Oil and gas giant Shell is turning to solar energy to power its service stations in Thailand. The oil company recently launched its inaugural solar power retail system at the newly-built Shell service station in Chacheongsao province. The service station's two rooftops were equipped with 21.76kW CIS thin-film solar panels from Solar Frontier. All power generated will be for self-consumption, making the serv ...

Two Japanese firms, Marubeni and Itochu, have won a US$2.8 billion contract to build a 430-km gas pipeline in Thailand, state oil and gas monopoly PTT has said. The new pipeline will run from the Gulf of Thailand coast at Rayong to Nonthaburi Province north of Bangkok, PTT’s chief operating officer, Chavalit Punthong, said in a statement to media. Rayong is the receiving port for Thailand’s LNG imports and ...

The future of the Asia-Pacific’s energy markets rests on achieving better regional cooperation and integration, and new initiatives are kicking off to speed up the transition to a more sustainable energy mix, Shamshad Akhtar writes. The Asia-Pacific region is at a turning point in its energy trajectory. The energy solutions that have fuelled growth in the region over the past few decades are no longer compa ...

On the edge of the Gobi Desert, the Jiuquan Wind Power Base stands as a symbol of China’s quest to dominate the world’s renewable energy market. With more than 7,000 turbines arranged in rows that stretch along the sandy horizon, it is one of the world’s largest wind farms, capable of generating enough electricity to power a small country. But these days, the windmills loom like scarecrows, idle and inert. ...

On January 12th, 2017, Clenergy (Xiamen) Technology Co., Ltd. (Clenergy Share, SHN: 603628) was officially listed during a grand listing ceremony at the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE). Clenergy President Daniel Hong signed the Listing Agreement with the SSE’s lead counsel. Following the symbolic exchange of gifts, Mr. Hong joined by Ms. Shi Lihua, Deputy Director of Xiamen Huoju Hi-tech Zone Committee, struc ...

ONE of the world’s biggest companies is planning to build a major gas-fired power station in the state’s north, which has the potential to ease South Australia’s electricity supply crisis. Pimagazine Asia has been told Powerchina wants a 250-megawatt generator, costing about $350 million, to be operating in South Australia by mid-2018. If it proceeds, the Powerchina station would have baseload power generat ...

Investments in Davao Region reached P7.684 billion as of third quarter of 2016, records from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) 11 showed. The third quarter investments in 2016 already surpassed by 38.7 percent the entire 2015 record of P4.708 billion. DTI 11 reported that of these investments, Davao City bagged 33 percent, Davao del Sur 29 percent, Davao del Norte 27 percent, Compostella Valley 7 p ...

The strategic alliance grants APR Energy exclusivity around the globe as the rental provider of GE mobile gas turbines under 50MW. As part of the agreement, APR Energy will acquire new Generation 8, GE TM2500+ mobile turbines in connection with its initiative to upgrade and standardize its fleet. In addition, GE and APR Energy will collaborate on leads for customers looking for interim or rental power solut ...

ABB to automate 225 megawatt combined cycle power plant in Myanmar Symphony Plus improves plant performance and efficiency to help Myanmar meet growing demand for power ABB recently won an order from Singapore-based Jurong Engineering Limited (JEL) to supply a Symphony Plus total plant automation system for one of the largest combined cycle power plants in Myanmar, located in the Myingyan district of the Ma ...

A transformer is a static electro-magnetic electrical device which operates on Faraday’s law of electromagnetism by converting electrical energy from one value to another. Single phase transformers are electrical devices which transfer energy between circuits through electromagnetic induction. This type of transformer generally consists of two electrical coils of wire, known as primary winding and secondary ...