Himdhara, an environmental research and action group, released a report on Saturday questioning feasibility of the proposed 66MW Dhaulasidh hydroelectric project to be constructed on the Beas river. Titled "Big Costs, Little Gain", the report critiques the project on the ground that the environmental, socio-economic and financial costs of the project far outweigh the benefits and that this project needs to ...

The 100 MW Sainj hydroelectric project being constructed by the state-run Himachal Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (HPPCL) in Kullu district is likely to be commissioned by August 2015, an official said in Shimla on Saturday. The Rs. 800-crore hydro project, funded by the Asian Development Bank, will generate 322 MU per annum. The state is expected to earn revenue of Rs. 150 crore by selling electricity f ...

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has invited leading Turkish companies to invest in mega projects, including energy sector projects - Diamer-Bhasha Dam and coal fired power plants in Gaddani (Balochistan). Prime Minister during his visit to Turkey from September 16-19, 2013 to co-chair the 3rd meeting of the High Level Co-operation (HLCC) met with CEOs of a number of leading Turkish companies and invited them to ...

After a year-long courtship, Vestas and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) have tied the knot in a union the two companies hope will help topple Siemens as the industry's number one offshore player. The two companies revealed few details about the plan when it was announced last month. In essence, a joint venture will be set up based around selling Vestas' V112 3MW and upcoming V164 8MW to the offshore marke ...

The development of hydropower capacity of Tajikistan is one of the ways to achieve energy stability in the region, Tajik Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi said at the international high-level conference on energy security and sustainability - vision of the OSCE, which will end in Ashgabat on Friday. Implementation of the concept of Central Asia - South Asia Regional Electricity Market (CASAREM) will contrib ...

China’s solar retrenchment has taken a big step forward with word that a bankruptcy court has chosen Hong Kong-listed Shunfeng Photovoltaic from a field of bidders vying to invest in reorganizing former solar pioneer Suntech. The decision is interesting both because of who the bankruptcy court selected, and also because of who lost the bidding. The selection of Shunfeng looks particularly significant, as it ...

China, Asia’s largest solar market, plans to add more generation projects in regions where the electricity can be distributed to customers who live nearby. The government intends to expand the total capacity of such projects to 20 gigawatts by 2015, Wu Xinxiong, head of the National Energy Administration, said in a speech posted on the agency’s website. That compares with just 2 gigawatts at the end of last ...

Tata Power Solar (TPS), a leading Indian Solar company, has successfully commissioned a 10 MW solar power plant for Jindal Aluminium Ltd (JAL) in Chitradurga, Karnataka in June 2013. Executed in a record timeframe of four months from the day the land was made available, the solar power plant is Karnataka's largest till date. The plant will produce over 18 million KWH annually (over 1.80 crore units) of sola ...

A group of researchers in Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has uncovered the working of perovskite, a material that may be the answer to cheaper and more efficient solar energy panels. Perovskite has been described as a remarkable solar cell material as it can convert up to 15 per cent of sunlight into electricity, coming close to the efficiency of nearly 20 per cent of solar cells in the market. Howe ...

As China’s solar panel makers venture into uncharted markets, the handful of companies that supply equipment for their plants are dusting off their order books to meet a revival in demand. GT Advanced Technologies and Meyer Burger Technology expect a new wave of orders from next year, when worldwide spending by solar companies is forecast to rise for the first time since 2011. “Demand is coming from many mo ...