India's OPG Power and Infrastructure is ready to put in $10 million as equity partnership in the Hydroelectric Investment and Development Company Limited (HIDCL), a public investment company of Nepal. The government of Nepal has 80 percent equity in HIDCL and the remaining 20 percent has been set aside for the general public and others. The company is mobilising funds from domestic and international sources ...

Ansaldo Energia is one of the finest expressions of Italian technology and innovation in the energy sector. It is a full-cycle, integrated operator, with the capabilities to build turnkey power plants on green field sites using its own technologies and its own independent design, production, construction, commissioning and service resources. Ansaldo Energia has an installed base of about 175,000 MW globally ...

Leading aftermarket repair specialist Sulzer Turbo Services, show the typical operational process of a gas turbine from compression through to the exhaust, highlighting the refurbishment and maintenance capability they possess. From long term services agreements through to non-destructive testing and major overhaul, Asia is a market they have been present in for a very long time supporting turbine operators ...

Essar Energy is changing gears and wants to push the peddle on its laggard power business by roping in top talent from Reliance Power, Jindal Steel & Power, and GVK Power & Infrastructure, among others. It has appointed Sushil Maroo, who served as deputy managing director at JSPL and Jindal Power earlier, as its chief executive officer with effect from September 16. This is the fifth key appointment ...

Wood Group GTS has been awarded a one year contract worth $13 million by a power company in Myanmar to overhaul and upgrade three GE Frame 6B gas turbines in operation in the country's Yangon region. This is the first major contract win for Wood Group GTS in Myanmar.  The overhauls and upgrades are expected to improve the total output of the gas turbines and provide increased reliability to Myanmar's power ...

Reliance Power is on track to double its power generating capacity to 5,000 MW in the next 12 months despite very challenging times, Chairman Anil Ambani told shareholders at the company's annual general meet Tuesday. ""Inspite of all the challenges in the power sector, we are on our way to complete the Sasan ultra mega power project (UMPP). We are committed to be leaders in power and coal mining," Ambani s ...

The Kedah government plans to turn the state into a solar energy consumer as it is producing solar panels on a large scale, Menteri Besar Datuk Mukhriz Tun Dr Mahathir said Thursday. For a start, the state government would install solar panels on state government buildings in a move to reduce consumption of electricity generated in the conventional way, he said. Mukhriz said Kedah could be regarded as one o ...

Taiwan outpaces other Asian countries in electricity consumption per kilowatt-hour (kWh) per capita, while its electricity prices for households and industrial consumers are much lower than its rivals’, Minister of Economic Affairs Chang Chia-juch said yesterday. Taiwan Power Co data show the nation’s annual electricity consumption per capita reached 10,237kWh in 2010, compared with 9,851kWh in second-ranke ...

Stop worrying about the falling value of rupee and high gold prices, here's something to worry about closer home. Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) has allowed MSEDCL to purchase power from Mahagenco at very high prices, in spite of protests by consumer representatives. This cost will soon be passed on to consumers in the new tariff. A recent order of MERC has also brought to light the fa ...

China Datang Corp. Renewable Power Co., a wind project developer, said first-half profit more than doubled as increased grid capacity allowed output to expand. Net income rose to 231 million yuan ($38 million) from 103 million yuan a year earlier, the Beijing-based company said today in a filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange. Sales gained 35 percent to 2.76 billion yuan. The company is “actively expanding ...