Government of Germany has committed a financial assistance of 201.50 million euros (Rs 1,630 crore) for Thana Plaun Project of Himachal Pradesh under "Himalaya Hydropower Program".  Of this amount, 200 million euros (Rs 1,618 crore) will be by way of reduced interest loan and the balance 1.5 million euros (Rs 12 crore) will be by way of grant for carrying out further technical studies of the Project. The de ...

Japanese trading corporation Sojitz has announced its first foray into the domestic solar power market, revealing that it will build four mega PV power stations with a combined capacity of 106MW. Sojitz will invest around ¥350 billion (US$362 million) across the four projects. The company has an existing 24MW power station in Germany. A 71MW plant will be built in Aomori, on the northernmost tip of mainland ...

International company working in power sector, the Galaxy Consortium will invest $2 billion to develop hydro power projects up to 1000 MW in all in various locations of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to this effect was signed between the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government and the Galaxy Consortium in a ceremony held at Chief Minister Secretariat Peshawar on Friday. Secretary Energy and P ...

Japan is struggling to contain radioactive water pouring out of the Fukushima nuclear plant that was wrecked by a 2011 tsunami. In South Korea, prosecutors are conducting a massive investigation into forged safety certificates and substandard parts at many of its reactors. Nuclear power has long been used as a reliable alternative to fossil fuels in natural resource-starved parts of Asia like Japan, Taiwan ...

Meyer Burger Technology Ltd. sees indications of a recovery in the solar photovoltaic market and has successfully concluded strategic contracts for advanced diamond wire slicing technologies and PV module production and testing technologies with new customers in the Asian market. The orders have a combined value of over USD 23.5 million, the company reports. Meyer Burger announced the successful signing of ...

An aging nuclear power plant in Taiwan has been leaking radioactive wastewater for three and half years, according to a report released by the government’s watchdog this week. The report by Control Yuan said spent fuel rod storage pools at the have leaked since December 2009. The pools of the two reactors leaked 15,370 milliliters and 4,830 milliliters respectively, it said. Radioactive materials such as Ca ...

IDE Technologies is to install its Progreen™ desalination system - the fourth installation worldwide - at a five‑star island resort on Australia's Great Barrier Reef to replace an existing thermal desalination plant. The company announced on 6 August 2013 that Mulpha Australia, the owner of Hayman Island resort in Queensland, had selected IDE to provide high‑quality desalinated water to the island resort. M ...

India's state-owned hydropower developer NHPC Ltd. seeks proposals to form joint ventures with independent power producers who have been allocated prospective hydropower projects by Indian states. Documents may be obtained until August 26, with responses due October 14. NHPC has extensive experience developing large hydropower projects on its own and with state-owned developers. Its recent activity includes ...

Silicon Labs has announced it is providing sub-GHz wireless connectivity technology to Robulink, a supplier of advanced metering infrastructure solutions to utility companies in China, Southeast Asia and Australia. Robulink's RobuNet mesh network products, such as the RDDMRE4 meter communication unit and the RCJP242R wireless data collector, will integrate Silicon Labs' EZRadioPRO transceivers. “Silicon Lab ...

Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co., China’s largest turbine maker by revenue, will provide 55 megawatts of equipment for a wind farm in Panama. A joint venture of Goldwind and Spain’s Union Eolica Espanola SL received $71 million in loans to develop the first phase of the Penonome wind farm, the Urumqi, China-based company said today in a statement. Banco Internacional de Costa Rica SA and Banco ...