The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) should pay compensation to local people suffering from air pollution from the Mae Moh coal-fired power plant in Lampang province, said a Supreme Administrative court judge. The Egat should also come up with plans to rehabilitate the environment in areas affected by the power plant, Judge Sumeth Deuisres who is in charge of the Mae Moh pollution case, s ...

HEIDENHEIM/St. PÖLTEN. Voith will extensively modernize the electro- mechanical equipment of the Serbian hydropower plant Zvornik, situated on the River Drina. Voith is replacing four generators and four Kaplan tur- bines, as well as the automation systems and the mechanical and electri- cal ancillary equipment. The contract signed with the customer in autumn 2013 is now coming into effect. The order volume ...

Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) has been asked by the government to lead the development of new ideas and solution for the country’s Smart Grid programme while advancing regional collaborations in South-East Asia. Energy, Green Technology and Water Ministry secretary-general Loo Took Gee challenged the state utility to produce tangible results as they work “with our Asean counterparts for the Asean Power Grid con ...

MORE FUNDS have been earmarked to partially fund ongoing construction of Trans-Asia Oil and Energy Development Corp's 54-megawatt (MW) wind energy project in San Lorenzo, Guimaras. In a disclosure on Friday, Trans-Asia said it disbursed P54.077 million from proceeds of its stock rights offering in November 2012, through which the company raised P1.627 billion. The latest amount adds to the P935.435 million ...

Underwriter GCube is providing political risk insurance for renewable energy projects in response to a rising number of client enquiries. The company is seeking, in particular, to target developing markets in Latin America, Africa, Asia Pacific and Central Asia. “In these markets, companies and lenders are widely recognised to be at heightened risk of losses arising from actions taken by host governments, i ...

Asia Pacific represents a major portion of global real estate, with about 40 percent of the world’s building stock. While construction rates have slowed since the financial crash of 2008, the region’s buildings sector remains the most dynamic in the world. As such, making buildings more energy efficient has become a top priority in many of the region’s fast-growing economy. :According to a new report from N ...

Passavant-Roediger GmbH, a wholly owned German subsidiary of Drake & Scull International (DSI) PJSC, announced that it has been awarded two major contracts for a combined value of AED 50 million for water and wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) in India. The new projects will help the company to consolidate its position in the growing water and wastewater treatment (WWTP) sector in the country. Passavant ...

Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) and Japanese contractor Marubeni Corporation has broken ground on a US$1.27 billion thermal power station in the northern province of Thai Binh. The project in the province’s Thai Thuy District is 85-percent funded by Japan International Cooperation Agency official development assistance (ODA) and the rest is funded by EVN. The station included two plants to supply a total capac ...

The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) headquarters in Manila is now meeting all of its energy needs from renewable sources, following a geothermal power supply agreement with AdventEnergy Inc., a licensed retail electricity supplier of Aboitiz Power. The headquarters is now powered by 100% renewable energy generated by geothermal plants in Tiwi in Albay province and Makiling-Banahaw in Laguna province, both of ...

The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) has set new roles for its subsidiaries for overseas business expansion. According to Egat governor Soonchai Kumnoonsate, the Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding Plc (Ratch) will be mainly responsible for investment in the development of power plants in Myanmar’s Salween River. Ecgo group will focus on the plans to establish a coal-fired power pla ...