China's second-largest hydropower station became operational Monday with its first power generating unit officially starting work after a three-day test run. The No. 13 power generating unit with a capacity of 770,000 kw at the Xiluodu hydropower station started providing electricity to the China Southern Power Grid, its operator China Three Gorges Corporation said in a statement. With a total generating ca ...

Under the agreement, Vietcombank serves as the lead manager to arrange the syndicated loan of VND14.5 trillion, or roughly US$700 million, with the participation of other co-lenders namely Vietnam Bank for Industry and Trade (VietinBank), Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) and Vietnam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Agribank). Lai Chau hydropower plant project, comprising of t ...

GVK Power has asked the government to consider its request for tapering linkages to meet the coal requirement of its 540 MW thermal power plant in Punjab, saying that if allocation is done the company will then be in a position to begin electricity generation from next month. "We request your kind consideration for approval of our request for a tapering linkage which will enable the company to start generat ...

Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) through its wholly-owned subsidiary, TNB Repair and Maintenance (TNB REMACO) and Kharafi National of Kuwait recently signed with Kuwait's Ministry of Electricity & Water (MEW) for the Operation & Maintenance (O&M) of Shuaiba North Co-Generation (Power & Distillation) Plant in Kuwait. The seven year contract is valued at KD88.882million (approximately RM1.0billion ...

NTPC is hopeful of commissioning its 1600MW thermal power plant at Darlipali village in Sundargarh district within five years. "We have received both land and environment clearance for the project. There is a positive development on forest clearance as well. Hopefully, we will complete the project in five years," said NTPC chairman-cum-managing director (CMD) Arup Roy Choudhury. The central PSU has proposed ...

An international peer review has backed Christchurch City Council's decision to replace the gravity wastewater system in Parklands with a new pressure wastewater system. The Council is introducing new wastewater technology as part of the rebuild of earthquake-damaged infrastructure to build stronger systems, better able to withstand any future earthquakes. City Water and Waste Manager Mark Christison says t ...

Philippine-based conglomerate Ayala Corporation will be connecting a wind power project to the grid by 2014. In a statement, Ayala Corporation announced that their wholly owned subsidiary AC Energy Holdings, Inc. has signed an investment framework agreement and shareholders’ agreement with UPC Philippines Wind Holdco I B.V. and the Philippine Investment Alliance for Infrastructure Fund (PINAI) to form a joi ...

A move to privatise the Yankalilla district’s water and waste services will be discussed with the community. Water Utilities Australia (WUA) has talked with the council about taking over its Community Wastewater Management Systems (CWMS). If it happened, the company would buy all water and sewerage operations and associated infrastructure at Normanville, Yankalilla, Myponga Beach, Second Valley and Wirrina ...

Tamil Nadu government is mulling over a proposal to set up a string of desalination plants across its 1,000km long coastline following excessive exploitation of groundwater resources in the coastal areas. While Chennai Metrowater has set up two desalination plants in Minjur and Nemmeli with a capacity to treat 100 million litres of water a day, Tamil Nadu water supply and drainage board has established a pl ...

China aims to more than quadruple solar power generating capacity to 35 gigawatts by 2015 in an apparent bid to ease a massive glut in the domestic solar panel industry. The target has been stated previously by the State Grid, which manages the country's electricity distribution, but now has the official backing of the State Council, the country's cabinet and its top governing body. China will add around 10 ...