GE has announced it will provide PGE Energia Natury PEW with 16 of its 2.5-100 wind turbines to power the 40 MW Karwice wind farm, located 15 km from Darlowo, Poland. "The 16 turbines that we will be providing for the Karwice project will add to our current Poland installed base of 155 units and increase the total output power capabilities of our wind turbines in Poland to 372 MW," notes Cliff Harris, gener ...

The total solar photovoltaic demand from the five leading Asia-Pacific (APAC) markets - China, Japan, India, Australia and Thailand - is forecast to reach 17.2 GW during the second half of this year (2H'14), almost 60% of global solar PV demand, according to a new report from NPD Solarbuzz. While the APAC region as a whole has seen solar growth, 95% of the demand this year is coming from the top five countr ...

The government has already signed joint venture agreements with foreign companies to build four hydropower projects and memoranda of understanding for another 19, the ministry said, adding that nine other projects were on the table. Asia World Company has been given permission to build four hydropower projects with China Power Investment. These are the Ayeyawady Myitsone, Chee Phwe, Laiza and Kunlon dams, w ...

Ansaldo Energia has been awarded an important contract worth about €170 million to supply an open cycle power plant in Algeria. Sociéte Algérienne de Production de l'Electricité (SPE Spa), a Sonelgaz group company, assigned the contract to Ansaldo Energia in an international tender for which the sector’s leading players put in bids. Ansaldo Energia will supply the “Ain Djasser III” open cycle power plant wi ...

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed today between PowerStream and the Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), South Korea's only electric utility, has set the framework for the two companies to work together on a project which will be of mutual benefit. The MOU, signed by Mr. Brian Bentz, PowerStream President and CEO and Dr. Cho, Hwan-Eik, KEPCO President and CEO, in an official ceremony at PowerS ...

The first project is Fuji Hydro, a joint venture company of Voith Hydro and Fuji Electric Co. based in Japan. Voith has been awarded a contract to supply major electro-mechanical equipment for the Rajamandala Hydroelectric Power Project in Indonesia. The run-of-river hydropower plant will have a capacity of 46.6 MW and is located in the Rajamandala on Citarum basin, in the Cianjur Regency, West Java Provinc ...

Japan's new industry minister Yuko Obuchi said Sunday the resource-poor nation should be realistic about its energy needs as the government tries to convince a sceptical public on the necessity of nuclear power. More than three years after the disaster at Fukushima, where a tsunami sent reactors into meltdown, the Japanese public remains unconvinced of the safety of the technology. The difficult task of win ...

Indian construction conglomerate Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has won a contract from Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) to build a high-voltage double circuit transmission line in eastern Saudi Arabia. The turnkey order, which has been awarded by SEC subsidiary National Grid, is scheduled to be completed in two years. The scope of work includes design, engineering, testing and supply of extra high-voltage (E ...

Taiwan's electricity reserves have continued to decline recently, with an operating reserve of 4.17% registered at 1:41pm Thursday, the fourth consecutive day when the level fell below the 6% warning line, the state-run Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) said. Electricity use has been high over the past few days as people adjusted the temperature lower on their air conditioners due to a heat wave occurring acr ...

Alstom has secured a contract from the state-run Vietnamese power giant to supply electromechanical equipment, including a 75 MW turbine, to the extension project of a hydropower plant in southern Vietnam, the French firm announced Tuesday. Vietnam Electricity, commonly known as EVN, has awarded a contract worth around €13 million (US$16.83 million) to Alstom for the design, manufacturing, testing, installi ...