The smart grid markets in Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand are expected to generate revenues of US$3 billion by 2018, up from US$1.4 billion in 2011, and growth will be driven by those with well-developed industrial infrastructure. A Frost & Sullivan study released on Thursday added countries with an advanced software market and a high acceptance for technology will help spur smart grid growth. ...

Reliance Power, part of Reliance (ADA) Group, has formed a strategic partnership with China Datang Corporation (CDT) for development and operation of power and energy projects in India and overseas. CDT is represented by the China Datang Overseas Investment Company (CDTO). CDT, a major power producer in China, has a power generation capacity of over 1 lakh mw, and is amongst China's top 50 companies. The pa ...

South Korea was forced to shut down one of its nuclear reactors last Tuesday following a malfunction in its control system but there was no risk of a radiation leak, plant operators said. The 1,000-megawatt Shingori 1 reactor near the southern city of Busan was shut down after a warning signal at 8:10 am, the state-run Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) said. "There was a malfunction in the reactor's cont ...

Abu Dhabi's nuclear power plant is "on track" to go online by 2017. Thousands of workers have been deployed at Baraka, a remote site on the emirate's coast, to build the US$20 billion (Dh73.46bn) power station in partnership with Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation, the Abu Dhabi Government company overseeing the programme. "The target is fixed," said Hee-Yong Lee, the senior vice president for overseas nuc ...

The revised Power Development Plan (PDP) spanning 2013-30 requires a total budget of 800 billion baht for power plants and transmission lines, said the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat). The PDP, which was revised a month ago, aims to add 55,000 megawatts of new capacity by 2030, said Pongdith Potchana, Egat's deputy governor for corporate social responsibility. Based on the country's aver ...

Aurecon’s Energy team has recently been engaged by Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holdings (RATCH) to carry out a feasibility study into the Koh Kong Power Project in western Cambodia. RATCH is Thailand’s largest independent power producer and is developing the project in order to export electricity from Cambodia to supply Thailand’s fast growing electricity demand. Paul Godden, an Associate in our Energ ...

US-based water technology provider Xylem today said it has bagged an order to develop wastewater treatment and recycling system for the Mumbai metro rail project. The system will cater to the entire wastewater treatment needs of the metro project. It incorporates a 1.2 million litre capacity sewage treatment plant with wastewater recycling capabilities, the company said in a statement here. Value of the con ...

Three water-reuse projects for oilfields in China that use Pentair X-Flow ultrafiltration (UF) membrane technology have been commissioned recently. Produced-water treatment systems that incorporate X- Flow membrane technology, followed by either reverse osmosis or ion exchange, offer the opportunity to produce low-salinity reinjection water for enhanced oil recovery. This lower salinity water can have a pos ...

Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) has won the international bid to develop a new Combined Cycle Gas Turbine plant (Track 1) in Prai, Penang worth RM3 billion. Chairman of the Energy Commission, Tan Sri Dr Ahmad Tajuddin Ali, said with the bidding results out, TNB can now build, operate and own the integrated gas turbine power plant with a capacity of 1,071 MW and a tariff of 34.7 sen/kWh. The plant is scheduled for ...

Indo Rama Synthetics have developed a subsidiary company to extend the company’s activities into the renewable energy market. Rama Renewables have now officially entered the market through a contract with Gamesa Wind Turbines Private Ltd, a global technology leader in wind energy. Gamesa will supply 30 MW of wind energy generators to Indo RamaRenewables.The order involves the supply of 15 wind mills, G97-2. ...