The Vietnamese government has announced that it will increase investment in renewable energy for energy security and economic development. As part of this initiative, it aims to produce 5 000 MW of the nation’s electricity through solar energy by June 2019. To realise this vision, engineering, design and advisory company Aurecon was engaged to bring the Dau Tieng 1 and 2 solar power projects to life. Upon c ...

 Tokyo-headquartered Terra Drone Corporation, the world’s largest industrial drone services provider, has finalized its expansion into the Australian market after completing an equity investment in Australian firm, C4D Intel Pty Ltd. As part of the deal, C4D Intel will immediately rebrand to  Terra Drone Australia.The move by Terra Drone is the latest of the company's investments into leading drone technolo ...

In the wake of Japan’s Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011, one of the country’s richest people – Masayoshi Son – mooted an idea to build an “Asia Super Grid” to improve access to renewable energy on the continent.  The CEO of SoftBank set up the Renewables Energy Institute (REI) to promote this vision and rally support from governments. Stakeholders did not take the idea seriously at first. According t ...

Zurich, Switzerland, 02 September 2019 – Sulzer Schmid, a Swiss company pioneering UAV technology for rotor blade inspections, and NNAISENSE, a world leading artificial intelligence specialist, have partnered to develop an artificial intelligence engine to automatically detect rotor blade damages on wind turbine. This leapfrog technology is expected to bring the twin benefits of imp ...

The rankings have been prepared by commercial drone market research and analytics company Drone Industry Insights Commercial drone market research and analytics company Drone Industry Insights has released its 2019 rankings of the world’s leading drone service providers, and Terra Drone Corporation has moved up to the second place on the list. In 2018, Japan-based Terra Drone was at the ninth position.Drone ...

New 127 MW plant secures a stable and low-emission power supply − providing conditions for positive economic prospects for Benin Augsburg, 30th August 2019 −  The ‘Maria Gleta’ power plant near the city of Cotonou, Benin, was inaugurated by Dona Jean-Claude Houssou, the Minister for Energy of Benin, as well as representatives of MAN Energy Solutions and BWSC. The plant is now fully operationa ...

According to a new report from Navigant Research, Asia Pacific is anticipated to be the largest regional market for energy storage software platforms. Driven by a rapidly growing battery ESS (BESS) market, the region is expected to account for $10.7 billion in cumulative software vendor revenue through 2028. As the energy storage market matures, technological progress and legislative and regulator ...

Through a subsidiary, Filipino energy giant Aboitiz Power signed an agreement Friday to acquire Mekong Wind Pte. Ltd. in Vietnam for $46 million. The deal to buy 100 percent of Mekong Wind Pte. Ltd. (Mekong Wind) is still subject to customary closing conditions, but is expected to be sealed in the fourth quarter of this year. Mekong Wind, previously controlled by Singapore-based Armstrong Southeast Asia Cle ...

Japanese utility has trialled a blockchain platform for residents to sell excess solar power. The software allows producers of solar energy to track market prices, and sell at their unused power at competitive rates. Others who don’t produce their own renewable energy would be able to buy this at market rates. The trial was run at a research lab in Osaka, under a partnership between Kansai Electric Power Co ...

- Renovation to Extend the Service Life of the 600 tpd MSW Facility -- Renovation will extend the service life and increase the energy efficiency of the Naka Incineration Plant, built in February 2004.- Completion is scheduled for March 2023, and is expected to reduce CO2 emissions by 9.6% annually. TOKYO, Aug 20, 2019 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Environmental & Chemical Engineering C ...