One of the poorest and most remote regions in China is to receive a $200m loan from the Asian Development Bank to improve water management. The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is predominantly a desert territory, characterised by strong winds, low rainfall and a high evaporation rate. Two cities in the region, Kelamayi and Kuitun, receive as little as 100mm of rain each year, and experience sub-zero temper ...

Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. (YGE), the world’s largest solar manufacturer, shipped a record number of panels in the second quarter as demand from Asian and U.S. customers increased. Shipments rose 24 percent from the previous quarter, boosting revenue and helping to cut Yingli’s net loss by almost half to $52.3 million, the Baoding, China-based company said today in a statement. Higher selling prices al ...

The Kunlone hydropower project, a joint venture between the Myanmar government and Chinese Hanergy Holding Company will begin this year. The project will generate 1400 megawatt of electricity. U Sai Htun Yin, the Minister of Electric Power from Shan state said, “We are negotiating with the Chinese company for signing a Joint Venture Agreement. The project will not only support Shan state but also the whole ...

The daily power outages in North Cotabato have gone from bad to worse as the number of daily power interruptions stretched from six to eight hours due to the ongoing rehabilitation of two major power generators in Lanao del Norte and Misamis Oriental. Godofredo Homez, general manager of the Cotabato Electric Cooperative (Cotelco), said the cooperative is now implementing rotating brownouts per feeder in the ...

Radiation near a tank holding highly contaminated water at Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant has spiked 18-fold, the plant’s operator said Sept.1, highlighting the struggle to bring the crisis under control after more than two years. Radiation of 1,800 millisieverts per hour - enough to kill an exposed person in four hours - was detected near the bottom of one storage tank on Aug. 31, Tokyo Electric ...

China is expanding performance-based incentives for distributed solar photovoltaic (PV) projects, according to reports in the Chinese newspaper Xinhua. On Friday, China’s National Development and Reform Commission  said it would implement a new price structure that awards customers about $0.16 per kilowatt-hour (KWh) for electricity produced by distributed solar PV projects. The new price structure will mor ...

Shandong-headquarted Chinese energy developer Huadin Power International is planning a RMB900m ($150m) wind power project near Laixi City in the Shandong province. The first phase of the 100MW project will require investment of RMB450m and will consist of 25 turbines, according to JecComposites. It will be developed by Huadin’s local Shandong branch. The area, which has a total of 4.67 square kilometres of ...

Germany's Conergy AG, a leader in Thailand's solar energy industry, has been acquired by Kawa Capital Management Inc in the US. The move is aimed at enhancing Conergy's funding to serve strong demand for the construction of large-scale solar power plants in Southeast Asia. Alexander Lenz, Conergy's president for Asia and the Middle East, said the extended funding capabilities following the takeover will boo ...

Nordex has announced a 50 MW order for the FWEL I wind project, located in Sindh, Pakistan. Under the contract, Nordex will supply 20 N100 2.5 MW wind turbines to the major project shareholders, the Fauji Foundation and Cap Asia. This project represents the third wind farm that Nordex is supplying for the Fauji Foundation Group in Sindh. Nordex says the close proximity of all three projects will enable the ...

Panasonic Corporation today announced the start of full-scale production at its solar module manufacturing factory in Malaysia. The factory produces the company's HIT solar modules which offer the industry's top-class power output, with an annual production capacity of 300 MW. With the factory now operating in full swing, Panasonic will accelerate its efforts to meet the robust solar demand, especially in J ...