In another sign of the resurgent Chinese solar industry, Trina Solar said today it will supply 1.1 million photovoltaic panels for a 250-megawatt (MW) power plant to be built in the Nevada desert. It will not only be one of the world’s largest photovoltaic power stations, but also the biggest in the US to use Chinese-made solar panels. While Chinese companies have grabbed a significant chunk of the US resid ...

Siemens is to build two wind farms in northern Poland totalling 66.7MW for Polish Energy Partners. Both facilities, one with 18 turbines and one with 11, will feature the German manufacturer’s 2.3MW 108 machines and deliveries will kick off in May 2014. Siemens expects to be able to commission and hand over the plants by late summer 2014. It has also agreed a five-year maintenance deal for the sites. Siemen ...

India plans to spend 6 billion euros ($7.9 billion) to build an electricity grid to evacuate power from wind and solar plants that have more than doubled in capacity in the last five years. The grid will be built across seven states over the next five to six years, Ratan P. Watal, secretary at the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, said in New Delhi. The project will receive 250 million euros “soon” from ...

The Korean Water Resources Corporation (K-Water) and the Filipino conglomerate San Miguel Corporation (SMC) have announced a joint venture for the development and operation of the 246-MW Angat hydropower project, according to documents filed with the Philippine Stock Exchange. SMC -- one of southeast Asia's largest food, beverage and packaging companies -- has expanded into energy and infrastructure markets ...

The Power Division is going to place the project summery of 1320MW joint venture coal-fired power plant to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in this week to sign a deal with Malaysia for setting up the project on equal share basis at Moheshkhali Island in Cox’s Bazar, an official source said. Bangladesh and Malaysia reached a mutual understanding on May to set up the coal-fired power plant during a recent visit ...

Two solar-powered sea-water desalination plants will be built on Ambae Island and Aniwa Island in Vanuatu to supply fresh water to 11,000 people. The Vanuatu government has signed a US$4 million financing agreement with the Pacific Environment Community, funded by the Japanese government. The acting director for Vanuatu’s Department of Energy, Leo Moli, says both islands have had a lack of fresh water for y ...

Armed with experience of supplying water in regions of Delhi, infrastructure development company, SPMLInfra Ltd, has bagged the power distribution franchisee licence for Bihar's Bhagalpur region. This is one of the first regions inBihar that the state government has decided to hand over to private companies for a 15-year period. Bihar is plagued with high distribution losses due to poor conditions of transf ...

Driven by the increased worldwide focus on creating resilient, distributed energy systems, the fuel cell industry is experiencing a modest growth spurt. While the stationary sector continues to be the industry powerhouse, the transportation sector is also seeing acceleration in volume. The industry topped the $1 billion mark in revenue from the sale of fuel cell systems in 2012, according to a new report fr ...

Research team of Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Georgia Institute of Technology, and Dong-Eui University developed a novel cathode material which has outstanding performance and robust reliability even at the intermediate temperature range. This research was published in Scientific Reports on August 13. (Title: Highly Efficient and robust cathode materials for low-temperature so ...

Essar Power plans to lift coal imports by a fifth after converting plants currently using gas, but the move is unlikely to signal a broader switch to coal by the nation's utilities in response to gas shortages and price reforms. New Delhi in late June approved higher gas prices by pledging to tie prices more closely to market rates to encourage producers to raise output and find supplies. Gas output in Indi ...