Staff Reporter

ABB has been in the solar power business for more than 20 years. We offer a complete portfolio of high-efficiency solar technologies for different utility-scale applications and environments.

Intense lobbying by the nuclear power industry and its allies has saved the Monju fast-breeder reactor from the scrap heap.

JinkoSolar will supply 40MW modules for two PV power plants in Baiyin and Wuwei cities in Gansu Province, China.

NHPC will enter the thermal power generation business through joint ventures with the thermal generating states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and Chhattisgarh.

Thailand's Sunny Bangchak, a 44MW PV plant, has been connected and can now help mitigate 32,000 tons of CO2 emissions.

Alstom will deliver two 600MW steam turbines, generator sets and accessories worth €100m for the Dongbu Green Power Plant in Korea.

This and the 25% supply of electricity from nuclear power by 2050 will be thoroughly discussed in a summit.

Plans are in the offing to install 1,500 solar-powered irrigation pumps across Bangladesh by 2016.

Fukuoka Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in southwestern Japan will lease roof space in its school buildings and other public buildings to solar panels to take advantage of the new Feed-in Tariff for renewable energy.

Quezon Power Philippines Ltd. is trying to close an off-take power supply agreement with Meralco for the 500-megawatt expansion of its coal-fired power plant in Mauban.

SMA Solar would rather lose global market share than try to enter the risky but fast growing Chinese market.

Thailand and the European Union continue joint efforts to enhance renewable energy development with a two-day seminar.

More than 900 million kWh have been saved in Vietnam's electricty system since the beginning of year.

European aircraft maker Airbus and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation Ltd or Sinopec are jointly developing a new aviation fuel made from biomass. The partners said the new renewable fuel will be first used in China. Sinopec is to develop the fuel with its own technology at a plant recently built in Hangzhou, near Shanghai. "The refinery is one of the few in the world that has the capacity to produce aviation fuel from biomass in large-scale," Airbus said. The company did not say when output would begin, but sources said it could take about a year. The partners are in the process of selecting the raw material for the biomass. This raw material will come 100% from China and will be sustainable. Among the raw materials being considered is agricultural waste such as straw. Sinopec will assist the central government establish a Chinese airworthiness certification for alternative aviation fuels made from locally grown feedstocks.

Kyocera Corp. will provide 30MW solar panels to Eurus Energy Holdings to be used for a solar power plant in Hokkaido.

The Sustainable Energy Development Authority (SEDA) of Malaysia announced that it will accept applications for its Solar Home Rooftop Programme.