Power Utility

Vietnamese group inks $120-M loan for thermal plants

Vietnamese group inks $120-M loan for thermal plants

The Electricity Group of Vietnam closed a loan deal for its new thermal-power plant projects.

Philippines' Meralco looking to utilize LNG-fed power plants

Meralco is in the middle of assessing the feasibility of putting up LNG-fed power plants.

Philippines' Alsons expects income boost from power projects

Alsons estimates a 2012 net income or around P567.2 million.

Malaysia to boost coal-fired power generation

Malaysia aims to increase generation capacity by more than 6,000MW between 2015 and 2020.

Power supply discontinued to 3 Indian distribution firms

Coastal Gujarat Power has discontinued power supply to three Rajasthan state-owned Distribution Companies.

Advanced Energy inks Taiwan representation deal

Scientech will represent all of Advanced Energy's thin film and solar energy products in Taiwan.

Sumitomo chief sees energy potential

Major trading house Sumitomo Corp. aims to beef up its natural resources and energy operations, said its

Japan's possible reactor restarts to trigger uranium rebound

Uranium may rebound from a second annual decline as Japan considers restarting its atomic plants.

US raises howl over India's solar domestic content requirement

The United States is protesting the domestic content requirements in India’s solar energy sector.

Hanwha SolarOne gets $475M credit for PV projects

Hanwha SolarOne's downstream PV projects received US$475 million line of credit from the Bank of Beijing.

GE to service Taiwan Power's 39MW turbines

General Electric will service 26 GE 1.5MW wind turbines operating across Taiwan.

S. Korea resumes operating nuclear reactor in fake parts scandal

South Korea has restarted a nuclear reactor that had fake parts.

TNB to invest RM9.7-B to meet Malaysia's power demand

Tenaga Nasional Bhd will invest RM9.7 billion over the next five years to build new capacity.

BGR Energy to supply equipment to NTPC's thermal power project

BGR will provide steam turbine and generators for NTPC's Lara 2x800 MW super thermal power project.

Indonesia to finally see more successful geothermal projects

Interest in the Asian power game has shifted to Southeast Asia for thermal and renewable power. These nations are mostly emerging markets with a mix...

Time for Asian powerhouses to launch domestic carbon trading markets

At the recently concluded climate change summit in Doha, Qatar, world leaders met and extended the carbon markets till 2020.

Japan's installed solar power reaches 1.4GW

Solar power accounted for 1.398GW of Japan’s renewable energy capacity of 1.443GW.