The Sustainable Energy Development Authority (Seda) has received approval for an additional one percent tax on the renewable energy fund in addition to the current one percent already on power bills. Currently, consumers in Peninsular Malaysia using more than 300kWh a month are paying a one percent tax, called a feed-in-tariff, to independent renewable energy power producers. When the new levy is implemente ...

China-based JinkoSolar Holding Co is expanding operations with a new office opening in Singapore, which is quickly emerging as a growing hub of solar energy research and development. The regional headquarters will supervise sales, logistics, financing, project development and customer service across the country. JinkoSolar Chairman David Li notes, “Singapore boasts an established logistics infrastructure, m ...

GE has signed a $200 million contract to supply steam turbine technology, power generation services and distributed control systems for the conversion of Saudi Electricity Company’s (SEC) PP10 power plant from simple to combined-cycle operation. The project will add 1,300 megawatts to the plant’s capacity to help meet the growing power requirements of Saudi Arabia’s central region and help the country meet ...

Eon Electric, formerly Indo Asian Fusegear, announced it is demerging its energy meter and power generation business, effective April 1, 2012. The demerged business will be handled by a separate entity named Advance Metering Technology Ltd (AMTL), which will be listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange. The decision to demerge the metering and power business was undertaken in order ...

Reliance Power has commissioned the fourth 300 MW unit of the Rosa plant in Uttar Pradesh, bring the project’s total operational capacity to 1,200 MW. The thermal power project is now fully operational and the fourth unit was commissioned four months ahead of the original schedule set for July. Rosa project has four units, each having 300 MW capacity, and the third 300 MW unit of the plant, also finished ah ...

Empereal Energy & Services has announced a strategic partnership with Sun Liberty Holdings to bring solar power generation and power management solutions to millions of street lights in Asia and the Middle East. The deal was prompted by the unmet needs for energy production and management of street lights in parking lots, along roadways, and on property in Gulf Cooperation Council nations and in the Indian ...