EGAT International, the overseas investment unit of the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, has signed a memorandum to build a $2.26-billion thermal power plant in central Vietnam, the Vietnam Economic Times newspaper reports. Construction of the 1,200-megawatt plant will start in Quang Tri province in 2017 and the first unit will begin operation in January 2021, the report said. ...

- Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS) has received an order for a set of gas turbine and steam turbine for the Bheramara gas turbine combined cycle (GTCC) power plant to be developed by North-West Power Generation Company Limited (NWPGCL), a regional power provider under the Government of Bangladesh. The prime contractor is Marubeni Corporation. The set of gas turbine and steam turbine will be sup ...

Trans-Asia Oil and Energy Development Corporation has won contracts to develop three hydropower plants with a combined capacity of 320MW across the Philippines. According to reports from InterAksyon, the Department of Energy awarded the Phinma Group company service contracts for a 300MW project in Pililia, Rizal, a 10MW project in Ilagen, Isabela, and a further 10MW scheme in Buguias, Benguet. The contracts ...

BANGKOK - Singapore-based wind and solar energy developer The Blue Circle and Bangkok-based renewable energy group Annex Power will form a partnership to tap into Thailand's wind energy investments. The partnership was expected to lead to approximately US$200 million (S$248 million) of wind project investments in Thailand, the companies said in a statement dated July 12. Wind power in Thailand, which is exp ...

Solar PV and wind energy will beat both coal and gas on costs – without subsidies – in the major Asia energy markets of China and India by 2020, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. BNEF, in its Markets 2030 report last week, predicts a fundamental shift in Asia’s energy mix as the major economies turn increasingly to renewables and away from fossil fuels. The attraction of renewables means that it wi ...

Global No. 1 rear projection cube manufacturer and control room collaboration expert VTRON presented visualisation integrated solutions showcase at InfoComm 2014 in Las Vegas Convention Centre during 18-20 June 2014. VTRON demonstrated its powerful one-stop total visualisation integrated solutions with Visualisation Interactive System (VIS) engineered for real-world simulated environments, indoor LED video ...

Creating more sustainable, resilient, and livable cities is of vital importance to nations around the world. In particular, the rapid urbanization of Asia and Africa is driving strong growth in the market for smart city technologies that can connect and modernize power grids, water treatment and transfer systems, transportation management systems, and energy efficient buildings. Click to tweet: According to ...

The Blue Circle, a renewable energy developer operating in the Mekong region (Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia) and based in Singapore, announced a partnership with Annex Power, a leading renewable energy group in Southeast Asia, to jointly develop wind power plants in Thailand. Annex Power, based in Bangkok, is a preeminent renewable energy Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) and project developm ...

Thin-film manufacturers had to come up with a Plan B a few years ago, and many are adapting and succeeding with unusual products. According to a new report from Lux Research, businesses are leveraging thin film's flexibility, light weight, and aesthetics and enjoying growth - not to mention premium prices - in niche markets. "A lot of the small thin-film start-ups found out in 2012 they could not compete wi ...

Asian stocks outside Japan snapped two days of losses as utilities gained the most in two weeks. Shares in Tokyo declined as brokerages retreated. Korea Electric Power Corp. (015760) climbed 4.8 percent in Seoul. Nomura Holdings Inc., Japan’s biggest securities company, fell 3.2 percent. Syrah Resources Ltd. soared 28 percent to a record in Sydney following a report Glencore Plc has made a takeover approach ...