Tata Power has commissioned a 1 MW geothermal pilot plant in Australia. The Australian geothermal project will be under Geodynamics Ltd., of which Tata Power is an associate participant. Geodynamics has geothermal exploration interests in three Australian states, including 2000 square kilometers in the Cooper Basin. The Cooper Basin is said to contain the hottest granites on earth and has an estimated therm ...

India's Tata Power has announced the financial closure for its 134MW Amakhala Emoyeni wind farm project through its South African joint venture company with Exxaro – Cennergi. The company was selected as the preferred bidder for the Amakhala wind farm project and the 95MW Tsitsikamma wind farm project by the South African government's department of energy in 2012. Cennergi has successfully tied up the entir ...

A floating wind turbine for electricity generation off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture has been completed at a Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. shipyard in Chiba Prefecture. The 2 MW wind turbine, which was unveiled to the media on Tuesday, has a rotor with a diameter of 80 meters and sits on a structure supported by a set of three 32-meter-high cylindrical iron floats. The turbine is the first e ...

Baker & McKenzie is advising Sumitomo Corporation on their plans to develop and invest in three mega-solar power projects in Japan. These projects will require an investment of JPY18 billion with the goal of securing a combined generation capacity of 49 MW. The three plants will be built in Tomakomai in Hokkaido (13 MW); Saijo in Ehime (23 MW) and Kitakyushu in Fukuoka (13 MW).  SMBC will lead a syndica ...

Tenaga Nasional Bhd and Sime Darby Bhd are teaming up to undertake a biogas project from agricultural wastes. Tenaga said on Monday its unit TNB Energy Services Sdn Bhd and Sime Darby Plantations Sdn Bhd would set up a joint venture company. Sime would hold a 51% stake and Tenaga 49%. The power giant the JV was in line with the national agenda in promoting renewable energy to support the current shortage of ...

Solar Systems Pty Ltd, a unit of technology company Silex Systems Ltd. (SLX), completed Australia’s biggest concentrating photovoltaic project as part of plans to develop one of the world’s largest at the site. The 1.5-megawatt solar plant in Mildura, northwestern Victoria, has started feeding electricity to the grid, generating enough power for about 500 homes, the company said in a statement today. It wil ...

New climate forecasts warn of ten per cent streamflow losses into Melbourne's catchments and 25 per cent losses for South-West Western Australia. The Climate Commission's new 2013 Critical Decade report, released this month, says many parts of southern Australia, including Canberra, Melbourne, Perth and south-western New South Wales face adverse impacts from reduced rainfall. The Commission warns that Canbe ...

Bangalore Water Supply abd Sewerage Board (BWSSB) Chairperson Gaurav Gupta, on Friday, said the board had to switch off its pumps for the first time in 30 years after the water crisis became unmanageable since May 17 this year. Addressing a panel discussion on ‘Critial Water Situation’ in Bangalore, he accused Bangaloreans of not using water judiciously. Former Additional Chief Secretary V Balasubramanian s ...

Chinese investors are getting active in Vietnam’s power sector investment. For example, the Vinh Tan 1 build-operate-transfer (BOT) coal-fired thermal power plant, based in southern Binh Thuan province with 1,200 megawatt annual capacity, is the first Vietnam-based power project with Chinese businesses acting as the project key investors. China Southern Power Grid Company Limited (CSG) and China Power Inter ...

South Korea's Korea Electric Power Corp (KEPCO) plans to form a consortium to bid for European nuclear fuel producer Urenco. The Netherlands is willing to sell its 33 per cent stake in Urenco, which is also owned by British and German utilities E.ON AG and RWE AG. The three countries are in complicated talks about selling a stake in the security-sensitive uranium enrichment firm. KEPCO is seeking to form a ...