In Myanmar, only about 30 percent of the population have access to electricity. But what it does have in abundance are natural resources. Harnessing these to generate clean energy in every corner of the country is now on the government's agenda. Sandar Oo has been running her chapati stall in Yangon without electricity for over the last four years. Her customers also adapt to the darkness as they tuck into ...

Intersolar India is India’s Largest Exhibition and Conference for the Solar Industry and focuses on the areas of photovoltaics, PV production technologies, energy storage and solar thermal technologies. For the 6th year in a row, Intersolar India will be the exhibition of choice for entrepreneurs seeking to forge contacts with solar professionals at every end of the solar value chain. By bringing visitors a ...

  WELTEC BIOPOWER receives order for 1.1 MW extension in Dorset Award-Winning AD plant processes food waste to energy Weltec Biopower (UK) Ltd, based in Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, has been granted the contract to extend the award-winning food waste AD plant in Piddlehinton, Dorset. Plant owners Eco Sustainable Solutions Ltd. are expanding with a further 1.1MW of food waste processing capacity. This foll ...

With the nation's several power plants facing retirement and the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant being sealed, the government is likely to implement electricity rationing in 2021, said Economics Minister Woody Duh Tyzz-Jiun (杜紫軍) yesterday. The original plan was to have Nuke 4 replace Nuke 1, Nuke 2 and fossil-fuel power stations, many of which are set to be retired in the coming years. However, with the constru ...

Moreover, 23 firms including cronies’ companies were granted hydropower projects and they were also allowed to generate and distribute power in 84 townships across the nation. The tycoons also received the green light to build natural gas power stations. Some cronies are eyeing coal power plant projects that may be harmful to local people and environment. The projects caused worries among the locals who mig ...

Water-starved South Asia creates 'Rice Bucket Challenge' Water-starved South Asian nations have devised their own answer to the Ice Bucket Challenge taking the social media world by storm, instead filling buckets with rice and other supplies for the needy. Since June, thousands of people worldwide have doused themselves with a bucket of icy water, then posted a video recording of the stunt online and challe ...

PE-Backed Hareon Solar Plans To Add 150 MW Solar Power Capacity In India. Favorable regulatory measures have rekindled international interest in India’s renewable energy sector, with several companies like GE Energy Financial Services and Goldman Sachs making significant investments over the last few years. Joining the bandwagon is Shanghai-based Hareon Solar, which has announced plans to install 150 MW sol ...

Liaoning Electric Power , general manager of the State Grid suspected of serious offense being investigated CCDI official Netcom Beijing News reported hearing yesterday , according to the clues provided by the prosecution , the State Council, the SASAC Commission for Discipline Inspection , general manager of the State Grid Corporation Liaoning Province Power Company Limited Yan Fulong alleged serious viola ...

Vietnam president orders stop to imports of obsolete technologies It is unacceptable if out-of-date technologies continue to arrive in Vietnam, State President Truong Tan Sang said Wednesday, following reports that most Chinese contractors are deploying obsolete techs at their Vietnamese projects. Applying cheap, outdated technologies in Vietnam cannot be tolerated as they are fuel-consuming and in the end, ...

PetroVietnam-Exxon Mobil may cooperate in $10 billion project The Vietnamese Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) may reach a cooperation agreement with Exxon Mobil Corporation (USA) with a value of $10 billion next year, according to PetroVietnam CEO Do Van Hau. Bloomberg recently quoted Do Van Hau as saying that the two groups will collaborate to exploit gas in the central region to serve thermo-power plants ...