As China’s nine month-long stock market rout drags on, certain counter-cyclical growth stocks have stood out from the crowd, with analysts recommending them on the basis of cheap valuations relative to their growth prospects. Among the standouts are power grid equipment makers, whose shares have been under pressure in recent months. Many have regained investment attractiveness, especially those making high- ...

Japan's solar power business is not as appealing as it once was. The price utilities have to pay for electricity harnessed from the sun has declined. But Thai businesses are still finding opportunities there. One of these companies, SPCG, on Tuesday announced plans to join a mega solar power plant project in the Northeast Asian nation. Chief Executive Wandee Khunchornyakong told reporters here that the low ...

Utilisation of China’s ultra-high-voltage (UHV) power transmission lines, designed to send excess electricity in remote interior regions to coastal centres battling worsening air pollution, has been lower than expected, according to analysts. The high-capacity UHV lines, more efficient and economic for long-distance transmission, are expected to cost state-owned State Grid Corporation more than 600 billion ...

With a view to addressing the depletion of quality water resources, environmental challenges, control of total dissolved solids (TDS) and salinity, the sustainable development of a water recovery system has been developed and adopted in many tannery effluent treatment plants (ETPs) in India, China and other leather-producing countries. The tannery wastewater is initially treated by adopting conventional phy ...

Vacuum Supports Energy Efficiency Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum Pumps Dry Electrodes in Li-Battery Manufacturing A well-known Korean group producing lithium-ion batteries has awarded the contract for the supply of vacuum systems to Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum. The company will equip several production lines. The delivery of these systems for electrode drying is expected for summer 2016. With a system combination of t ...

China’s State Grid Corp, one of the world’s biggest utility companies, is planning to build a global energy internet by developing a massive energy grid that would share renewables from all over the world using a network of ‘smart grids.’ The project is being developed through a new subsidiary that is expected to attract $50trn worth of investment by 2050, according to report published by china.org.cn this ...

Wind Energy Holding (WEH), one of the largest wind power operators in Southeast Asia, has delayed its listing plan to 2017 as it needs to overhaul the company structure. Earlier, it was scheduled to submit the first filing to the Office of Securities and Exchange Commission in the first quarter of this year. However, the schedule has been postponed after KPN Group acquired the majority stake from former cha ...

Renewable energy developer Mirae Asia Energy Corp. has completed a 20-megawatt solar power facility in Currimao, Ilocos Norte, ahead of the March deadline for availment of the feed- in-tariff rates. The $20-million project was developed through a partnership between San Lorenzo Ruiz Builders and Developers Group Inc. and Soleq, one of Southeast Asia’s largest independent solar utility generation platforms. ...

JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: JASO) ("JA Solar" or "JA"), one of the world's largest manufacturers of high-performance solar power products, today announced that its entire portfolio of PV modules has passed the 96-hour Potential Induced Degradation ("PID") resistance test under the conditions of 85-degrees Celsius and 85% relative humidity (double 85) at -1,000V of system voltage bias as required to ...

Sri Lanka's mini-hydro power firms will get a higher feed-in tariffs for their output based on newly published tariffs for 2015, Asia Securities, an equities research house has said. When thermal generation costs rise, the avoided cost formula also rises. Asia Securities said the price to buy power has been raised by 2.5 percent in the 'wet season' to 15.2 percent and the dry season rate increased to 16.75 ...