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Siemens Wins Dubai Power Plant and Desalination Facility Maintenance Contract

Siemens Energy Service has been awarded long-term contracts for Dubai Electricity and Water Authority’s (DEWA) newest power station in operation, the Jebel Ali M-Station. The facility is a 2,000 megawatt (MW) combined-cycle power plant and a 140 MIGD (million imperial gallons per day) desalination plant and is located in the United Arab Emirates - Dubai. The power station began commercial operation in 2012 ...

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Australian Government Forced to Slow Water Production

THE Newman Government in Australia cannot find any customers for its drought-shielding water infrastructure because manufactured water is not being discounted for fear of political backlash. Industrial customers have no incentive to buy plant water because they would have to build their own pipelines and have no expectation of a price break. All southeast Queensland residents are currently paying higher pri ...

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Masdar Institure Faculty Urges UAE to Develop Nuclear Desalination

The UAE's water and energy security will receive a major boost if the desalination plants can be linked to nuclear power. Nuclear desalination is a well-known technology and the number of plants currently operating across the world strongly indicates the advantage, according to Dr. Youssef Shatilla, Dean of Academic Programs, and Professor - Mechanical Engineering, Masdar Institute of Science and Technology ...

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Surat Municipal Corp SignSuzlon for 8.4MW Wind Project

Wind turbine manufacturer Suzlon Energy Ltd. said its Group had secured its second consecutive order from Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) to set up, operate and maintain a 8.4 MW wind energy project in Gujarat. The project will comprise of four units of Suzlon's S95 - 2.1 MW wind turbine and will be commissioned in early CY 2013.The new project will augment SMC's existing wind power portfolio to 11.4 MW. ...

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Mytrah Energy Set to Double Wind Power Generation by 2018

Mytrah Energy Limited, a key player in wind energy space, has plans to invest Rs 30,000 crore in the medium term to build 5000 MWs in India by 2018. ? "We have already invested about Rs 2,400 crores in our current projects and estimate to invest a further Rs 2,000 crores in the current year. Our medium term investment is expected to be in the range of Rs 30,000 crores to build 5000 MW in India," Ravi Kailas ...

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China Will Sue Over Blocked US Deal

A Chinese-owned firm in the US is suing President Barack Obama after he blocked a wind farm deal on national security grounds. Ralls Corp, which is owned by two Chinese nationals, was installing wind turbines close to the training site in Oregon, which, according to the facility's web site, is used to test unmanned drones - a highly sensitive and prized U.S. technology. Mr Obama signed the order blocking th ...

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1,000-Megawatt Contract Strengthens First Solar’s Position

First Solar Inc. showed an upside of 10% after an expert on Bloomberg claimed that the company may secure a business worth 1,000MW from NextEra. NextEra has already purchased ~275MW from FSLR, in comparison to only ~150 MW from other suppliers, mainly due to First Solar's thin-film panels. The expected increase in demand from NextEra, the installation of four solar plants in Mexico, and increasing exposure ...

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EDPR Helps Chinese Solar Technology Enter European Market

Portugal’s EDP Renováveis (EDPR) has ordered up 39MW of solar modules from China’s Suntech, as Europe’s second largest wind farm operator pushes into the PV sector sooner than expected.The panels will be installed at four ground-mounted PV parks under construction in Romania, all expected to be brought on line by early 2013. EDPR says it has brought forward its strategy of diversifying into “new renewable t ...

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Foxconn and GCL Join Forces for Solar Project in Datong

China-based polysilicon firm GCL-Poly has jointly invested in a solar power-generation plant in Datong, Shanxi with Foxconn (Hon Hai). The 310MW plant obtained a license from the China government at the beginning of September. According to Hua Shu, executive director and president of GCL-Poly, the project will begin construction in second-quarter 2013. GCL-Poly is responsible for providing polysilicon and s ...

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PLN looks towards solar power for remote islands

Indonesia-based state utility company Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) is set to complete the construction of 100 solar power plants on remote islands to provide for their electricity requirements. The project costs around $63m with the solar plants located in West Papua, North Maluku, East Nusa Tenggara, South and Southeast Sulawesi and South Kalimantan, reported Jakarta Globe. PLN eastern Indonesia operati ...

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