Renewable Energy Corporation ASA (REC), the largest European supplier of solar panels, announced that it was the exclusive supplier of high-performance solar panels for two five MW solar power plants in the region of Gujarat, India, known as the 'solar energy hub'. "The historic blackout in India in late July 2012 identified the main problems of energy supply in India: a strong focus on fossil fuels and the ...

The Korea Midland Power Co. (KOMIPO), has an ambitious strategy for the next decade, seeking to emerge as a global brand for power generation by 2020. KOMIPO, is one of six power generation subsidiaries of the state-run Korea Electric Power Corp. (as explained in the recent South Korea edition of PI Magazine Asia). Their oversees ventures were consolidated when they launched the first unit of a coal-fired t ...

Abengoa SA (ABG), the Spanish company that’s developed desalination plants from Algeria to India, said it’s started commercial operations making salt water potable at the Qingdao facility in China. Abengoa began building the plant in 2010 and will operate and maintain it for 25 years. During this time, the company is forecasting revenue of at least 750 million euros ($1 billion) from the sale of water and a ...

The Desalination Plants in question sit in areas of acute water scarcity. Six years ago, three desalination plants were installed at Mulavukad, Kadamakudi and Chellanam panchayats at the behest of Harbour Engineering Department of the State government, spending Rs. 33.84 lakh. The Mulavukad Panchayat, which had installed a plant in its area, pulled the plug on power connection to the plant recently. The pan ...

Indian real estate major DLF today said it has sold the 150MW wind turbine project in Gujarat to Bharat Light and Power for Rs 282.30 crore as part of its strategy to exit from non-core businesses. DLF has wind power plants in four states with total installed capacity of 227 MW. This is the third major deal by the country's largest realty firm in last six months. In August last year, DLF had sold a 17-acre ...

India has urged China to respect its river rights following a media report that Beijing plans to build new hydroelectric plants on a waterway that the neighbours share. The Hindu newspaper reported that China was looking at building three new hydro projects on the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet, which becomes the Brahmaputra when it flows into India. "The government of India carefully monitors all developme ...

Origin Energy Limited yesterday released the Quarterly Production Report for its Exploration and Production business for the quarter to 31 December 2012, reporting production of 29 petajoules equivalent (PJe) and sales revenues of $200 million. When compared to the same quarter in 2011, production was 1 per cent higher as increased output from the Otway Basin more than offset the suspension of gas operation ...

  According to data from the China Wind Energy Association (CWEA), wind energy capacity has now surpassed nuclear power to become the third largest source of electricity in China, after coal, and large-scale hydro-electric plants. Wind energy capacity has grown rapidly over the years, fuelled by ambitious renewable energy targets, and strong government support of wind energy manufacturers. By the end o ...

China plans to increase its goal for solar-power installations in 2015 by an ambitious 67 percent to reduce reliance on fossil fuels blamed as smog in Beijing reached record hazardous levels this month. The world’s biggest emitter of carbon-dioxide plans to raise the solar target to 35 gigawatts by 2015 from 21 gigawatts set last year, boosting demand for manufactures that suffer from slowing sales in Europ ...

BHEL announced that it has commissioned a first unit of the 2x100 MW Nam Chien hydro project in Vietnam. The hydro power generating set is a development that is likely to open up more opportunities for the state-run major in the fast-growing market. “This success opens a huge market potential for BHEL not only in the hydro segment but also in the thermal and gas based power plant segments in Vietnam which w ...