Authorities have formulated a plan to boost the seawater desalination industry as an alternative to quench the country's thirst for water, China's top economic planner said on Wednesday. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said China aims to produce 2.2 million cubic meters of freshwater per day by 2015, compared with 660,000 cubic meters in 2011, according to the 2011-2015 plan, the first ...

Israel's IDE Technologies will help construct and run a $1 billion desalination plant along the coast of southern California to help alleviate the region's water shortage. The facility, expected to begin operations in 2016, will produce 54 million gallons (204,412 cubic meters) of potable water each day, making it the largest sea water desalination plant in the United States, IDE said in a statement on Thur ...

Japanese industrial solutions giant Hitachi will sign a contract with the Gujarat government next month for setting up of a sea water desalination plant in the state that will treat 336,000 tonnes of water every day. To be executed by four partners, the construction of the facility will largely be financed by the Japanese government under Indo-Japan joint investment strategy. "We are going to sign the contr ...

In the wind power industry, Suzlon Energy is known for its aggression. And, a lot of it can be directly attributed to its Chairman and Managing Director Tulsi Tanti who started the company in the mid-1990s. It is this trait that has taken the Pune-headquartered Suzlon to where it is now — market leadership in India and among the top wind turbine manufacturers globally. Suzlon has aggressively pushed for gro ...

Hydro Tasmania has unveiled plans for what stands to be Australia’s largest wind energy development, a 200-turbine wind farm on King Island, worth $2 billion. The Tasmanian government-owned renewable energy generator and retailer revealed its plans for the development, which would harness the valuable wind resource known as the Roaring Forties, generating around 2400GWh to power around 250,000 households af ...

China High Speed Transmission (CHST) is to build a $96m plant in Fort Worth, Texas to carry out repairs and maintenance on gearboxes for its US customers. CHST – China’s largest maker of wind gearboxes, completed a deal to buy land for the facility last month. CHST has seen a strong rise in demand from the US over the past year, with its first-half revenues from the American market more than doubling to 876 ...

Chinese Turbine maker Sinovel has received an order to deliver nine Sinovel wind turbines, each with an output of 3MW at Van Stadens wind farm. The 27MW wind project is located in the Nelson Bay Municipality in the country's Eastern Cape Province. Developer Metrowind is expecting the delivery of the wind turbines in May, next year. The wind farm is scheduled to be operational by February, 2014. Sinovel will ...

The smallest Pacific island economies can overcome economic growth challenges related to isolation and low populations by expanding economic links and using technology to build connections, according to the December issue of the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Pacific Economic Monitor (PEM), released today. “Changes in the global economy will place greater pressure on the smallest Pacific island states to fi ...

Power Grid Corporation of India have approved formation of JV companies in Odisha and Bihar at a recent meeting with the Board of Directorst. They have accorded approval for (a) formation of a Joint Venture Company With Odisha Power Transmission Corporation Ltd for taking up Intra State Transmission projects in the state of Odisha; and (b) formation of a Joint Venture Company with Bihar State Power (Holding ...

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won orders worth over $100 million, to supply converter transformers and components for the Hami-Zhengzhou ultrahigh-voltage direct current (UHVDC) transmission link. The 800 kilovolt (kV) link will be State Grid Corporation of China’s newest and highest capacity transmission system when commissioned in 2014. The project will leverage the rich coal ...