Staff Reporter

The priority of Asia’s power plant operators have been reshaped by surging fuel prices and tight supply of replacement parts, says ABB Vice President Frenk Withoos, who oversees the company’s operations for Power Systems in the South Asia Pacific region. It is a dramatic turnaround from the situation just two years back when Asian Power last caught up with Mr. Withoos. At the time, Chinese equipment vendors were making serious inroads in Asia and fuel prices were low, replacement parts in plentiful supply and operators were little concerned with efficiency.

China Resources Power's total net generation on a consolidated basis in July 2009 increased by 13.5 percent to 6,806,236 MWh from 5,997,499 MWh from last year.

CLP has agreed to acquire the Mainland Chinese wind farm portfolio of Roaring 40s Renewable Energy Pty Ltd (Roaring 40s). A joint venture between CLP and Hydro Tasmania, Roaring 40s was formed in September 2005 to undertake renewable energy projects in Australia and Asia.