term agreement to purchase polysilicon from Germany’s Wacker Chemie AG. Wacker Chemie will supply the polysilicon from 2010 through to the end of 2017. The total amount of polysilicon supplied is expected to allow Yingli Green Energy to produce approximately 380 MW of PV modules over the life of the agreement. “Including this newly signed...

from leaving for Europe from the Indonesian port of Dumai early this week to protest against the ongoing destruction of the country’s rainforests. Dumai is Indonesia’s main palm oil export port. Activists had painted “Forest Crime” and “Climate Crime” on the hull of three palm oil tankers and a barge full of rainforest timber. One...

joined forces to fight what they call “confusion” over greenhouse gas emissions from oil palm cultivation in tropical peat lands. The Dutch Ministry for Housing, Regional Development and Environment and Malaysian Ministry for Plantation Industries and Commodities have set up a joint committee on carbon emissions to shed light on this subject. The cultivation of...

provider of engineering, procurement, construction and maintenance services for the oil, gas and petrochemical industries, has announced a net profit of S$31.6 million for the nine months ended September 30 2008. This is a decline of 22% from the S$40.5 million it registered for the same period last year. (US$1=S$1.5). Revenue fell 10% to S$370...

awarded a contract by Yuen Foong Yu Paper Manufacturing Co Ltd (YFY) for the design and supply of a circulating fluidised-bed (CFB) steam generator at its Chiutang Mill in Kaoshiung, Taiwan. The 50 MWe (gross megawatt electric) CFB steam generator is designed to burn bituminous coal as well as tires and sludge. YFY has been...

(EnergyAsia, November 12, Wednesday) — Taiwan based solar wafer company, Green Energy Technology, said it has received a first stage investment of $5.05 million for its mainland China solar wafer slicing business. The investment will take 1.69% of total assets and 3.66% of shareholders’ equity in Green Energy’s latest 2008 half-year financial report. The company...

(EnergyAsia, November 12, Wednesday) — Impsa and a subsidiary of Vietnamese state oil and gas company PetroVietnam have signed an agreement to jointly develop and supply equipment for the hydro and wind power sectors. Impsa will take a 71% stake and PetroVietnam Power Corp the remaining 29% in manufacturing and marketing hydro power equipment, and...

(EnergyAsia, November 12, Wednesday) — Aker Solutions, the Norwegian oil and gas engineering services company, said it has been awarded a five-year supply agreement by Malaysia’s Sarawak Shell Berhad (SSB) to supply subsea production systems equipment and services. SSB, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell, has several existing platforms off the coast of Sarawak state...

(EnergyAsia, November 12, Wednesday) — Singapore’s Energy Market Authority (EMA) has embarked on a pioneering project to transform part of Pulau Ubin island into a model “green” island powered entirely by clean and renewable energy sources. This would give a boost to Singapore’s ambition to be a global test-bedding site for new energy technology. The...

(EnergyAsia, November 12, Wednesday) — Japanese electronic giants Panasonic Corporation and SANYO Electric have agreed to discuss forming capital and business alliances to develop their rechargeable battery and solar energy businesses. The boards agreed to the alliance at a meeting last week. Panasonic and SANYO said they would use their respective technology to contribute to...

(EnergyAsia, November 12, Wednesday) — US-based OriginOil Inc, the developer of a technology to transform algae into a renewable energy source, said that prominent Japanese scientist, Takaaki Maekawa, has made a positive evaluation of the company’s technology. OriginOil said Professor Emeritus Maekawa of the University of Tsukuba’s Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences in...

(EnergyAsia, November 12, Wednesday) — Japan’s Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (HHT) and its affiliates have signed a multi-year agreement to supply high quality 8-inch single crystal silicon ingots to Nanjing city-based solar cell manufacturer China Sunergy. HHT will supply a total volume of 1,472 tons of silicon ingot from September 2008 through the end of 2011,...

(EnergyAsia, November 12, Wednesday) — China’s Industrial Bank said it has adopted the Equator Principles of ‘green banking’, becoming the first financial institution in the country to do so. The Equator Principles have become the global standard for project finance and have transformed the funding of major projects globally. More than 60 financial institutions have...

(EnergyAsia, November 12, Wednesday) — The Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO) said its carbon fund has agreed to procure emission reductions from a wind energy project in Jiangsu province and a small hydro project in southwest China. The projects, NEFCO’s first in China, will be implemented under the Kyoto Protocol’s clean development mechanism (CDM). The...

first phase of its first Australian wind farm operations in Snowtown, 170km north of Adelaide in South Australia state. The A$220 million project, using 47 Suzlon S88 turbines, is expected to produce more than 380 GWh of electricity each year, saving more than 345,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emission annually, and powering the equivalent of...

Solar Energy Co Ltd in an effort to help drive down global prices for solar-generated electricity in China. ENN Solar Energy, a member of China’s XinAo Group, is building a plant to produce about 60 megawatts of thin-film modules annually. Equipment installation is in its process, with the first commercial production scheduled for second quarter...

leading supplier of complete hydro power plants and services, last month marked the start-up of a electric generator workshop at its manufacturing plant in Shanghai, China. The ceremony also celebrated the full-scale operation of Voith Siemens Hydro’s generator manufacture in China. It was attended by 80 senior representatives from the federal, state and local governments....

now fully operational after the last generator was brought onstream late last month. The project has a total capacity of 18,200 megawatts (MW) from 26 generators. It will be expanded by an additional six turbines by 2012 to bring overall capacity to 22,500 MW. Three Gorges is a critical project in relieving chronic electricity shortages...

meet its growing energy demand. The small state in the oil-rich Gulf region recently launched the Middle East’s largest photovoltaic project. Operated and driven by state-owned Solar Technologies, the project aims to build up 130 megawatt (MW) of photovoltaic capacity by 2010. Solar Technologies has already set its sight on international expansion.   In a...

year, more than double last year’s volume. In the first nine months of 2008, Malaysian producers exported almost 129,000 tonnes of biodiesel, said Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Peter Chin. With palm oil prices sharply lower from their record high levels earlier in the year, biodiesel producers are benefiting from favourable price-feedstock spreads. This has...

generator manufacturer, said it preparing to enter the wind power market in a big way next year. The company has set aside one billion baht to produce wind turbines and generators, said managing director Gunkul Dhumrongpiyawut. (US$1 = Baht35). He said the company will raise the funds in an initial public offering (IPO) despite the...

its pumps. The ethanol for the 5% blend is made at a plant in Vietnam’s northern Phu Tho province. The facility mixes ethanol imported from Brazil with home-grown sugarcane and cassava.   PetroVietnam plans to build a second ethanol plant with an annual capacity of 100,000 cubic metres as it works to broaden its offering...