine with direct fuel injection from Wartsila, Finland. These engines are incorporated with cutting-edge technologies, which include single-stage turbochargers from ABB and double-stage intercoolers from Wartsila. The engine control and monitoring are handled by the Unified Controls (UNIC) system of Wartsila. For generating electricity, there are seven synchronous three-phase air-cooled generators from ABB, Finland which can produce 11KV electricity and are equipped with anticondensation heaters.

Power evacuation side is equipped with two 85 MVA 132/11 KV power transformers from Jiangsu Huapeng Transformer Co. Ltd, China, a 5 km long 132 kV power transmission line, and a gas insulated substation. In the switchgear room, the LV circuit breakers are from ABB, India and the MV circuit breakers are from Schneider, China. For plant electrification, it involves two 3.165 MVA 11/0.4 KV auxiliary transformers from LTL Transformers (Pvt) Limited, Sri Lanka. At Feni Lanka, compressed air is produced using two screw compressors from Gardner Denver, USA and four piston compressors from Sperre, Norway.

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Plant black out situation is handled by a black start generator form Cummins-Stamford that can produce 650 KVA electricity at 440V. Its fire detection system is from Cooper, Europe and firefighting system is from NAFFCO, Dubai which ensures NFPA 16 standard. There is a separate dedicated fire suppression system for the switchgear room.

Uninterrupted supply of fuel for nonstop

Feni Lanka prides itself on innovation, quality, safety, excellence of EPC, and brilliance of O&M of the power generating industries

generation of electricity is ensured by continuous transportation of fuel using ten tank lorries from TATA, India each having a capacity of 18500L. For storing fuel at the plant, it has two fuel storage tanks having total storing capacity of 10000m3. The purification of fuel is performed by ten oil separators which are from Alfa Laval, Sweden.

Feni Lanka has one auxiliary boiler for generating steam on plant standby condition, and three exhaust gas boilers, for generating steam on plant running condition, from Aalborg, Alfa Laval, Sweden.

Today after almost one commercial year of operation, Feni Lanka has a track record of maintaining an availability of 95% and a reliability above 98%. Operating with a comparatively high maintenance factor due to the fact of burning HFO above statistics is very much appreciable. Feni Lanka

has a very young, energetic, and enthusiastic O&M team of 60 staff who are always dedicated for plant operation, time to time schedule maintenance and overall cleanliness of plant, under the guidance of a very prudent senior leadership.

Using its own in-house capabilities, Feni Lanka has built its own in-house software for scheduling and tracking all maintenance activities, and forecasting fuel requirements which have been named respectively as the ‘FLPL-Auxiliary Maintenance’ and ‘FLPL-Fuel Forecast’. Feni Lanka has also incorporated a custom-built special inventory management system for its store to forecast, predict, and track the stock of spares parts.

Together with all these special features Feni Lanka successfully maintained good reliability and availability even during the crisis moment of COVID-19 pandemic. After getting the highly respectful Asian Power Award 2020 in four categories this year, all the staff of Feni Lanka are very much humbled and most grateful and this award is a real boost for everyone working here. Now Feni Lanka is at the forefront of independent power producers in Bangladesh.

With its prudent O&M team, Feni Lanka will keep on updating the knowledge and know-how by adhering to the latest international standards.

Feni Lanka prides itself on innovation, quality, safety, excellence of EPC, and brilliance of O&M of the power generating industries. And coming soon Feni Lanka will be implementing innovative technologies to enhance its beauty, safety, efficiency, and environmental aspects. With all the achievements, the combination of a young, energetic O&M team and the experienced, innovative leadership who are fashioned about the engineering excellence of Feni Lanka will continue their journey for years to come.

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TRANSCO named the Transmission and Distribution Project of The Year at the Asian Power Awards 2020

Barakah Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP)

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he UAE made history in 2020 when the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant despatched its first megawatts of clean electricity to the transmission grid. Abu Dhabi Transmission and Despatch Company (TRANSCO) played a critical role in successfully and safely connecting Barakah’s first unit, recently winning the gold award at the Asian Power Awards 2020 and named “Transmission & Distribution Project of the Year” for TRANSCO’s landmark interconnection of the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant to its network.

A subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA), TRANSCO is responsible for the development, operations and maintenance of high-voltage power and bulk water transmission networks within Abu Dhabi and beyond.

Barakah Nuclear Power Plant, the first nuclear new-build project in the Arab World is located

This project demonstrates our commitment to support the nation in achieving its sustainability and clean energy objectives

in Al Dhafra Region of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi in the UAE and is home to four reactors. Each reactor is designed to produce electricity with nearly zero carbon emissions, providing efficient and reliable low-carbon electricity to the country.

Once fully operational, the plant will be able to meet 25% of the UAE’s electricity demand and prevent the release of more than 21 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year. This is equivalent to removing 3.2 million cars from the roads annually.

TRANSCO played a key role in integrating this significant national achievement into the transmission system through a partnership with the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) and its operations and maintenance subsidiary, Nawah Energy Company. TRANSCO’s role continues to be both critical and extensive, it has successfully completed 952 kilometers of overhead lines connecting the Barakah Plant with its grid. This connection ensures that the clean electricity is reliably delivered to consumers across the UAE. Talking about winning the Gold Award at the Asian Power Awards 2020, Afif Saif Al Yafei, CEO at TRANSCO, said, “We are very proud of this achievement, which was a culmination of years of hard work and successful collaboration with TRANSCO’s various teams and our project partners, ENEC and Nawah. This project demonstrates our ongoing commitment to supporting the nation in achieving its sustainability and clean energy objectives, as outlined in the UAE’s National Energy Strategy 2050.”

TRANSCO is well-positioned to help deliver clean energy to customers, businesses and government entities across the UAE by ensuring

the right infrastructure is in place to connect new and renewable sources of energy to the grid. TRANSCO is prioritizing digitalization and modernization to use real-time data to help improve operations.

Current projects underway include the installation of digital bays in TRANSCO’s network as pilot projects to enable a seamless move to fully digitalized substations, the potential use of digital switchgears in TRANSCO’s network to ensure optimal operations and improve the future performance, and also the gradual implementation of the SF6 Leakage detections based on Artificial Intelligence to facilitate decisionmaking that is related to the maintenance of the circuit breakers.

Also commenting on the award, Dr. Salem Al Harthi, Projects Director at TRANSCO said “Winning the gold award at the Asian Power Awards 2020 and named the Transmission & Distribution Project of The Year is a great testimonial for our dedication and hard work as a team full of professionals that works together to achieve the vision and objectives of our wise leadership and to represent our country through a national projects with global footprint”.

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