This after the Department of Energy (DoE) decided to hike the solar project installation under the program to 500 megawatts from 50 MW. “The DoE and National Renewable Energy Board (NREB) will study possible installation target adjustment later this year, once the commercial operation dates of ongoing wind projects are definite,” said NREB Chairman Pedro H. Maniego in a text message to reporters. Currently, ...

World leader in specialised loadbank manufacturing and testing solutions, Crestchic is set to strengthen local service and support to its Asia Pacific market following a recent global rebrand. Following parent company Northbridge Industrial Services plc’s recent acquisition of Crestchic (Asia Pacific) PTE Ltd (“CAP”), it has also renamed its Northbridge division in the region to align and strengthen the bra ...

This year Aquatech India celebrated its 5th edition, while Aquatech Global Events marks 50 years of water industry events. From 6 to 8 May, 135 exhibitors and 6500 visitors came together in New Delhi for the annual exhibition and conference, combined with the Industrial Leaders Forum. Aquatech India again sets the standard for water technology trade events in the region. The next edition of the show will ta ...

THE usual model of development for emerging economies is to rely on fossil fuels to meet rising power demand and later to switch to cleaner sources of energy. But just as antennae have enabled countries to enjoy the benefits of mobile telephony without the need for extensive telecommunications infrastructure, so advances in solar technology have the potential to power communities without the need for costly ...

AVEVA and AMEC today announced their signing of a new five-year global agreement for the supply of AVEVA software for engineering, design and information management. This latest agreement extends a single global contract that provides access for all of AMEC’s worldwide offices to the full portfolio of AVEVA software and services, including the AVEVA Enterprise Resource Management suite, and the new market-l ...

Pakistan’s electricity demand is growing. In order to close supply gaps, the Ministry of Water & Power plans the construction of a power park with an installed capacity of 6,600 MW. The new plant with 10 units of 660 MW each will be established in Gaddani near Karachi. Lahmeyer International GmbH will develop the master plan for the entire park arrangement in cooperation with the consulting company NESP ...

Intelligent Energy, the international power technology company, has today at the JSAE Annual Congress, introduced its Gen4 air-cooled fuel cell power unit, designed for easy integration into two-wheel and four-wheel vehicles. The technology has been developed in collaboration with the Suzuki Motor Corporation. The Gen4 fuel cell power unit incorporates the necessary ancillary components to enable vehicle ma ...

Siemens and Japanese partner Marubeni consortium have completed construction of the Wang Noi 4 combined cycle power plant in Thailand.   The power plant has been handed over to the owner, the state-owned utility Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) and entered commercial operation. Featuring an efficiency of over 57.3 % with an electrical capacity of 770MW, the natural gas fired power pl ...

PTI reported that the Electricity Supply Companies of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation have signed a power purchase agreement for sharing 230 MW power generated from Priyadarshini Jurala Hydro power project. The project commissioned in April 2011 at a cost of INR 720 crore has a built in tariff to be determined at identical rates for both the states by APERC. The project cost is low ...

Alstom T&D India, a unit of French engineering group Alstom, today said that it has bagged a Rs 50.66 crore order to renovate and modernise the grid substations in Bihar. “Alstom T&D India has secured an order worth Rs 506.6 million to renovate and modernise 132/33KV grid substations across various locations for Bihar State Power Transmission Company Ltd (BSPTCL),” the company said in a statement he ...