Xylem Inc., a leading global water technology company focused on addressing the world’s most challenging water issues, has expanded its range of medium pressure ultraviolet (UV) water treatment solutions with the launch of two new additions to its WEDECO Quadron series. The WEDECO Quadron series is particularly suitable for drinking water disinfection, and can also be used for fish farming, swimming pool an ...

[wpdm_file id=13] This article was produced with EGAT, Thailand's state owned and leading power producer. It looks closely at the fascinating story of the lignite fired Mae Moh power station. To this day, the plant is still one of South East Asia's largest thermal facilities and one of the first to adopt heavy investment in all manner of advanced air pollution control and monitoring to meet strict regulatio ...

Dow Water Process & Solutions (DW&PS), a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company (USA), received the top prize honor of “Market Choice” for the new DOW FILMTEC ECO Reverse Osmosis (RO) elements in a product contest held by the Aquatech China committee and dayuu.com, an online water industry network. DW&PS Greater China commercial director Christina Fang accepted the award on behalf of Dow at t ...

The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) is planning to invest 60 billion baht (US$1.92 million) to install power transmission cables to supply more electricity from the central to southern regions and to prevent blackouts. It also plans to import coal to feed its power plant in Lampang province in the North. EGAT governor Sutat Patmasiriwat said he will seek approval from the EGAT board to i ...

1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) has fuelled up its chances of securing an estimated RM14 billion power project with the acquisition of the Jimah power plant in Negri Sembilan. Sources said with Jimah, 1MDB now stands a better chance of securing the contract, coded Project 3B, from the Energy Commission (EC). The EC had reportedly shortlisted five consortia to tender for the 2,000-megawatt (MW) Project 3B c ...

Thailand's Industry Ministry has approved five new solar plants with a combined capacity of 29.5 MW as demand for electricity in the country continues to grow. The five solar projects comprise the 7.5 MW, THB 560 million ($13.8 million) Solar Power/Sakon Nakorn 2 plant in northeastern Thailand; the 6 MW, $18.1 million Siam Solar Generation project; the 6 MW, $14.6 million ESPP Project 1; the 6 MW, $14.5 mil ...

China has announced a new nuclear power pricing system that features a national benchmark price, which will make the industry more market-oriented and promote technological innovation and cost controls. The National Development and Reform Commission, the top economic planner, has informed all provincial governments, nuclear power generation companies and grid operators of the benchmark price for electricity ...

Japan on Monday reopened procedures to allow idled reactors to be brought back online, putting in place new nuclear regulations that reflect the lessons learned from the 2011 Fukushima No. 1 meltdown disaster. While power utilities are expected to rush to file applications with the Nuclear Regulation Authority for safety assessments on a total of 10 reactors, none will be restarted anytime soon, because it ...

The power supply situation may soon see a boost in production with the Haryana Power Generation Corporation Limited ( HPGCL) ensuring fuel security for its power projects after the Union ministry of coal allocated the Kalyanpur-Badalpara coal block in Jharkhand to Haryana. Haryana power minister Ajay Singh Yadav said allocation of the coal block is a major boost to the power generation sector in Haryana. "T ...

The south-central coastal province of Ninh Thuan has given approval in principle for Vietnam Electricity Investment and Construction Joint Stock Company (EVNIC) to deploy a wind power project using Russian technology with total designed capacity of 40.5 MW, Pham Hong Giang, general director of EVNIC, said. The first phase of the Cong Hai wind power project will be carried out this year on 20 hectares in Con ...