Work on the first phase of the King Abdullah Initiative for Solar Water Desalination is almost complete and is expected to be operational by the end of this year, according to a senior energy official. Yousef Al-Yousef, supervisor at the Energy Research Institute at King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), told Alsharq newspaper that the plant would have a capacity of 30,000m³ of drinking wat ...

Panasonic Corporation today announced that it has agreed to provide technical support to Tokai University's solar car team, which will compete in the 2013 World Solar Challenge (WSC 2013), one of the world's biggest races for solar cars, to be held from October 6 to 13 in Australia. Under the sponsorship agreement, Panasonic will provide the Japanese university team with its HIT(R)(1) solar cells which boas ...

JA Solar Holdings Co., Ltd., one of the world's largest manufacturers of high-performance solar power products, today announced that it plans to develop three solar power projects totaling 300 MW in Xingtai City in China's Hebei Province. The projects, located in Xingtai City's Lincheng, Neiqiu and Xingtai counties, will each have a capacity of 100 MW. The Company has obtained approval from the Hebei Provin ...

Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners-backed Singapore's Continuum Wind Energy Pte Ltd has acquired DJ Energy Pvt Ltd and Uttar Urja Power Projects Pvt Ltd from Delhi-based Sravanthi Group for an undisclosed amount. BMR Legal acted as the legal advisor to Continuum Wind and SB Partners advised the Sravanthi Group on the transaction. DJ Energy and Uttar Urja Power Projects own and operate 98.7 MW and 80 MW ...

Seven groups are keen on bidding for a government project to upgrade Mindanao's main power plant. State-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp (Psalm) today identified the seven potential bidders as Alstom Philippines, China International Water and Electric Corp, HydroChina ZhongNan-HEC-BSPJV, Kaltimex Energy Philippines Inc, PHP Philippine Hydro Project Inc, Vicente T. Lao Construction, an ...

RATCHABURI Electricity Generating Holding under its new president will adjust its business strategies to boost growth, teaming up with others in the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) group and tapping the Myanmar market. According to Ratch president Phongdit Photchana, who was appointed in July, company executives will brainstorm next month to formulate strategic plans and set a more chall ...

When it kicks off the world’s first EcoMobility Festival on 1 September, Suwon, a city 30 km from Seoul, South Korea will prove that a truly ecomobile city - one where citizens can move freely, safely and sustainably – can exist. Showcasing the world’s first ecomobile city, Suwon will engage 4,300 residents to swap some 1,500 cars for ecomobile vehicles, and adopt an ecomobile lifestyle for the entire Septe ...

Greenearth Energy, an Australian geothermal energy company, says the future of Geelong geothermal project is in doubt after it was denied funding by the Federal Government’s Australian Renewable Energy Agency. Greenearth said its flagship commercial development opportunity, the 12MW Geelong Geothermal Power Project, has been unsuccessful in its expression of interest for funding under the Federal Government ...

Panasonic Corp. (6752) is targeting rooftops for its solar panels as developers struggle to find big enough plots of affordable land in Japan with the access to transmission lines needed for utility-scale projects. Japan’s largest consumer-electronics maker, which sold 540 megawatts of solar products in the 2012 fiscal year, wants to increase the volume by 25 percent this year, said Kazuhiro Yoshida, who he ...

Goldpoly New Energy Holdings Limited has entered into an agreement with a number of Chinese solar companies to buy 400MW of solar power plants. According to the agreement, GD Solar, NARI Technology Development Co Ltd, GUODIAN Inner Mongolia New Energy Investment Ltd, Poly Solar Technologies (Beijing) Co Ltd and Forty-Eighth Research Institute of China Electronics Technology Group Corp will build solar power ...