Power Utility

Indowind procures wind turbines from Shanghai Electric

Indowind Energy is buying fourteen 2MW turbines from Shanghai Electric Group for its next project.  

Indowind procures wind turbines from Shanghai Electric

Indowind Energy is buying fourteen 2MW turbines from Shanghai Electric Group for its next project.  

Reactor shutdown causes TEPCO to use record amount of LNG

Tokyo Electric Power Co used a record amount of LNG for power generation last month as the No.1 and No.7 units at its sole online nuclear plant in...

Softbank's Son eyes renewable energy investments

Masayoshi Son  said wind and geothermal power will likely be key components of his new power generation business, along with solar power.   The...

Thailand's Banpu bids $443M for Australian coal explorer

Banpu Pcl has offered to buy Mongolia-focused Australian coal explorer Hunnu Coal Ltd for A$423 million or US$443 million.

Ping An and Munich Re in renewable energy pact

Munich Re (MUVGn.DE) and China's Ping An Insurance will jointly develop insurance products and services for Chinese renewable energy companies in...

Kansai Electric's 10MW solar system in Osaka starts operations

Kansai Electric Power has started commercial operation of its 10MW PV plant in Sakai City, Osaka.

NTPC's naphta-fired Kayamkulam power plant in danger of closure

 NTPC`s naphtha fired Kayamkulam power plant may be removed after Tamil Nadu and Kerala refused to draw power from it due to the sharp price increase...

Thai firms to study $200M solar power plant investment

PTT has signed an agreement with affiliate IRPC to look into investing about 6 billion baht or $200 million in a solar power plant with capacity of...

Trina Solar sees growth in Japan, Australia, and India markets

China's Trina Solar forecasts a stronger second half helped by increasing orders from new markets after last quarter's demand slump in Germany and...

THDC deal with Alstom-HCC combine-I: French to provide ECA cover

 THDC is in the process of issuing a tender for a floating rate foreign currency loan of Euro 88.47 million to finance the "foreign component" of...

BGR Energy wins Rs 444 crore projects from NPCIL

BGR Energy Systems bagged Rs 444.48 crore worth of orders from Nuclear Power Corporation of India.

Japan bearing firm sees increased sales for wind generators

NTN Corp.expects sales of the devices used in wind-power generators to exceed target after the Fukushima disaster spurred demand for alternative...

Hyundai Heavy targets $300 M annual wind turbine sales to Chinese plant

Hyundai Heavy Industries expects annual sales of as much as $300 million from a wind-turbine factory in China as it bolsters clean-energy units to...

Jindal Power to double generation capacity in India

Jindal Powerwants to acquire thermal power plants with a minimum capacity of 1,000MW to double its generation capacity in India.

Financial woes take its toll on global renewable energy sector

The continuing sovereign debt crisis and government austerity measures in the market are weighing heavily on this sector, says Ernst & Young.

Zunyi Power to use Telvent’s smart grid technology

Telvent's OASyS DNA supervisory control and data acquisition system will collect and analyze real-time data for approximately 800,000 customers.

BGR Energy bags Rs 444 crore NPCIL order

Engineering, procurement and construction company BGR Energy Systems has bagged Rs 444.48 crore orders from Nuclear Power Corporation of India. The...