Thailand’s Energy Ministry plans to purchase 800 megawatt of electricity from solar photovoltaic (PV) farms in 2014–2015, higher than its previous projection of 576 megawatts, Kurujit Nakornthap, deputy permanent secretary at the energy ministry, told reporters at the end of October 2014. Over 1 GW of applications submitted by investors back in 2010 that missed out in the first wave of PPA allocations will ...

Alstom’s Smart Grid open innovation put forward at European Utility Week Alstom is committed to Smart Grid innovation, and participates once again to European Utility Week, the annual landmark event for energy leaders, in Amsterdam, Netherlands November 4 to 6 2014. Alstom reaffirms its open innovation strategy, announcing collaborations with two research institutes – new SystemX technical cluster (Institut ...

FuelCell Energy, Inc. FCEL, -2.74% a global leader in the design, manufacture, operation and service of ultra-clean, efficient and reliable fuel cell power plants, announced the sale of six fuel cell modules totaling 8.4 megawatts (MW) to South Korean partner POSCO Energy and provided a progress update on the local manufacturing of fuel cell components in South Korea for the Asian market. The fuel cell comp ...

Myanmar has mapped a 15-year power development plan to meet increasing demand, setting its sights on boosting capacity from 4,581 megawatts to over 29,000MW in 2031. According to Myint Oo, director at the Ministry of Electric Power, the plan will shift Myanmar's focus from hydropower to other energy sources, including coal, natural gas, solar, and wind power. In 2031, Myanmar is set to have 41 power plants. ...

The doctor's stethoscope is a diagnostic tool for evaluating acoustic noise. TAPSCAN® VAM – the new vibroacoustics service from Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen (MR) - has a very similar function. With people, the stethoscope evaluates the state of health and with transformers it evaluates the state of the on-load tap-changer, which is responsible for regulating power transformers. This complex electro-mechanical ...

Re-emphasizing that natural gas extracted from the Gulf of Thailand would dry up in the next 6-7 years, Ratanachai Namwong, deputy governor of the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) Power Plant Development, said there is a need for Thailand to build new electricity plants powered by clean coal. Mr Ratanachai said while leading journalists to inspect coal and solar energy-powered electrical ...

Tenaga Nasional Bhd has been awarded the "Edison Electric Institute (EEI) Asian Utility Award 2014" for the category of large capitalisation, gold level performance on the sidelines of the Asian Energy Financial and Investment conference held in Singapore. The award is based on Tenaga Nasional’s achievements in posting the second highest shareholder returns in the category of large capital among Asian utili ...

Hydropower, the renewable technology that sets gravity to work and harnesses the energy of rivers, is about to double its output. The growth will be mostly in the developing world—but the construction of new dams on rivers in South America, South-east Asia and Africa comes at a cost. Around a fifth of the world’s largest remaining free-flowing rivers will be dammed, which presents yet another threat to the ...

A massive nationwide power blackout hit Bangladesh on Saturday after a transmission line failed, leaving homes, businesses and shops in the densely-populated country without electricity. Power was restored in some parts of the capital Dhaka after several hours, and authorities said they hoped to have electricity back on across the nation of 155 million by Saturday evening. Local media said the problem stemm ...

Alstom was awarded a contract worth €57 million1 by The Hainan Pumped Storage Power Generation Co. Ltd. to equip Hainan Province’s first pumped storage power station. Alstom will provide three 200 MW units - pump turbine, motor generator with other key equipment - to the 600 MW new plant. The first unit is due to enter commercial operation on Dec, 2017. Invested by China Southern Power Grid (CSG), Hainan Qi ...