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Chinese solar power firm helps ease an energy crisis in Pakistan

Gao Xin knew little about Pakistan before he arrived there in April, only that the country enjoyed a close relationship with China and that it faced internal and external issues such as security and overcrowding. “My friends and family have asked me to take care, in terms of personal safety and the hot weather, but they know it’s a good experience for me, for my career,” he said. “My parents support my deci ...

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Navigant is latest to predict cost-competitive solar PV by 2020

cost-competitive solarcost-competitive solar The annual global market for solar photovoltaic (PV) installations will exceed $150 billion by 2024, as the technology shifts from a high-cost, subsidized source of electricity to one that is genuinely competitive with conventional fuels on a retail basis.cost-competitive solar That is the latest outlook from Navigant Consulting, whose new report Distributed Sola ...

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K-Electric told to explain blackouts

The show-cause notice was issued under Sections 28 and 29 of the 1997 Nepra Act and was filled with accusatory language, which suggested that the objective of the notice was populist action rather than abiding by a legal proceeding. K-Electric has been given 15 days to respond. The Nawaz administration has had a dispute with K-Electric almost since the day they came into office in May 2013. The government w ...

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Wind turbine makers aim for the sky

Wind turbine makers Suzlon is wrapping up the “last patch of paperwork” before launching its latest turbine, the S-111. Rival Gamesa has just begun selling its latest wind turbine, the G-114, and says it will begin serial production later this year. “The supply chain is being established,” says the company. Both firms have said their products will generate 20 per cent more power than their predecessors, at ...

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Vietnamese property developer Hoang Anh Gia Lai sells Da Nang-based HAGL Plaza Hotel

Vietnamese property developer Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group (HAGL) is learnt to have sold its five-star HAGL Plaza Hotel Da Nang to a company run by an Australian Vietnamese for $25 million, according to an industry executive familiar with the development. The transaction was sealed in April, this executive added. The HAGL Plaza Hotel asset, encompassing a 22-storey building and land, was changed into the new bra ...

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Cyient Acquires Pratt & Whitney Global Services Engineering Asia

Cyient Acquires Pratt & Whitney Krishna Bodanapu, Managing Director and CEO, Cyient Limited, said, "Cyient is very proud to further strengthen our long-term partnership with Pratt & Whitney today through this transaction, and is excited to welcome these highly skilled employees into the Cyient family. We are committed to growing our Aerospace aftermarket services in the region and expanding our reach into o ...

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Solar and wind sectors brace for subsidy axe, as Rudd insists grid-parity is near

Solar and wind sectors brace for subsidy axe, as Rudd insists grid-parity is near Speculation is mounting ministers will this week provide further details on their trailed "reset" of renewable energy support policies, with the solar industry fearing particularly steep cuts to a range of subsidies. In a wide-ranging hearing with the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee this morning, Rudd reiterated one ...

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The world’s biggest hydropower project may be causing giant landslides in China

biggest hydropower project A giant landslide near China’s Three Gorges Dam last night sent six meter waves crashing down on a fleet of fishing boats, leaving five people injured, and killing one. Dozens of residents near the Daning River, where the landslide took place, have been evacuated. The incident is only the latest natural disaster that critics believe the $59 billion mega-dam has caused, twelve year ...

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Ansaldo win €240 Million Egypt deal

Ansaldo Energia, 44.8% owned by Fondo Strategico Italiano, has been awarded three major contracts in Egypt worth over EUR 240 million. The first two, Al Shabab and West Damietta, cover the conversion to combined cycles of two power plants owned by Egyptian Electricity Holding Co., the Egyptian Government Electricity Authority, which manages over 90% of the country’s power generation capacity. They entail th ...

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Waterworks to implement solar

The Choa Chu Kang Waterworks (CCKWW) is the first water treatment plant here to tap on solar power for its energy needs. A total of 3,333 pieces of solar panels were installed at Choa Chu Kang Waterworks, and these can harness enough energy to meet about 7 per cent of the plant's daily energy needs for areas such as lighting and air conditioning, it was revealed during a media briefing on Thursday (Jun 25). ...

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