NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam (NVVN), the state-run generation utility NTPC's power trading arm, is expected to switch on electricity supply to Bangladesh from September, energizing bilateral economic ties. Bangladesh energy ministry officials on Wednesday handed over documents guaranteeing payment for the power to be purchased to NVVN chief executive N K Sharma in Dhaka. This paves the way for beginning of pow ...

Japanese refinery and energy giant JX Nippon Oil and Energy Corporation (JX Energy) is scheduled to build three solar power plants with a combined capacity of 17MW in the Akita, Fukushima and Okinawa regions of Japan. The Fukushima and Akita power stations will be 1MW and 4MW respectively. Both are in the north of Japan. Okinawa, where the third 12MW station will be constructed, is the southernmost prefectu ...

The Saudi government  has set aside around $7 billion to spend on water sector-related projects this year, and this is expected to go up as more projects are in pipeline. Desalination and wastewater treatment projects specially , Kuwait Financial Centre (Markaz) said in its report on Saudi water sector. The report noted that Saudi Ministry of Water and Electricity has already pointed out that around $133 bi ...

The automotive pioneers with hydrogen fuel cells were Mercedes in Germany and Honda in Japan. This power unit of the future has had so many false starts that we now treat all claims that production is about to begin with scepticism. Recent developments in the evolution of the FCEV (Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle) have included Honda joining forces with General Motors, Toyota linking with BMW, and a three-way co ...

While most Indian states suffer from acute power shortage, Himachal Pradesh, strangely, is facing an uphill task in disposing of its surplus electricity in the country's two operational power bourses. The reason: a majority of state electricity boards are cash-strapped and prefer to resort to outages, euphemestically called load shedding, than buying electricity to meet the peak demands. "Most of the electr ...

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The Vietnamese Government have announced that Malaysia's Toyo Ink Group have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Vietnam's industry ministry to develop the Song Hau-2 coal-fired power plant in Vietnam. The 2000 MW thermal power project, to be located in the southern province of Hau Giang, would be fed by imported coal, most likely from Australia and Indonesia. Toyo are yet to comment on the deve ...

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Punjab government and a prominent Chinese company Norinco International Corporation Limited for setting up a solar power project on Friday. Secretary Energy, Usman Bajwa and Vice President, Norinco International Zhang Shiping signed the document. Punjab Chief Minister, Shahbaz Sharif, Provincial Minister for Energy, Sher Ali Khan, Special Assistant, Ars ...

Jindal Power, a subsidiary of Jindal Steel & Power Ltd, may explore the possibility of setting up hydro power plants in Tajikstan. “Tajikstan has invited us to look at their hydro potential,” Jayant Kawale, Managing Director (Hydro & Renewables), stated after a meeting with an official from the Central Asian country. Jindal Power is currently executing three hydro power projects in the Northeastern ...

The Theppana Wind Farm, the first wind farm owned by Electricity Generating Public Company Limited (EGCO Group) of Thailand, uses three Goldwind GW109/2500 turbines. The 2.5MW permanent magnetic direct drive turbines are designed for medium to low wind speed areas. Goldwind International Holdings (HK) Ltd signed the wind turbine supply contract with Theppana Wind Farm Company Limited, a subsidiary of Electr ...