EnergyAustralia today announced that it has entered a Sale and Purchase agreement with the State of NSW and Delta Electricity for the acquisition of the Mt Piper (1400MW) and Wallerawang (1000MW) power stations and associated infrastructure, for a net cash consideration of A$160 million. The purchase of the Mt Piper and Wallerawang power stations reinforces EnergyAustralia’s position as one of Australia’s l ...

To meet the ever-increasing demand for power due to changing lifestyle and increased usage of electrical appliances, the Andhra Pradesh government is contemplating achieving additional hydro capacity of 410 Mw by 2014-15 with the construction and commissioning of more units at Nagarjuna Sagar, Pulichintala and Jurala. At present, the state has the largest hydel capacity in the country with 3,829 Mw. While t ...

State utility company Perusahaan Listrik Negara on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding with Kerinci Merangin Hidro, an independent power producer that belongs to the Kalla Group, for electricity purchases. Kerinci Merangin is building a 350 megawatt hydropower plant nearby Kerinci lake in Jambi Province. Thursday’s signing was witnessed by former Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla and Jambi Gov ...

AquaSure Pty Ltd. said today that it’s to begin refinancing A$3.7 billion ($3.4 billion) in bank debt for its desalination plant in Australia’s Victoria state that was completed last year. The announcement confirms a July 12 report citing three people familiar with the matter that the builder of Australia’s largest desalination plant in Wonthaggi near Melbourne, which converts seawater to drinking water, wo ...

Japanese home building company Sekisui House has announced plan to develop a 25.8-megawatt solar power plant on a former golf course in Kagoshima prefecture on the southern island of Kyushu. The new renewable energy plant will ccost about $92 million to build and supply enough energy to power approximately 7,900 homes. Electricity generated from the installation will be integrated into Japan's national ener ...

The Weather Philippines Foundation has turned over an automatic weather equipment to SN Aboitiz Power Magat. WPF general manager Celso Caballero made the presentation to SN Aboitiz Vice President for Corporate Services Mike Hosillos here last July 23 during the media day. Caballero said the unit is a stand-alone system designed to monitor temperature, wind velocity, rainfall volume and humidity. Weather Phi ...

The geothermal power plant in Apas Kiri here is scheduled to come onstream in 2016, said Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister Dr Maximus Ongkili. He said the project on a 12 square kilometre site being undertaken by Tawau Green Energy Sdn Bhd (TGE) was at the site preparation stage would be able to generate 30MW of electricity when completed. “This project is a good example of innovation in green ene ...

“Batteries are a little bit like bacon. Everything is better with batteries,” quipped Michelle Taylor of Queensland utility Ergon Energy at session on energy storage at Clean Energy Week in Brisbane. “There’s no doubt that storage linked with the appropriate interface mechanism presents fantastic opportunities for the customer and utility,” the utility’s technology development manager added more formally. Y ...

Reliance Power on Monday said its 45-MW wind power project at Vashpet in Maharashtra has commenced operations. The Anil Ambani-led company is already operating a 40 MW solar PV project in Rajasthan and with the commissioning of the 45 MW wind power capacity, its operating renewable capacity has doubled to 85 MW, a company statement said. “We are committed to increasing our clean and green footprint by addin ...

Uganda has awarded a Chinese firm a contract to build a new dam and power plant on the Nile, a senior government official told Reuters on Monday, the second such project to go to China in less than two months. China, as elsewhere in sub-Saharan Africa, has rapidly expanded its investment in Uganda in recent years, snapping up major government contracts often after extending cheap credit. The latest 188-mega ...