Japan will once again be without atomic energy as its only operating nuclear reactor goes offline on Sunday for refueling and maintenance, and other plants remained closed for intensified safety checks following the 2011 meltdowns at the tsunami-stricken plant in Fukushima. But despite signs the crisis in Fukushima is worsening, Japan's commitment to restarting many of its 50 idled plants appears stronger t ...

Morgan Advanced Materials, a leading manufacturer of engineered products for the energy sector, is supplying a range of critical components and technology solutions for GE Energy Storage’s high-performance Durathon Batteries. Durathon Batteries are designed to provide safer, more efficient and cost effective energy storage, distribution and utilization.  GE Energy Storage uses the battery modules to build c ...

Pakistan on Monday signed a resolution to import 1300 MW electricity from Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan to overcome power shortage in summer season. The resolution was singed by the four countries including Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyz Republic in the two-day meeting of the inter-governmental council of central Asia South Asia (CASA) transmission and trade project, started here. The propose ...

Four companies yesterday submitted their financial offers for a 360-megawatt gas-fired power project in Bheramara amid allegation that the bidding authorities were favouring one bidder. When Japanese companies Sumitomo, Marubeni, and Mitsui with its Korean partner Posco, and Spanish firm Duro Felguera submitted their bids yesterday afternoon, it turned out that Marubeni had not submitted its $6-million bid ...

Though the Gas Authority of India (GAIL) officials say that the laying of pipelines to the Rajiv Gandhi Combined Cycle Power Plant, the NTPC, Kayamkulam, for supplying LNG, will be given priority, the ground situation looks a little dicey at the moment. For one, the NTPC is yet to sign a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. Besides, mounting protest from the fishermen c ...

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has received an order from Daewoo International Corporation (DWIC) of Korea for two sets of an M701F4 gas turbine and generator to be installed in two gas turbine combined-cycle (GTCC) power generation plants which State Joint Stock Company Uzbekenergo (SJSC Uzbekenergo) is constructing at the existing Talimarjan Thermal Power Plant (TPP). The engineering, procurement ...

Private power companies have said the two proposed ultra mega power projects in Odisha and Tamil Nadu, likely to be auctioned by the government within this month, were not ready for bidding as many critical clearances were pending. The process of acquiring private land for one of the proposed projects at Bedhabahal in Odisha has to be started afresh as a new land acquisition act has come in place, Associati ...

Sarawak Energy Bhd (SEB) and its Indonesian counterpart PT PLN(Persero), are on track to complete the construction of their respective transmission line projects by end-2014 to pave the way for the export of renewable energy from Sarawak to West Kalimantan. “Both parties have completed their procurement processes,and PT PLN has secured the required funding for the project,” according to SEB corporate commun ...

NEW electricity price plans that charge different rates by the time of day and could save some Victorian households $150 a year are set for release. Customers are rewarded most for using power late at night, early in the morning and on weekends and pay a ­premium for weekday peak times under optional flexible tariffs to be marketed from Tuesday. Some could face a summer surcharge for using airconditioners a ...

Alstom’s largest hydropower industrial site was inaugurated in Tianjin, China on September 17, 2013 in the presence of Patrick Kron, Chairman and CEO of Alstom, and Jérôme Pécresse, President of Alstom’s Renewable Power Sector. With an investment of €100 million on this new facility, Alstom aims to further tap into China’s increasing hydropower needs and grow its hydropower business throughout the region. T ...