The Mid Murray Council will partner with the Barossa Council to develop a wastewater scheme in Truro. The Barossa Council has agreed to receive wastewater from Truro and treat it at Stockwell. The Mid Murray Council has been developing the wastewater scheme, after receiving $100,000 for concept designs last year. Mid Murray chief executive Russell Peate says the councils are still working through the condit ...

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has achieved 4,000 hours of uninterrupted operation - unprecedented in the world - of a 200 kilowatt (kW) class pressurized hybrid (combined-cycle) power generation system incorporating solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) and a micro gas turbine (MGT). The company has been operating the hybrid system since March at Senju Techno Station, a facility in Tokyo operated by Tokyo ...

POSCO Energy announced on September 16 that it will move forward with the world's first fuel cell project by using boil-off gas (BOG) that comes from LNG production facilities. The energy affiliate of POSCO signed a contract for a 300-kW fuel cell power plant with Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS). The company will provide a 300 kW molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC) to KOGAS’ Samcheok LNG terminal. The fuel cell ...

Tindo - the name of Adelaide City Council’s electric solar bus - is the first in the world to be recharged using 100% solar power. Tindo  features 11 Zebra battery modules that use sodium/nickel chloride technology. According to Adelaide City Council, the controlled temperature batteries operate "without loss of performance or life expectancy in virtually any conditions". The batteries give the electric bus ...

India's solar sector is awaiting the official launch of the second phase of the country's Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission. Obstacles to the launch include controversy over the domestic content rules, possible rules regarding the import of cheap modules, budget problems and the country's upcoming national elections scheduled for May 2014. The first phase of the National Solar Mission, which began in ...

The Solar Business of Schneider Electric SA (Reuil-Malmaison, France) enters the Japanese solar market with an integrated solution based on the Conext Core XC solar photovoltaic (PV) inverters, adapted to meet the local requirements. According to Schneider, first projects have already been won in the Hyogo Prefecture and will be installed over the autumn. At the heart of the system design and equipment is t ...

United Envirotech Ltd has signed a RMB286 million 30 year Transfer-Operate-Transfer (TOT) cum Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) agreement with Hong Wei District’s municipal government in Liaoyang City, China. Hong Wei is an important industrial district and United Envirotech has been providing operation and maintenance (O&M) service to its wastewater treatment plant since 2010. The plant now needs to be upgr ...

Energy Recover Inc is to supply its PX Q300 Pressure Exchanger® technology for the Al Ghubrah seawater desalination plant in Oman. EPC contractor International Water Treatment LLC, formed by Cadagua, Wabag and Galfar, chose PX technology to ensure efficient, reliable energy recovery to overcome the challenges of seawater processing in Oman. Oman's first independent water project, set up by the Muscat City D ...

Sindh Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah has welcomed the management of Hydro China Dawood Power Limited for their investment of $130 million for the establishment of 50 MW Wind Power Project at Bhambhore near Gharo and has assured them full support and co-operation from Government of Sindh to make the project success. Talking to the five-member delegation of Hydro China Dawood Power Ltd, which called ...

Chinese solar panel maker Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd said Chief Executive David King had resigned from the company with immediate effect, weeks after three directors left citing cash flow concerns. King, who was also acting chief financial officer, took up the CEO post in August last year, replacing founder Zhengrong Shi. Zhou Weiping, president and director, will take over King's positions temporarily w ...