Chinese wind turbine maker Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology (HKG:2208) said Friday it has been contracted to equip and construct the 32.5-MW Excelsior wind park in South Africa, booking its second deal in the country for 2015. The project was awarded to the company in the fourth bid round of South Africa’s Renewable Energy IPP Procurement (REIPPP) programme, while the contract was signed with dome ...

South Korea plans to build two new nuclear reactors within the next 15 years in an effort to revive its nuclear power footing for energy, the government announced Monday. The addition will increase the number of reactors to 39 by 2029. Currently, Korea has 23 reactors nationwide. The expansion of nuclear power is included in the seventh "basic plan for long-term electricity supply and demand," which covers ...

A venture between Toshiba Corp. and Mitsubishi Electric Corp. is more than doubling capacity to produce a key solar device, tracking growth in Asia and the U.S. Production of inverters, which allow solar power to be fed into grids, will begin at a factory in Texas in late July and at a plant in Yancheng, China, as early as October, said Hidehiko Kikuchi, head of the power electronics systems division at Tos ...

India will switch on a massive 48GW of new wind power in the coming decade as Asia Pacific excluding China (APeC) sets off on a construction spree that is expected to lead to record-setting market expansion in the region, according to research from Make Consulting. Taken together, regional core markets India, Australia and Japan will commission almost 80% of the more than 79GW forecast to be brought online ...

UK company 4Navitas Green Energy Solutions Ltd has successfully developed a vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) which is set to revolutionise the worldwide onshore wind turbine market, currently dominated by horizontal axis wind turbines (HAWT). It was designed by some of the UK’s leading structural, aeronautical and electrical engineers, and is being manufactured by a supply chain of world class blue-chip pa ...

China's drive for a cleaner and more efficient energy grid received a boost in April when the Chinese government issued four documents on power sector reform. The documents, which were published in rapid succession, came from several different ministries and outlined long-awaited upgrades to the functioning of the world's largest utility. The reforms were wide-ranging and introduced a number of different to ...

A venture set up last month by Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) and Chubu Electric Power to handle their fuel business aims to become the cheapest liquefied natural gas (LNG) buyer in East Asia, its president said in an interview. Jera is set to become the world's single biggest buyer of LNG - exceeding Korea Gas Corp with annual purchases of nearly 40 million tonnes once it fully integrates the partners' fuel ...

Asean senior energy officials have intensified talks on the Laos-Singapore transmission line project to expedite power trading within the Asian region. Officials are expected to seal the project's memorandum at the 33rd Asean Energy Ministers meeting scheduled for Oct 5 to 9 in Kuala Lumpur. The transmission line is a demonstration project involving Laos, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore, with Laos expected ...

Electricity usage increases and the wear down of generators may soon outpace new electricity generation, making power outages all the more likely in 2019, the Taiwan Power Company (Taipower, 台電) warned on Thursday. The increase in electricity use will be a result of rapid economic growth. With a 3.32-percent annual growth from 2015 to 2026, the nation's electricity use is projected to grow by 1.9 percent ev ...

The mall and office tower at Bugis Junction will be partially powered by solar energy, following the installation of about 1,000 sqm of solar panels at the roof of the complex. Bugis Junction will be able to generate 200,000 kWh of clean energy and mitigate 110 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions annually, solar company REC said in a news release on Monday (May 25). This translates into cost savings of S$30, ...