Alstom, in consortium with Marubeni Corporation, has signed an agreement with the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) to supply and build the new unit at Mae Moh power plant. The total amount of the contract is €950 million in total, with Alstom’s share of the contract worth approximately €520 million. The contract will be carried out on an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) bas ...

On Oct 2 last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a nationwide cleanliness programme, called Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India Mission), to provide sanitation facilities to every family, including toilets, solid and liquid waste disposal systems, clean villages, and safe and adequate drinking water by 2019, as a tribute to the father of the nation on his 150th birth anniversary. The agenda is an op ...

The Nyngan solar plant in western New South Wales on Saturday began generating power into the National Electricity Market, with the first of the 25MW completed to date feeding into the Australia’s main grid. So, far 350,000 solar PV panels have been installed by First Solar, with four times that much to be completed in the coming the months to take its nominated capacity to 102MW. It is the first of two pla ...

Tajikistan's Ambassador to Pakistan, Sher Ali S Jononov on Tuesday has said that his country would be able to export 1000 megawatts of clean and cheep hydro-energy to Pakistan by 2018. While addressing a press conference here at a local hotel he said that the work on the project- Central Asia South Asia Electricity Transmission and Trade Project (CASA-1000) is underway and Pakistan would receive 1000 mw hyd ...

The southeast Asia arm of German water treatment firm, Hager + Elsaesser (H+E), has won contracts worth more than US$ 20 million in recent months. >H+E Southeast Asia's recent project wins span several countries and industries from municipal wastewater recycling in Australia to the Philippines where it is involved in water a treatment system for a power plant and a wastewater treatment plant for a solar ...

After parting ways with Elon Musk’s Tesla and taking a different road in providing alternative technologies for the future, Toyota made a big move in securing its marketing presence at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Japan and especially Toyota are looking to use the 2020 Olympic Games as a stage for promoting its hydrogen infrastructure. Toyota has already secured its status as the first Japanese carmaker to ...

Spanish wind energy turbine maker Gamesa has retained top position for a second year in row for the highest number of grid-connected installations in India. Suzlon and Wind World India took the second and third spot respectively. The rankings were released by Danish firm Make Consulting, which analyses the wind energy market globally. In 2014, about 2,300 Mw of wind energy was added in India a growth of 27 ...

According to a new report by ApacMarket, the Asia-Pacific Solar Energy Panel (APAC) market will reach $37.8 billion by 2020, with a CAGR of 14.8 percent during 2014 – 2020. Roof mounted solar panels is expected to generate considerable revenue for the solar energy panel market, by the year 2020. The commercial sector will grow at the highest CAGR and generate considerable revenue for the solar energy panel ...

Power insider media, producers of Pimagazine Asia, Asia’s leading energy publication, are proud to announce the inclusion of Energy Exemplar to our special edition focused on Power simulation in the Asian region.   With grids implementing more and more renewable technology, there is a clear need to account for uncertainty in decision making. Energy Exemplar is the developer of best-in-class Electric an ...

APR Energy, a global leader in fast-track power solutions, is pleased to announce that it has commissioned a 20 megawatt expansion of its power plant in Myanmar, providing the Myanmar Electric Power Enterprise (MEPE) with a guaranteed minimum of 102MW of power generation. Based in Kyaukse, in the Mandalay region, the expanded power plant is one of the largest thermal plants in Myanmar, providing electricity ...