Creating more sustainable, resilient, and livable cities is of vital importance to nations around the world. In particular, the rapid urbanization of Asia and Africa is driving strong growth in the market for smart city technologies that can connect and modernize power grids, water treatment and transfer systems, transportation management systems, and energy efficient buildings. Click to tweet: According to ...

The Blue Circle, a renewable energy developer operating in the Mekong region (Vietnam, Thailand and Cambodia) and based in Singapore, announced a partnership with Annex Power, a leading renewable energy group in Southeast Asia, to jointly develop wind power plants in Thailand. Annex Power, based in Bangkok, is a preeminent renewable energy Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) and project developm ...

Thin-film manufacturers had to come up with a Plan B a few years ago, and many are adapting and succeeding with unusual products. According to a new report from Lux Research, businesses are leveraging thin film's flexibility, light weight, and aesthetics and enjoying growth - not to mention premium prices - in niche markets. "A lot of the small thin-film start-ups found out in 2012 they could not compete wi ...

Asian stocks outside Japan snapped two days of losses as utilities gained the most in two weeks. Shares in Tokyo declined as brokerages retreated. Korea Electric Power Corp. (015760) climbed 4.8 percent in Seoul. Nomura Holdings Inc., Japan’s biggest securities company, fell 3.2 percent. Syrah Resources Ltd. soared 28 percent to a record in Sydney following a report Glencore Plc has made a takeover approach ...

TRANS-ASIA OIL and Energy Development Corp. has secured three new service contracts involving hydropower projects in Luzon with a combined capacity of 320 megawatts (MW), the company said in a disclosure on Thursday. "The Department of Energy (DoE) notified us of the award of three hydropower service contracts to Trans-Asia covering certain areas in Pililla, Riizal (300 MW); Ilagan, Isabela (10 MW) and Bugu ...

Veolia's environmental monitoring technology unit Endetec is pleased to announce that its TECTA automated microbiology system has received approval from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) for performing regulatory compliance testing forE. coliand total coliform bacteria in drinking water distribution system samples under the Revised Total Coliform Rule (RTCR) and other related regula ...

- LDK Solar Co., Ltd. in provisional liquidation ("LDK Solar" or the "Company") and its Joint Provisional Liquidators, Tammy Fu and Eleanor Fisher, both of Zolfo Cooper (Cayman) Limited, announced today that its Chinese subsidiary, LDK Solar Hi-Tech (Nanchang) Co., Ltd. (LDK Solar Hi-Tech), has signed a new module supply agreement with Energy Absolute PCL, a leading developer of solar projects in Thailand. ...

Alstom Grid has energised its second turnkey HVDC project in South Korea, establishing a 400MW bi-directional transmission line between Jindo and the island of Jeju. The project follows a scheme delivered by the French company in 1997 and will help the Korean government deliver on plans for a low-carbon economy. Jeju is 100km south of the peninsular mainland and previously operated on an independent electri ...

In Laos, the rapid and unsustainable development of massive Mekong dams is taking a toll on communities In 1998, a large hydropower project was completed in central Laos that diverted water from one Mekong tributary - the Nam Theun-Kading - through a tunnel down an escarpment, from where it flowed rapidly down into the Nam Hinboun river to eventually rejoin the Mekong opposite Nakhon Phanom province. The 21 ...

State-owned power producer Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) plans to venture overseas and could invest 17 billion baht in expanding into Laos, Vietnam, Indonesia and other regional markets, a group executive said. Thailand's domestic power demand is expected to reach 52,256 MW by 2030 from 26,355 in 2013. (EPA photo) EGAT will be joining private Thai power producers such as Ratchaburi Ele ...