Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, hosted its second Global Power Industry Summit in Brisbane, Australia from August 21 to 22, 2014. Themed "Innovative ICT Empowers Better Connected Smart Grids," the event gathered representatives from power companies, industry organizations and the academic community from around the world to share insights and best ...

South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Friday urged the creation of a nuclear safety consultative group in Northeast Asia, given the high number of nuclear power plants in the region and public concerns over safety. South Korea operates 23 reactors supplying about a third of the country's power, but Japan's 2011 Fukushima disaster, North Korean nuclear tests and a series of domestic nuclear scandals have h ...

A solar cell that resembles a flower is offering a new take on green energy in Japan, where one scientist is searching for renewables that look good.   TOKYO: A solar cell that resembles a flower is offering a new take on green energy in Japan, where one scientist is searching for renewables that look good. In a country badly scarred by the tsunami-sparked nuclear disaster at Fukushima three years ago, ...

Xylem Inc. (NYSE:XYL), a leading global water technology company dedicated to solving the world's most challenging water issues, announced today that it has won a contract worth U.S. $19.6 million to provide custom-made Flygt pumps for the Xayaburi run-of-river hydropower dam. The dam is located on the Mekong River in the town of Xayaburi, 80 kilometers south of Luang Prabang in Laos. The construction of th ...

Presse-Mitteilung Voith is to modernize one of the generators at one of the most important pumped storage power plants in Germany. The recently awarded contract from E.ON Kraftwerke GmbH involves the replacement, assembly and commissioning of the stator and rotor of machine 6 at the Waldeck 2 pumped storage power plant in North Hesse, Germany. As well as extend- ing the life time, the project will also ensu ...

US-based Trilliant is further expanding its smart-grid projects with leading Southeast Asian utilities Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) in Thailand, Tenaga Nasional (TNB) in Malaysia and Manila Electric Company (Meralco) in the Philippines. This plan was made public at Asian Utility Week, Asia's premier annual smart grid/smart energy conference. Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines are all members o ...

Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Ltd. (MHPS) and Hitachi Ltd. (HCH), a subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd. in China, have jointly received an order for an H-25 gas turbine for Ningbo Kefeng Thermal Power Co. Ltd. (NKTP) in China. The H-25 will replace an existing gas turbine currently in service in Unit No.1 of NKTP's thermal power plant in Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province. The 50 MW H-25 will be a key component of a ...

Following the acquisition of Portugal two years ago, after the grid operator of the shares, at the end of the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) has finalized the Italian grid shareholders shares trading, after the debt crisis in Europe to seize the energy companies and the privatization of state-owned assets shrink opportunities smoothly into the European conflict on foreign utility sector, an importan ...

The deal by Siemens to buy Rolls-Royce’s gas turbine and compressor business for $1.32bn is a win-win for both parties, according to an analyst with research firm GlobalData. Mamta Saharan, GlobalData’s senior power analyst, said that a joint portfolio “will allow Siemens to pursue significant growth opportunities in the decentralized power generation and oil and gas sectors, while Rolls-Royce will be able ...

Armstrong Asset Management (AAM; Singapore, Malaysia) has committed to provide USD 29 million to fund the construction of a pipeline of bilateral solar photovoltaic (PV) projects in the Philippines being developed by the development company, nv vogt (Singapore). The first project is a 6.25 MW ground-mounted and grid-connected solar PV plant in South Cotabato in the southern region of Mindanao, with construc ...