Staff Reporter

China will start exploring the global market to export it CAP1400 this year.

Many power generation facilities have been constructed or are under development in Asia. Thus, many plant personnel will encounter issues related to water/steam chemistry.

Before 2008, encapsulant suppliers from Germany, the U.S., and Japan, such as STR Solar, Mitsui Chemicals, Bridgestone, and Solutia (Etimex), were the dominant companies producing EVA film – taking 60% of the global market share. However, Chinese encapsulant suppliers have steadily increased their market share with players like Hangzhou First PV Material, exceeding Bridgestone and Solutia, to become one of the top three suppliers in 2008.

The October 2012 All India Seminar On Clean Energy & Energy Conservation, Nagpur, seemed more developed and urgent than in 2008. Exemplified in that conference and after the 2012 blackouts, the seminar focused on the fact that conservation, only, will not offset energy requirements. Whole systems replacement, or augmentation, is required and coincides with integrating clean energy sources. Actionable methods and wares for increasing renewable energy efficiency were directly addressed. Intriguing descriptions of solar power, wind energy, and control topologies were prominent. Discussions rounded out on using intelligent grids to allocate loads of existing or new utilities.

Private companies were allowed by the South Korean government to build eight coal-fired power plants.

Generous feed-in tariff entices Gunze Ltd to venture into solar.

Will build coal-fired power plants in two Philippine provinces.

A government report says it rests on an active earthquake fault line.

Solar energy electricity plant will ease power shortfall in the Pakistani province.

South Korea will increase electricity-generating facilities using coal and liquefied natural gas.

A P612 million equity cost will be injected into a 135 MW joint venture coal power project in Calaca, Batangas.

Beijing launched its first quota trading platform for electrical power saved during production.

Bangladesh's electricity demand during the next irrigation and summer season is likely to stand at 7500-megawatt.

A 150-megawatt duel-fuel power plant will help resolve power crisis in the northern region of Bangladesh.

China installed 15.9 gigawatts of onshore turbines in 2012.

White paper urges mult-pollution controls in coal-burning power plants.