(EnergyAsia, July 2, Wednesday) — Paris-listed Gaz de France said it has agreed with PowerGas, a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore Power, to jointly build and operate Singapore’s first LNG terminal. Gaz de France said it will have a 30% stake in the project company. The terminal, to be built on a 30 hectare site...
(EnergyAsia, July 2, Wednesday) — Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) has opened a 2.5-hectare jatropha nursery in Medellin town in northern Cebu province, the first such project in Southeast Asia. The nursery is expected to produce jatropha seedlings for a plantation being planned on a plot of land that is currently idle. The company said...
(EnergyAsia, July 2, Wednesday) — The growth prospects of renewable and clean energy industries are being held back by a lack of trained labour and experienced management staff, a study by executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles found. Especially hampered are the wind, solar and biofuels energy sector which have seen massive growth in recent...
(EnergyAsia, July 2, Wednesday) — Q-Cells, the world’s largest solar cell maker, is planning to build a manufacturing plant in Malaysia, its first such project in the country. The solar cell plant will create some 900 jobs in its first phase. Construction is expected to be completed early next year with production due to start...
(EnergyAsia, July 2, Wednesday) — China is aiming to more than triple its wind power capacity to 20,000 megawatt (MW) by 2010. The increased capacity is aimed at helping to meet soaring power demand while also cutting the country’s greenhouse gas emissions, said the Energy Research institute (ERI). China has become a major energy consumer...
(EnergyAsia, July 2, Wednesday) — China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) has signed an agreement to import two million tonnes of LNG a year from Qatar for 25 years. CNOOC will import the LNG from Qatargas through its planned terminals along China’s east coast. While exact terms were not disclosed, CNOOC is believed to be...
(EnergyAsia, July 2, Wednesday) — The debate over the use of food crops such as corn, palm oil or soybeans for fuel production continues to draw heated debate and will remain unresolved. Despite growing evidence that using food for fuel production has tightened up world food supplies and prices, proponents insist there are other causes...
(EnergyAsia, July 2, Wednesday) — The wholly owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine, Keppel FELS Limited, and Maersk Contractors have inaugurated a new DSS 21 proprietary design semi-submersible rig. Keppel FELS said this is the most technically advanced deepwater drilling rig to be designed and completed by Singapore to date. The ‘Maersk Developer’ is...
(EnergyAsia, July 2, Wednesday) — Two leading Japanese companies, Kansai Electric Power Co Inc and Sharp Corp, and Sakai city in Osaka Prefecture have agreed to cooperate in building a large solar power generation project for the city’s waterfront. The project, to be implemented in two locations, will be called the Sakai No. 7-3 District...
(EnergyAsia, July 2, Wednesday) — GE Energy said it has won a contract to supply Cairn India with 32 of its J420 GS Jenbacher gas engines that will generate the electricity for India’s first cross country, heated crude oil pipeline, which is currently under construction. The project represents the largest single order of Jenbacher engines...
subsidiary, BG LNG Trading, has agreed to supply Hong Kong-based Castle Peak Power Company (CAPCO) one million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per year for up to 20 years. BG LNG Trading will begin delivering the LNG, sourced from various parts of the world, to Hong Kong’s planned import terminal on South Soko Island...
for blast-furnace-gas (BFG) fired gas turbine combined-cycle (GTCC) power generation plants from China and Korea. The two purchases will contribute to better air quality in the two countries. Qian’an Iron and Steel Works, part of Chinese steelmaker Shougang Group, has ordered a 150 megawatt (MW) plant while Korea’s largest independent power producer, POSCO Power Corp,...
road project with Kazakhstan to upgrade the trade route linking Asian countries with Russia and Europe. The project is expected to boost Kazakhstan’s competitiveness and to bring significant economic benefits to the country and the broader Central Asia region. The World Bank is expected to finance and rehabilitate a 1,025 km stretch of road between...
market by 2012, said US-based information provider for the global forest products industry. In its ‘International Woodfiber Report (IWR)’, RISI said the market’s explosive growth is not only due to multi-billion investments from private equity firms and Fortune 500 corporations but is also a result of numerous legislative initiatives including the new Farm Bill. The...
which include Continental and Virgin Atlantic Airways LLC, in the newly formed Algal Biomass Organisation (ABO). They will be the first wave of aviation-related members to join the organisation along with biofuel technology developer UOP LLC. The airlines together with Boeing, which co-chairs the ABO, are advocating the development of new generations of fuel sources...
(EnergyAsia, July 1, Tuesday) — Finland-based Wärtsilä said it has been awarded contracts to supply two power plants of combined output of 90 MWe to Papua New Guinea. The orders were made by China ENFI Engineering Corporation. The power plants will be installed at the Ramu nickel mine and the nickel refinery in the port (more…)
it has completed a major upgrade of its Banksmeadow fuel distribution terminal to handle 10% ethanol-blended fuel and serve the markets in Sydney and the New South Wales markets. Minister for Lands, Rural Affairs and Regional Development Tony Kelly launched the new ethanol facilities as fuel tankers lined up to load Bio E10 unleaded gasoline...
each consisting of 25 units of the V80-2.0 MW wind turbine for the Danianzi I and the Bolike II windfarm projects in China. Both projects are located 150 km northeast of Chifeng in Inner Mongolia in the northern part of China. The contracts include supply of the turbines including towers, the VestasOnline Business SCADA solution...
are collaborating to develop new, low-cost methods for bringing the next generation of solar energy products to market. The companies said the new products will be more affordable and easier to install than those available today. Specifically, TOK and IBM have agreed to jointly develop processes, materials, and equipment suitable for the production of copper-indium-gallium-selenide...
agreement with Qatar’s RasGas Company Limited covering two liquefied natural gas (LNG) trains and Al-Khaleej Gas (AKG) Plant-2 at RasGas’ complex in Ras Laffan Industrial City in Qatar. The project supports Qatar’s strategy to become the world’s leading supplier of LNG. An LNG train is a chain of equipment, including a gas turbine, which...
stockpile and stockpiling infrastructure. Pakistan has been hard hit by the recent surge in oil prices, raising its crude import bill by 40% over the past 10 months. It imports some 250,000 b/d of crude oil from Saudi Arabia. According to Asif Ali Zardari, co-chairman of Pakistan’s ruling PPP party, Saudi Arabia has indicated it...
have disrupted traffic, trade and goods distribution in its capital city of Doha. State-owned Woqod, the city’s only diesel distributor, is unable to meet demand, forcing truckers to idle their vehicles as they line up for hours to fill up at fuel stations. Truckers said Woqod has failed to deliver the supplies ordered by diesel...
likely to be shelved due to spiralling construction costs. Authorities recently delayed a tender for bids on the project for a third time. Apart from rising engineering, steel and materials costs, analysts said the project’s location in the country’s far south away from the crude production sites puts it at a cost disadvantage. The...
least 14 billion baht this year from subsidising domestic fuel prices on the order of the government. (US$1=33 baht). Crude oil prices have risen more than 40% since the start of 2008. In the first four month of this year, PTT said it incurred a loss of 0.32 baht on each litre of diesel it...
farmers, truck drivers and bus owners protesting against rising fuel costs. Bangkok has been the scene of frequent protests that have added to the city’s notorious traffic jams. The protests are taking place despite government promises to continue subsidising fuel against the advice of oil companies which are chalking up huge losses. The government has...