In a new briefing paper, 'Arresting frequency changes in a modern electricity system', the CEC's director of energy transformation Tom Butler argued the current system of coal and gas plants providing frequency response is out of date. "While coal and gas power plants have traditionally provided inertia and system security services, many of Australia's coal plants are now past the date where they were expec ...

Vu Chi Mai, senior project officer at Geman Technical Cooperation (GIZ), highlighted at a wind power forum hosted by the Asia Wind Energy Association last week that experts are now more optimistic regarding the foreseeable cost reductions in the industry. The newfound optimism, Mai noted, may be coming as a result of technological advancements that have yet to be implemented. The forthcoming advances sugges ...

The plant will be using the largest turbines ever to be installed in the country. Singapore-based renewable energy developer The Blue Circle and a Vietnamese partner started construction on an $80 million wind power plant in Vietnam's south-central province of Ninh Thuan on Friday. The Blue Circle, one of Southeast Asia's leading wind energy developers, is building the 40-megawatt Dam Nai plant with Vietnam ...

China will lead growth in global wind power capacity of almost 65 percent over the next five years, with other Asian countries also developing more renewable energy, the Global Wind Energy Council said. Cumulative wind energy capacity was 487 gigawatts at the end of 2016, a 12.6 percent rise from the year before and should grow by almost 65 percent to 800 gigawatts by the end of 2021, the council said in it ...

GE Renewable Energy has been selected by the Fuqing Haixia Electricity Generation Co. – a joint venture between China Three Gorges and Fujian Energy – to deliver three Haliade 150-6 MW offshore wind turbines to the Fujian Xinghua Gulf demo project in China. 03-2016-GE-125 GE Bringing Haliade Offshore Wind Giants To Chinese Demo The contract includes technical support and two-year operations and maintenance ...

Equis Asia Fund II has awarded the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) and operations and maintenance (O&M) contracts for its Indonesian wind farm, Tolo I to a consortium featuring Siemens Wind Power, PT Siemens Indonesia and PT Pembangunan Perumahan (Persero). The contracts were given through Equis’ Indonesian platform Redaya Energi and PT Energi Bayu Jeneponto. Located in Jeneponto in the ...

Vestas has split its Asian sales unit in two, with one focusing on China and Mongolia, and the other to serve the rest of the Asian-Pacific region. As a result of the split, Vestas' senior vice president of Asia-Pacific and China Chris Beaufait has left the company. "Chris has successfully led our daily operations in [Asia-Pacific] since April 2014 and grown the region to a point where creating two new [sal ...

WITH a stated goal to expand its renewable power businesses in Asia, BCPG is investing in a wind-power project in the Philippines through an indirect 40-per-cent equity acquisition of PetroWind Energy Inc (PWEI). With a total production capacity of 50 megawatts, the project will generate profits before the end of this year, BCPG says. BCPG president Bundit Sapianchai said his company had signed a legally bi ...

The Asia-Pacific region is at a turning point in its energy trajectory. The energy solutions that have fuelled growth in the region over the past few decades are no longer compatible with the sustainable development aspirations of our nations and their people. In transitioning to a new era of sustainable energy, policymakers across the region face complex decisions. Supplies must be secure and affordable, a ...

On the edge of the Gobi Desert, the Jiuquan Wind Power Base stands as a symbol of China’s quest to dominate the world’s renewable energy market. With more than 7,000 turbines arranged in rows that stretch along the sandy horizon, it is one of the world’s largest wind farms, capable of generating enough electricity to power a small country. But these days, the windmills loom like scarecrows, idle and inert. ...