Asia Pacific represents a major portion of global real estate, with about 40 percent of the world’s building stock. While construction rates have slowed since the financial crash of 2008, the region’s buildings sector remains the most dynamic in the world. As such, making buildings more energy efficient has become a top priority in many of the region’s fast-growing economy. :According to a new report from N ...

Global smart grid investment reached $14.9bn in 2013, up from the $14.2bn recorded in 2012, according to the latest authoritative figures. China finished the year as the world’s largest smart grid market, exceeding the US in dollar investment for the first time as the North American market continued to slow. Smart metering accounted for just under half of the total smart grid spending worldwide, with distri ...

The BORG Farm Master Series, a range of solar power plants, developed and customized to meet the power needs of Indian farmers and agriculturalists for irrigation was also launched on the same occasion   BORG Energy India, a subsidiary of BORG Inc., has launched the BORG Astra plus Home Series, a Range of fully loaded micro solar power plants in the Northern Part of India. BORG Astra Plus Home Series micro ...

New Delhi: India is working on setting up an energy-efficient power transmission (HDVC) line to Nepal and Bhutan as part of its energy security plans, external affairs minister Salman Khurshid said on Thursday.   India’s long-term plans include a grid linking South-east Asian nations with those of South Asia, including Pakistan and Afghanistan, the minister said while outlining ambitious schemes to bui ...

Sarawak Energy Bhd (SEB) yesterday inked an agreement with globally renowned power transmission experts, Toshiba Transmission & Distribution System Asia Sdn Bhd (TTDA) and China Xian Electric Engineering Co Ltd (a member of XD Group), which is one of China’s leading and biggest power transmission and distribution engineering contractors. This agreement will set the wheels in motion to deliver the much a ...

Every autumn, as river flows dwindle, hydro-power-dependent Tajikistan restricts power consumption. This year the rolling blackouts began November 1. The relevant government resolution restricted provincial residents to only nine hours of power daily. Only Dushanbe and the oblast capitals are exempt from the cutback, which will be lifted sometime in the spring. The Nurek power station is vulnerable to decli ...

Electronics giant General Electric is teaming up with the Philippines’ largest utility to bring smart grid infrastructure to the Southeast Asian country. G.E. and the Manila Electric Company, or Meralco, are working on developing an advanced smart grid roadmap that will allow households across Meralco’s service area to better manage their energy consumption. “We are looking at the benefits of smart prepaid ...

The Asian smart meter market is forecast to reach $2.3 billion by 2020, according to a report by research firm Zpryme. In addition, Zpryme says Asia's total installed base of smart meters is projected to reach 467.2 million by 2020. According to Zpryme, total market volumes for China, Japan, Korea and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations show a fluctuating pattern because Asia is heavily influenced by ...

Fuel-cell energy developer AFC Energy PLC Thursday said it has entered into a commercialisation agreement with Waste2Tricity International Limited (W2T) to promote and develop its fuel cell products in Southeast Asia. Established in 2008, Waste2Tricity works with clients and partners to develop, fund and support energy-from-waste deployment projects. The agreement builds on a commercialisation deal for the ...

Telstra will deploy fuel cells as an alternative to back-up battery arrays at mobile base stations and small telephone exchanges. The carrier's director of asset and facilities management, John Romano, said Telstra has included fuel cell technology as the standard back-up power source for sites that consume less than 5 kiloWatts an hour. The telco has spent the past several months testing the efficacy of fu ...