Eurus Energy Holdings Corp., a Japanese developer of renewable-power projects, is building a 115-megawatt solar plant in Aomori prefecture in northern Japan. The Tokyo-based company is using solar panels supplied by Mitsubishi Electric Corp. and a Japanese subsidiary of U.S. manufacturer SunPower Corp., Eurus said in a filing yesterday. The plant at Rokkasho will start operations in November 2015, according ...

ReneSola Ltd, a leading brand and technology provider of solar photovoltaic products, today announced it has signed a series of agreements to provide Lightsource Renewable Energy Limited, the largest solar energy generator in the United Kingdom, with 69.5 MW of solar modules for installation on solar farms in the United Kingdom. Once installed, the modules are expected to generate enough clean electricity t ...

Installation work has been completed on the offshore substation for Dong Energy’s 320MW Borkum Riffgrund 1 wind farm in the German North Sea. The work started on 1 August when the unit was shipped from Aalborg in Denmark to the site 37km north-east of the island of Borkum. Christoph Mertens, senior director and head of Dong Energy Wind Power in Germany said: “Though we have more than 20 years’ experience in ...

General Electric just closed a deal meant to buy it a seat at the table of the world’s biggest high-voltage transmission grid players. On Tuesday, GE announced the completion of a long-awaited investment and joint venture with China XD Electric Co., one of the world’s biggest transmission equipment makers in a country that’s leading the world in new high-voltage power lines. GE will spend $552.2 million to ...

The Asian Development Bank will be providing a $49.5 million loan for the construction of a cross-border power transmission that will bring hydropower from Malaysia to Indonesia. The loan provided by A.D.B. will be used to finance a 145-kilometer distribution line, distribution feeder extension, and a new substation that will be built to improve the reliability of power in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Additi ...

The Pipe Rover project, an Australian first, is a partnership between Western Water and Ballarat’s Central Highlands Water as part of the Intelligent Water Networks Program. The new technology being trialled will allow Western Water to find leaks without having to excavate or switch off customers’ water. A Western Water spokeswoman said, “The Pipe Rover will be able to detect leaks, or test the ‘health’ of ...

AUSTRALIA'S second largest energy retailer AGL has raised the prospect of buying a NSW government-owned coal fired power station. The comments surprised analysts, given the current weakness in wholesale electricity prices and falling energy demand. But a jump in AGL's full year profit to $389 million in the 2012/13 financial year was driven by higher earnings from its power generation business. That was due ...

Japan has promised help construct a 500-Mega watt natural gas power plant in Yangon, according to officials. The power plant will be located in Hlaingtharyar Industrial Zone and plans to be completed by 2015. An agreement for the project was made by Japanese Minister for Economy, Trade and Industry, Mr. Toshimitsu Motegi during a meeting with Myanmar President Thein Sein. "The minister agreed to provide tec ...

Siemens Energy and its partner, GS Engineering & Construction (GS E&C), handed over the most efficient fossil-fired power plant in Asia to the South Korean power utility GS EPS Co. Ltd. The handover of Dangjin 3 (formerly Bugok 3) combined cycle power plant took place twelve days ahead of schedule. Thanks to the main components, Siemens’ world record-breaking H-class gas turbine and the special stea ...

Managing Director of Iran’s Middle East Turbine Machine Company Hassan Halali made the announcement in Tehran today. “… Manufacture of 6-megawatt and 10-megawatt turbines will be accomplished according to plans …,” Halali said. He noted that indigenizing manufacture of turbines is not only cost-effective under the conditions of the US-led sanctions against Iran, but even after the sanction are lifted it wil ...