Shandong-headquarted Chinese energy developer Huadin Power International is planning a RMB900m ($150m) wind power project near Laixi City in the Shandong province. The first phase of the 100MW project will require investment of RMB450m and will consist of 25 turbines, according to JecComposites. It will be developed by Huadin’s local Shandong branch. The area, which has a total of 4.67 square kilometres of ...

Germany's Conergy AG, a leader in Thailand's solar energy industry, has been acquired by Kawa Capital Management Inc in the US. The move is aimed at enhancing Conergy's funding to serve strong demand for the construction of large-scale solar power plants in Southeast Asia. Alexander Lenz, Conergy's president for Asia and the Middle East, said the extended funding capabilities following the takeover will boo ...

Nordex has announced a 50 MW order for the FWEL I wind project, located in Sindh, Pakistan. Under the contract, Nordex will supply 20 N100 2.5 MW wind turbines to the major project shareholders, the Fauji Foundation and Cap Asia. This project represents the third wind farm that Nordex is supplying for the Fauji Foundation Group in Sindh. Nordex says the close proximity of all three projects will enable the ...

Panasonic Corporation today announced the start of full-scale production at its solar module manufacturing factory in Malaysia. The factory produces the company's HIT solar modules which offer the industry's top-class power output, with an annual production capacity of 300 MW. With the factory now operating in full swing, Panasonic will accelerate its efforts to meet the robust solar demand, especially in J ...

Eurus Energy Holdings Corp., a Japanese developer of renewable-power projects, is building a 115-megawatt solar plant in Aomori prefecture in northern Japan. The Tokyo-based company is using solar panels supplied by Mitsubishi Electric Corp. and a Japanese subsidiary of U.S. manufacturer SunPower Corp., Eurus said in a filing yesterday. The plant at Rokkasho will start operations in November 2015, according ...

ReneSola Ltd, a leading brand and technology provider of solar photovoltaic products, today announced it has signed a series of agreements to provide Lightsource Renewable Energy Limited, the largest solar energy generator in the United Kingdom, with 69.5 MW of solar modules for installation on solar farms in the United Kingdom. Once installed, the modules are expected to generate enough clean electricity t ...

Installation work has been completed on the offshore substation for Dong Energy’s 320MW Borkum Riffgrund 1 wind farm in the German North Sea. The work started on 1 August when the unit was shipped from Aalborg in Denmark to the site 37km north-east of the island of Borkum. Christoph Mertens, senior director and head of Dong Energy Wind Power in Germany said: “Though we have more than 20 years’ experience in ...

General Electric just closed a deal meant to buy it a seat at the table of the world’s biggest high-voltage transmission grid players. On Tuesday, GE announced the completion of a long-awaited investment and joint venture with China XD Electric Co., one of the world’s biggest transmission equipment makers in a country that’s leading the world in new high-voltage power lines. GE will spend $552.2 million to ...

The Asian Development Bank will be providing a $49.5 million loan for the construction of a cross-border power transmission that will bring hydropower from Malaysia to Indonesia. The loan provided by A.D.B. will be used to finance a 145-kilometer distribution line, distribution feeder extension, and a new substation that will be built to improve the reliability of power in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Additi ...

The Pipe Rover project, an Australian first, is a partnership between Western Water and Ballarat’s Central Highlands Water as part of the Intelligent Water Networks Program. The new technology being trialled will allow Western Water to find leaks without having to excavate or switch off customers’ water. A Western Water spokeswoman said, “The Pipe Rover will be able to detect leaks, or test the ‘health’ of ...