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Meralco strengthens energy efficiency advocacy

Meralco is further educating its customers on efficient and responsible electricity usage with the introduction of energy efficiency corner kiosks.

Meralco strengthens energy efficiency advocacy

Meralco is further educating its customers on efficient and responsible electricity usage with the introduction of energy efficiency corner kiosks.

CWP to develop Baicheng wind power resources

China WindPower has agreed with Baicheng group for the exclusive right to develop 1500MW wind power resources. The Baicheng wind power exploitation leading group is authorised by municipal government to manage the wind resource exploitation and the local wind power industry development.

Higher oil prices push Singapore 2Q power tariff up

The electricity tariff for Singapore households for the second quarter increased from US$.0087 cents per kWh to US$.1338 per kWh.

CER wins Wuxi Zhenyu waste heat recovery deal

China Energy Recovery won a contract to design and manufacture a waste heat recovery system for the Wuxi Zhenyu Chemical. The 300,000 ton annual capacity sulfuric acid plant is a joint venture between Marubeni, a Japanese Fortune Global 500 company, and Wuxi Sulfuric Acid, a leading sulfuric acid producer in Jiangsu Province. The contract value amounts to RMB4.98 million or approximately US$0.73 million.

CEM launches project to improve low voltage network

All low voltage distribution boxes damaged by water immersion during typhoon Hagupit that hit Macao last year have been repaired and replaced by CEM.

KEPCO blames Korean govt for woes

KEPCO is putting the blame on the Korean government for its operating loss of US$2.75 billion and current net loss of US$2.215 billion. The deficit is the first for the company in its history.

HK Electric completes first stage of emission programme

HK Electric commissioned a flue gas desulphurisation plant and a low Nitrogen Oxides System for its coal-fired generation Unit 5. It marked the completion of the first of a two-phase emission reduction programme.

Haiyang Nuclear Phase I gets $5.3M loan

A Syndicated Loan Agreement totaling US$5.3 million has been provided for the Shandong Haiyang Nuclear Power Project Phase I.

CR Power’s generation up by 2.9% in June

China Resources Power's total net generation in June 2009, on a consolidated basis, increased by 2.9 percent to 5,612,935 MWh.

CWP secures exclusivity to develop Fuxin wind projects

China WindPower signed an exclusive agreement with Fuxin Municipal Government in Liaoning Province to develop wind power electricity projects with 500MW capacity. The group earlier secured similar agreements with Fumeng County and Zhangwu County, Fuxin City.

Shalong Wind Farm starts commercial operation

China Resources Wind Power Co., Ltd. Phase II Shalong Wind Farm is now supplying electricity to the Guangdong provincial power grid.

AREVA consortium wins a $120M contract in Indonesia

A consortium formed by AREVA has been awarded a US$166.7 million contract by PT PLN, the Indonesian Public Electric utility.

TEPCO's 3rd Taiwan IPP proj starts commercial operation

The Star Buck Thermal Power Station, one of the 2005 Taiwanese government IPP projects for which Taiwan Cogeneration successfully acquired the bidding rights, has commenced operations.

NDRC approves Yanshanshu thermal plant project

The National Development and Reform Commission approved the 2x600MW thermal plant project of Yanshanhu Power Plant aimed to expand the coal-electricity market in east Inner Mongolia.

Xinchang plant expansion gets go-signal

Plans to equip Xinchang Power Plant with 2x1000MW ultra-supercritical coal-fired units with efficient de-dusting have been approved by the Jiangxi Development and Reform Commission.

First Gen eyes Casecnan IPP project

First Gen Corporation intends to bid for the administration of the independent power producer contract package that includes the 140-megawatt Casecnan hydroelectric power plant in Pantabangan, Nueva Vizcaya.

Marubeni eyes renewable energy, IPP investments in RP

Marubeni Corporation plans to invest more in the Philippines through renewable energy projects and privatisation of assets.