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 ...

Devens-based AMSC said Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) is testing a cable that uses AMSC's trademarked wire at a smart grid demonstration site on Jeju Island, a province of South Korea. The high-temperature superconductor cable uses AMSC's Amperium HTS wire. According to AMSC, such cables are "power dense and have zero resistance, making them an ideal solution to moving large amounts of power underground ...

Thai Solar Energy Pcl, or TSE, started stock trading on the SET's MAI (Market for Alternative Investment) on Oct 30th, confident following a positive investors' response backed by the company's business potential. With significant demand at the subscription price of 3.90 Bath/share, the shares closed on the first trading day at 7.55 Bath/share. Executives emphasized strengthening Thai Solar Energy, aiming f ...

An ABB Symphony® Plus distributed control system is providing a total plant automation solution for Phase II of an ultra-supercritical thermal power plant in Guangxi, on China`s far southern coast. The China Light and Power (CLP) Company`s Guangxi Fangchenggang power plant is the largest power project built with external investment in Guangxi Province. Phase I was completed at a greenfield coastal site in F ...

A town in southwest Japan became the first to approve the restart of a nuclear power station on Tuesday, a step forward in Japan's fraught process of reviving an industry left idled by the Fukushima catastrophe in 2011. Satsumasendai, a town of 100,000 that hosts the two-reactor Kyushu Electric Power Co plant, is 1,000 km (600 miles) southwest of Tokyo and has long relied on the Sendai plant for government ...

- Laos plans to quadruple its hydropower generation capacity from current levels by the end of the decade and step up electricity exports to its neighbouring countries, its vice minister of energy and mines said on Tuesday. Laos is among Asia's poorest countries but has big ambitions to become the "Battery of Southeast Asia" by exporting power generated from its ample water resources. The country shares bor ...

Leading Chinese chemical engineering firm migrates to AVEVA’s most advanced 3D design software Shanghai, China – 28 October 2014: AVEVA today announced that Tianchen, one of China’s largest engineering contractors serving the chemical processing industry, has selected AVEVA Everything3D (AVEVA E3D) as its 3D design solution. The decision was based on the solution’s advanced graphics, impressive collaboratio ...

Thai firm signs $350m 220MW Myanmar generating station deal Thailand’s Green Earth Power Company has signed an agreement with the government to move forward on its plans to spend US$350mbuilding a 220-megawatt solar-power generating station near Minbu in Magwe Region, it was reported. According to Green Earth managing director, U Aung Thiha, the facility will sit on 850 acres that are not suitable for agric ...