Babcock Power is rapidly becoming the most successful and committed HRSG supplier in South East Asia, with some benchmark orders over the last few years such as expansions on EGAT’s Wang Noi & Chana power plants. With heritage and expertise in design, engineering, construction & servicing, Babcock are here to support to Asian power producers for the long term in the new and aftermarket. ...

International Finance Corp., a lending arm of the World Bank, is helping fight a water shortage problem in China with its first investment in the country’s desalination sector. The IFC has invested $12 million in Aqualyng Holding AS and the Norwegian company will use the funds to build desalination plants in areas of China experiencing water scarcity. “Our investment in Aqualyng underscores our commitment t ...

IBM has unveiled a water-cooled microchip that produces solar energy at greater efficiencies than most cells and the waste water can be used to power desalination facilities. This is an extension of technology currently used in Zurich to cool microchips in their computers. The Zurich-based SuperMUC computer contains the microchips, and when water travels through them, it carries away heat. This heat is used ...

It has emerged this week that cyber-attacks from China have been focusing on utilities and the electric grid, causing the USA to publically accuse China for the first time of instigating and tolerating the attacks. Cyber-security analysts say the computer-based attacks emanating from China continue unabated despite this now open dialogue between American and Chinese defence departments, and in fact are expa ...

Have you ever wondered how companies like APR can be so efficient at installing temporary power plants? Take a look at this excellent time lapse video to get a better understanding. ...

SANA’A, Yemen – Leading international temporary power provider, APR Energy announced today that it has signed a new contract to provide a seasonal power solution in Yemen. The 60MW contract will be fulfilled across two sites near the city of Aden, using diesel-fired power generation technologies. The generation equipment will be deployed on a fast-track basis from APR’s newly opened hub facility in Dubai. " ...

Chinese turbine maker Goldwind has signed a deal to provide three of its low-wind 2.5MW machines to a project in Thailand. The company signed an agreement with Electricity Generating Public Company (EGCO), a subsidiary of the State Grid Corporation of Thailand, to provide the turbines to the Theppana wind farm, located about 250km northeast of Bangkok. It will be Goldwind’s first project in Southeast Asia a ...

China has approved the development of 2,000 MW worth of wind energy in theHami province, which will cost approximately $2.5 billion. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) expects the 2,005-MW wind energy project to create significant breakthroughs for the province in the near future. The approval of the 10 such wind energy projects in the province will attract investments to the tune of 16 b ...

China Sunergy Co., Ltd. is a specialized solar cell and module manufacturer, who today announced that the Company had shipped 72KW multi-crystalline solar modules earlier this month to Carillion Construction Ltd, a UK-headquartered multinational company dedicated to sustainable and green energy projects. China Sunergy’s solar modules would be installed in a trial project of Emrill, in Dubai, United Arab Emi ...

India is set to invest US$84 million to build the first of 60 solar cities where much of the electricity will be provided by solar installations. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) said that Agartala, the capital of the Tripura state in northeast India, has been selected as the pilot for this scheme. MNRE is expected to bear 90% of the cost of transforming Tripura into a solar city with the bal ...