#China

China, Beijing: China Steel Corp, the nation’s largest steelmaker announced that it was preparing to lodge anti-dumping lawsuits against Chinese and South Korean peers to protect its interests.

China, Beijing: The Chinese state grid operator’s hunt for $50 billion in overseas assets makes it a potential bidder for ABB’s power grids business in what would be another step toward creating a global energy internet.

China, Beijing: China is planning to invest at least $315 billion (2 trillion yuan) in the construction of its power distribution network during 2015-2020, including an investment of $471 million (300 billion yuan) in 2015, according to an action plan on power distribution network construction and transformation for 2015-2020 released by the National Energy Administration on Monday.

China, Hubei Province: Alstom has been awarded the Ezhou Power Plant phase III generator step-up transformer contract by Hubei Energy Group Co., Ltd.

On Thursday the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) began examining dumping claims for grain-oriented flat-rolled electrical steel that is imported from Japan, the Republic of Korea and the European Union (EU).

Zambia, Lusaka: Chinese transformer manufacturers TBEA Company Limited and Chint Electric Company have been contracted by Zambia’s largest power company ZESCO to supply power transformers and shunt reactors for three substation upgrade projects.

Nigeria, Lagos: Chinese construction company Sinotec has completed a major power project in Nigeria which links the capital city and is expected to contribute immensely to the country’s national grid.

China, Hong Kong: A global investment manager L.R. Capital is investing $80 million (RMB 500 million) in the pre-IPO financing of Xinte Energy, a subsidiary of Tebian Electric Apparatus Stock Company Limited (TBEA).

Malaysia, Selangor: Indkom Engineering, a Malaysian manufacturer of power distribution equipment and one of the largest suppliers of the national utility company Tenaga Nasional, is looking to expand its business on the international front, with China, Yemen, Jordan, Brunei, Singapore and Saudi Arabia on its radar for new business opportunities.

Angola, Luanda: Sinohydro, a Chinese hydropower engineering and construction company is close to complete the works on Cuito Canavale thermal power, said Angolan Secretary of State for Energy.

China, Shanxi: The Shanxi province power company plans to invest over $224M into projects for the upgrade of the rural power grid in 2015.

China, Hong Kong: VPower, a Hong Kong-based short to medium term power generation company, has launched a gas-fired interim power plant in Rakhine State, Myanmar, which is the first gas-fired power plant that connects directly to the country’s 230 kV grid.

China, Baoding: State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) has awarded a $195million contract to Baoding Tianwei Baobian Electric Co., Ltd (BTW) for the supply of 4 packages of AC and HVDC transformers for two transmission projects.