(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...

agreement to purchase power from ACCIONA Energy’s wind farm at Waubra in western Victoria state. The wind farm, the country’s largest, will generate 192 megawatts (MW), sufficient to meet the energy needs of 143,000 households each year. Construction of the Waubra Wind Farm is currently underway, with plans to complete the installation of the 128...

production continued to decline while revenues were boosted by higher prices for the quarter and year to September 2008. Third quarter output fell by 12% to 13.2 million barrels of oil equivalent while year-to-date output was down 10% to 40.8%. Boosted by high oil and gas prices, revenues rose 16% for the quarter to A$730...

Company has awarded a contract to Voith Siemens Hydro Shanghai to supply four Francis turbines at a rated output of 650 megawatts each for the Dagangshan hydroelectric project. The project on Dadu River in Sichuan province will be completely connected to the grid in 2014, with the first unit due for commissioning in 2013. When...

announced an ambitious plan to grow five billion jatropha trees to support the production of 10 million tons of biodiesel per year in the states of Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. CJP said it will team up with local players to jointly set up 30 zonal bio-business partners (ZBP) in the three states. The partners...

as a pioneering solution to reduce deforestation, tackle climate change, preserve global biodiversity and protect the livelihoods of millions of forest people in Indonesia and other developing countries around the world. Forests for Climate (FFC) is Greenpeace’s landmark proposal for an international mechanism to fund sustainable and lasting reductions of emissions from tropical deforestation in...

landed a five-year contract to supply solar cells to Netherland’s Scheuten Solar Technology GmbH. The new contract, from 2009 through to 2013, is an extension of two existing sales contracts. The three contracts are worth a total of US$460 million. Founded in 1950, Scheuten is one of the oldest glass and solar-energy companies in Europe....

to mitigate effects of climate change have backfired, said experts at last month’s IMF-World Bank annual meetings. With many developing nations experiencing deep shocks and citizen unrest due to rising food and fuel prices, plenaries and breakout sessions during the Program of Seminars addressed causes, effects and solutions. Commitments by members of the Organization for...