Two of Indonesia's biggest miners are building power stations to reignite coal demand and counter a drop in global prices that has squeezed industry-wide profit margins to their slimmest in a decade and dulled the appeal of exports to top consumer China. Privately owned PT Adaro Energy, Indonesia's second biggest coal miner by revenue, and the government-run PT Bukit Asam are taking the lead in trying to bu ...

French electric equipment supplier Alstom Grid has successfully completed evaluation of 820kV/4500 A transformer and wall bushings for high-voltage direct current (HVDC) converter transformers. Fully type-tested in accordance with international standards, including temperature rise tests, the bushings form part of a major 800 kV HVDC project for State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC). Alstom is under contra ...

The government is seeking regulatory approval of short-term supply contracts between National Power Corp (Napocor) and electricity distributors in the Visayas. In a petition before the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), state-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp (Psalm) said it signed supply deals with 19 distributors in the Visayas. The supply deals will run from June 26 to December 25 ...

State-run Power Grid Corporation has drawn up annual capital expenditure plans worth about $4 billion for the next five years as part of its efforts to strengthen its presence in the transmission business, a top company official said on Wednesday. "As part of our capital expenditure plans for transmission, we spend about Rs. 20,000 crore a year," said R P Sasmal, director of operations at Power Grid Corpora ...

Viessmann Group and Panasonic Corp. have jointly developed a new fuel cell cogeneration system, which will become the first polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC) fuel cell system available for single-family homes in Europe. It will be sold by Viessmann, starting in Germany in April 2014. Panasonic and Viessmann formed a joint development agreement and jointly designed the complete fuel cell system, which inc ...

The Tuaspring 318,500 m3/day desalination plant – Singapore’s second major facility – is set to open next week with an innovative Water Purchase Agreement (WPA) in place between utility PUB and private operator, Hyflux. The 25-year WPA will see Hyflux deliver desalinated water – through a Design, Build, Own and Operate (DBOO) model - at a fixed low price of S$0.45 per cubic metre for the first year. Hyflux ...

State-owned NHPC Ltd, country's largest hydro power producer, has slashed its capital expenditure plan for the current Five-Year Plan by 31 per cent, as clearances and law-and-order-related issues have affected its projects' progress. The company has lowered the spending target for the Plan period ending in March 2017 from Rs 29,000 crore to Rs 20,000 crore. While the power ministry, NHPC's parent ministry, ...

The United Nations' atomic agency has cut its long-term outlook for nuclear energy growth for a third year in a row, in part because of hesitancy following Japan's Fukushima disaster. The industry could, however, still nearly double its capacity by 2030 due to expansion in Asia. Overall nuclear generating capacity will grow by between 17 and 94 percent by 2030 depending on a wide range of factors such as gl ...

JinkoSolar has entered into an agreement with renewable energy company Acciona for the supply of 274 MWp worth of PV modules. JinkoSolar will be supplying Oakleaf Investment Holdings with 94 MWp of solar modules for a solar farm in Northern Cape Province, South Africa. The delivery will commence from November 2013 through September 2014. Oakleaf is a joint-venture invested by Acciona and its South African l ...

Denmark-based manufacturer Vestas is to supply 24 V100-2.0 MW low wind turbines to China’s Hebei Construction and Investment Group. Delivery of the first turbine to the site at Changli Datan in Hebei province is expected in the first quarter of 2014. The order involves turbine supply and delivery, installation supervision, VestasOnline Business Scada solution and a two-year service agreement. The order does ...