If the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant cannot become operational due to public opposition, the operational periods of the three existing plants will have to be extended, which could cost between NT$35 billion and NT$40 billion (US$1.16 billion and US$1.33 billion) to renew equipment, Taiwan Power Co (Taipower) said. Company spokesman Tsai Feng-fu (蔡豐富) said that if service is extended by 20 years, the three plan ...

Cologne – With its tried-and-tested heat transfer fluid Diphyl, specialty chemicals company LANXESS is contributing to the cost-effective and environmentally friendly conversion of sunlight into electrical energy. In the “Arenales” parabolic trough power plant near the city of Morón de la Frontera in Andalusia, Spain, parabolic mirrors concentrate solar radiation onto an absorber pipe, in which approximatel ...

TAIPEI -- If the under-construction fourth nuclear power plant cannot become operational due to opposition from the public, the service periods of the three existing nuclear plants will have to be extended, which will entail a cost of between NT$35 billion (US$1.16 billion) and NT$40 billion to renew equipment, the Taiwan Power Co. (Taipower) said yesterday. Taipower spokesman Tsai Fu-feng said that if the ...

The Shenhua Group is to stop extracting groundwater for their flagship coal to liquid project in Inner Mongolia’s Ordos an area struggling with severe water shortages affecting farmers and herders. The state-owned Chinese coal company made their announcement during a meeting with Greenpeace East Asia, saying the plan was already underway. Regarding Shenhua’s dumping of toxic industrial wastewater in Ordos, ...

Global solar photovoltaic (PV) installations will grow by a robust 22% in 2014, largely as a result of recent policy changes in the two largest markets, China and Japan, according to IHS Inc. Worldwide installations in 2014 will rise to 46 GW (gigawatts), 5 GW higher than had been predicted in October 2013, based on a quarterly review of PV installations in more than 100 countries conducted by the IHS PV De ...

VADODARA: Former vice-chancellor of M S University (MSU) Anil Kane has bagged the World Wing Energy Award 2014 that recognizes his contributions as one of the pioneers of wind power in India, Asia and worldwide. The board of the World Wind Energy Association (WWEA) had decided to confer the award on Kane on the occasion of the 13th World Wind Energy Conference 2014 in Shanghai. Kane received the award on Tu ...

Enel CEO Fulvio Conti signs a Memorandum of Understanding with State Grid Corporation of China, the world largest and China's dominant distribution and transmission utility, to cooperate in the areas of smart grids and renewable energy Fulvio Conti also meets with China Huaneng Group, the largest power generation company in China, to expand the scope of existing cooperation Rome, April 8th, 2014 - Today in ...

The Andong combined cycle power plant (CCPP) in South Korea was erected in a record time of only 24 months. Thisliquefied natural gas (LNG) fired plant has an electrical capacity of 417 megawatts (MW), making it the second Siemens (NYSE: SI) operating H-class-based combined-cycle power plant in Asia with an efficiency level of more than 60 percent. The owner and operator is Korea Southern Power Co. Ltd. (KO ...

Karimnagar Parliament constituency is starved of power and water for irrigation needs. Hence, focus of the contesting candidates would be on the execution of the pending 2,100 MW APGenco’s gas-based power project in Nedunuru village and Sri Ram Sagar Project (SRSP) flood flow canal project. Of the seven Assembly segments in Karimnagar Lok Sabha constituency, Manakondur, Karimnagar, Husnabad, Sircilla, Vemul ...

Australia, Perth – 8 April, 2014: Atkins, one of the world’s leading design, engineering and project management consultancies, has chosen AVEVA Everything3D (AVEVA E3D) and AVEVA Laser Modeller software to support Lean Construction processes. Atkins has already executed many successful projects on AVEVA PDMS and is keen to increase its delivery standards with AVEVA E3D. Key capabilities that persuaded Atkin ...