PNG Power Managing Director Flagon Bekker said the company's assets have a lot of potential for generating income and maximizing their use to help the country distribute energy more efficiently. PNG Power has the capability and assets to provide that opportunity and needs to look at the best solutions to accomplish this sort of outcome, he said. Electr...
Oil Search confirms that the Company received a letter from PNG Power Limited (PPL) that could significantly impact the PNG Biomass Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) which was signed between both companies in December 2015. The Company has analysed the implications of the letter’s unforeseen ‘notice of termination’ and is currently engaging with all key stak...
PNG Power Limited (PPL) and the Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore possible energy resources for power generation in the area. This MoU was signed following a conversation between the ABG and PNG Power last year about working together to grow the energy market in AROB. A follow-up ...
Mayur Resources Ltd says it has formed an ongoing relationship with the State negotiation team to discuss and finalize a power purchase agreement (PPA) for its planned power plant in Lae, Morobe. The organization was waiting for the State negotiation team's makeup to be finalized and signed off, according to managing director Paul Mulder. After that...
The Australian government has decided to contribute $US90 million (K315 million) to the Marape government's top-priority Edevu Transmission and Electrification program. The Edevu hydropower plant, which is based in Sogeri, is part of the Papua New Guinea Electrification Partnership, which seeks to reach 70 per cent electrification across the country by...
Philip Taula, New Zealand's High Commissioner, and Flagon Bekker, Managing Director of PNG Power Limited, have signed a funding agreement for the Enga Electrification Project, paving the way for work on the Ramu grid extension to begin. Under the five-nation PNG electrification Partnership, New Zealand and Australia are co-funding the initiative. It...
The National Energy Authority Bill, 2020 was passed by the National Parliament with an overwhelming majority of 73 to 0. The National Energy Authority Bill was created to control renewable and non-renewable energy production, storage, delivery, and retailing. The Act will also cover the following functions: Governing the oil market by overseei...
According to PNG Power Ltd, renegotiation and reviews of current contracts with independent power producers (IPPs) make the business healthier and more competitive (PPL). PPL managing director Flagon Bekker made the statement in response to questions raised by IPP industry groups (IP3) about PPL unilaterally reviewing and renegotiating current contract...
Independent Power Producers (IPPs) in Papua New Guinea have expressed concern about PNG Power Limited's (PPL) unilateral analysis and renegotiation of existing contracts and contractually agreed rates to supply power to the grid. The task of IPPs, according to David Burbidge, Chair of the IP3 Industry Group for Independent Power Producers, is to collab...
The Lae Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) said it welcomes any power plan that is long-term, environmentally friendly and creates jobs in the delivery of efficient, low-cost electricity in Lae and Morobe. President John Byrne referred to concerns regarding the PNG Biomass project in the province's Markham Valley when he said, “PNG Biomass has pro...
The World Bank has funded a $30 million (PGK105 million) project to help the state-owned electricity provider PNG Power boost its operational and financial efficiency. The PNG Energy Utility Efficiency and Reliability Improvement Project (EUPRIP) arrives at a crucial time for PNG, with people around the country facing big problems with inadequate acces...
PNG Biomass is Oil Search’s renewable energy and sustainable tree farming business. The project is still subject to a final investment decision by Oil Search, now planned to take place in the second half of the year. The formal ‘go-ahead' has been postponed several times due to a lengthy process with the PNG government to fulfil their promises to move ...
Work on a K4 million solar project to cover all wards in the Duke of York Islands local level government (LLG), Kokopo, East New Britain (ENB), is set to start in June. This was announced by Francis Uratun, director of PNG Power Ltd (PPL), who recently travelled to the Duke of York Islands to finalize project documents for submission to AusAid. AusA...
To address the problems of electric supply in the region, PNG Power Limited has focused its efforts on addressing key issues in the country. According to Managing Director Flaggon Bekker, the organisation was split into two - corporate and execution - to see how to solve these problems. “With the split in the organisation, there are no-cost implicat...
The government and Shenzhen Energy of China recently signed the K3.3 billion Ramu 2 hydropower project. According to State Enterprise Minister William Duma, although the conditional power purchase agreement with PNG Power had been signed, there were other financing arrangements that the project consortium needed to work on with their own parties before...
If low-cost power can be produced, then the investment into the Ramu Two power project may proceed, said Prime Minister James Marape, who was responding to a report that a Chinese investor in the Ramu project had said that the government had nothing to do with this. Marape added that the investment was part of the public-private partnership, where the ...
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