(EnergyAsia, April 14, Tuesday) — China’s state-owned Sinohydro will pay for 85% of the $2 billion needed to build Ecuador’s largest power plant, a 1,500MW hydropower facility located 75 km east of Quito city. The governments of Ecuador and Argentina will help cover the remaining cost, said Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa who hailed the proposed...
(EnergyAsia, April 14, Tuesday) — Nasdaq-listed Satcon Technology Corp, a leading provider of utility scale distributed power solutions for the renewable energy market, said it has signed a distributor agreement with Parity Solar Ltd, a solar project developer and manufacturer of thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules in China. Satcon said the partnership will offer end-to-end solutions...
(EnergyAsia, April 14, Tuesday) — The ‘Malaysian Power’ conference, organised by Asia Business Forum, will be held at the Crowne Plaza Mutiara Hotel in Kuala Lumpur on May 26 and 27. The conference aims to discuss future investments, opportunities and key issues driving Malaysia’s power sector, the fall in oil and gas supply, as well (more…)
(EnergyAsia, April 14, Tuesday) — IBC Asia will be holding its ‘City Rail Asia’ conference at the Hilton Hotel in Singapore from May 26 to 29. The conference will feature leading case studies from rail operators and governments from Asia, Middle East and the UK. The case studies and interactive sessions will cover integrated transport (more…)
(EnergyAsia, April 13, Monday) — The ‘7th Asia Petrochemicals Technology and Gas Conference (APTC)’ will be held at the Ramada Hotel in Seoul, South Korea on May 12 and 13.The event will be held prior to the annual Asia Petrochemical Industry Conference (APIC), organised by the Korea Petrochemical Industry Association. The conference will provide updates (more…)
(EnergyAsia, April 13, Monday) — The US Export-Import Bank said it has approved a total of $61 million in long-term financing to support exports of photovoltaic (PV) solar modules by SolarWorld Industries America to South Korea’s Gochang Solar Park Co Ltd.The exports were used in five solar power-generation projects and helped to sustain jobs at (more…)
(EnergyAsia, April 13, Monday) — Cavico Corp, a US-listed infrastructure development company in Vietnam, said it has won a $4.9 million contract to construct a diversion tunnel and coffer dam at the Hua Na hydropower plant. Cavico said the contract was awarded by Vietnam Machinery Erection Corporation or Lilama, a state-owned company under the management of...
(EnergyAsia, April 13, Monday) — China Sunergy, a specialised solar cell manufacturer based in Nanjing, China, said it has agreed to supply 35MW of solar photovoltaic products to Taiwan’s Global Service LTM LLC (GSL). The supply will cover the period from March 2009 through to December 2009.GSL will supply the solar photovoltaic products to a...
(EnergyAsia, April 13, Monday) — Hong Kong’s Meiya Power Company Limited (MPC) said it has completed construction and launched its first wind project in Inner Mongolia, China. The first phase of the Huide wind farm in Huade county in Wulanchabu city has a total installed capacity of 49.5 MW. Comprising 33 sets of 1.5 MW wind...
(EnergyAsia, April 13, Monday) — Two Hong Kong-listed companies, Genesis Energy Holdings Limited and China Grand Forestry Green Resources Group Limited, have agreed to consider jointly investing in an existing biomass-to-energy project in China’s Hubei province. The 30MW project would supply electricity to a plant owned and operated by Grand Forestry.Originally developed by China Grand...
(EnergyAsia, April 13, Monday) — The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation said policy makers should include agricultural issues and farmers in negotiations for a new climate change treaty to replace the 1997 Kyoto protocol.The organisation said agriculture accounts for about 14% of greenhouse gas emissions, and land use changes such as deforestation for another 17%....
(EnergyAsia, April 13, Monday) — Flood-prone Bangladesh is getting support from Japan and Asian Development Bank (ADB) to tackle the huge challenges posed by climate change over the coming decades.The ADB said its board recently approved a technical assistance grant of US$2 million from the Japan Special Fund to beef up the capacity of government...
(EnergyAsia, April 9, Thursday) — Shell has decided to focus its long-term renewable energy strategy on biofuels rather than wind or solar energy. Wind and solar energy projects were “struggling”, even with government subsidies, Shell board member Linda Cook said during a recent briefing for analysts. She said biofuels were much closer to the company’s...
(EnergyAsia, April 9, Thursday) — Gushan Environmental Energy Limited, China’s largest biodiesel producer, said it has doubled the capacity at its Beijing plant to 100,000 tons per year from last month. The latest expansion boosts the NYSE-listed company’s total annual biodiesel production capacity at its five plants in Sichuan, Hebei and Fujian provinces, and Beijing...
(EnergyAsia, April 9, Thursday) — Japan’s Mitsubishi Electric Corp said it has launched four new models of photovoltaic (PV) modules for the worldwide market, suitable for use in stand-alone solar power generation systems in regions where the local electrification infrastructure is insufficient or non-existent. The company said it will begin shipment of 36 pieces of...
(EnergyAsia, April 9, Thursday) — The UN’s Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) is urging governments to take quick and decisive step to stop the conversion of valuable rainforests into plantations for producing fuel crops. In a report, the FAO said that the expanded cultivation of oil palm, soya and other feedstock crops for biofuels production...
(EnergyAsia, April 9, 2009, Thursday) — PetroChina is considering building a liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal in Shenzhen city in the country’s southern Guangdong province. PetroChina may form a 51/49 joint venture with Hong Kong’s CLP Holdings and Shenzhen Towngas, Chinese industry reports said citing company officials. Officials did not say where PetroChina would...
(EnergyAsia, April 9, Thursday) — The ‘15th Coaltrans Asia’ event will be held at the Bali International Convention Centre in Indonesia from June 1 to 3. The conference will feature keynote speeches by government officials including Indonesia’s minister of energy and mineral resources Purnomo Yusgiantoro, governor for East Kalimantan Awang Faroek Ishak, and director general (more…)
(EnergyAsia, April 9, Thursday) — The ‘Seafarers 2009’ event will be held at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel in Singapore from May 26 to 28. Presented by Lloyd’s List, the event returns for the second year with a special focus on long-term development within the industry amid current risks and threats. Topics covered include the (more…)
(EnergyAsia, April 9, Thursday) — Eight wind turbines in Antarctica are withstanding temperatures of -60 degrees Celsius and winds of over 150 km per second to generate electricity at the recently inaugurated Princess Elisabeth Station. The station is the only polar base operating entirely on renewable energy, said Proven Energy, a Scottish based small wind (more…)
(EnergyAsia, April 8, Wednesday) — Leading international classification society Bureau Veritas said it is furthering the cause for green shipping by developing comprehensive new guidelines covering the safe application of fuel cells on ships which could have important environmental and commercial advantages for shipowners and operators. Fuel cells are electrochemical devices which convert the chemical (more…)
(EnergyAsia, April 8, Wednesday) — Japanese power generation firms plans to increase their investments in renewable power projects despite the bleak economic outlook, declining domestic power demand and the country’s falling industrial output. Kansai Electric Power Co said it plans to invest a large part of its 375 billion yen capital expenditure in renewable energy...
(EnergyAsia, April 8, Wednesday) — Reliance Life Sciences (RLS), the privately-held biotech firm of Mukesh Ambani, the Reliance group’s owner, is planning to expand its biofuels production capacity. RLS now owns and operates a 6,500-tonne-per-year biodiesel plant in Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh state. The plant uses non-food crops as feedstock. Sited next to the facility,...
(EnergyAsia, April 8, Wednesday) — Commercial airlines could start using biofuels by around 2011, said the International Association of Airlines (IATA). Hailing the progress made on biofuels, the association said it is working to approve the first use of the fuel on commercial flights. Tests by US carrier Continental Airlines, Japan’s JAL, Air New Zealand...
(EnergyAsia, April 8, Wednesday) — Huaneng Power International Inc, one of China’s largest power companies, said affiliate Huaneng New Energy Industry Holding Co Ltd has agreed to pay RMB103 million cash for a 65% stake in Qidong Wind Power. (US$1=RMB6.85). Qidong Wind Power, which started up the first phase of its 91.5MW project in Jiangsu...