Toshiba Corporation today announced that Toshiba Hydro Power (Hanzhou) Co., Ltd. (THPC), a subsidiary in China, has won a major order from China's Sinohydro Resources Ltd. to supply three 80MW hydroelectric turbines and generators for the Nam Ou 5 hydro power plant on the River Nam Ou in Laos. THPC will design and manufacture the turbines and generators and start delivery in January 2014. The first unit is ...

The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) has joined hands with the Royal Irrigation Department (RID) in order to lift the country’s capacity in power generation. After the signing of a MoU between EGAT and the RID, Sutat Patamasiriwat, Governor of EGAT, said the agreement was to develop two power plants located in Uttaradit and Lampang provinces, with a capacity of power generation of up to 8 ...

Japan's Marubeni Corp is set to supply electricity and steam to huge petroleum-related complexes in Saudi Arabia, as part of a project involving state-owned oil company Saudi Aramco, Kuna has reported. The project will involve installing cogeneration power systems at three complexes in eastern Saudi Arabia to generate a combined 840,000 kW of power and 1,478 tonnes of steam an hour. Total costs are estimate ...

Qantas has launched one of Australia’s largest trigeneration power plants, designed to supply the airline’s Sydney headquarters with clean energy for electricity, heating and cooling. Trigeneration is a low-carbon form of energy production that is more than twice as efficient as traditional coal-fired generation. An engine powered by natural gas generates electricity, and the excess heat from the process – ...

South Korea’s Daelim Industrial Co. is in exclusive talks to buy a 30% stake in an Australian power station owned by Japanese trading house Marubeni Corp., a person familiar with the matter said Tuesday. The move by Marubeni to find a buyer for its interest in the Millmerran power station in Queensland state was first reported by The Wall Street Journal in February. A deal is expected to be agreed within th ...

DuPont and Chinese green power company Yingli Energy Company Limited have signed a one-year, $100 million solar energy deal. The strategic agreement includes the supply of advanced solar materials, the installation of a solar power plant and co-marketing initiatives and expands a previous $100 million supply agreement between the companies announced in February of last year. “Materials are critical to help ...

Tata Power Company Ltd on Friday said it has bagged a 1,200 MW power project in Vietnam. The coal-fired supercritical project would mark the Tata Group firm’s entry into the South-East Asian country. “Tata Power has been awarded Long Phu 2 project by the Government of Vietnam based on the pre-feasibility studies. The capacity is 1,200 MW as per the Master Plan. Tata Power is pursuing further steps including ...

Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and visiting French President Francois Hollande agreed at a meeting on Friday to enhance their nuclear and security cooperation. During the summit meeting hosted by Abe at the Prime Minister's Office, the two leaders concluded a written agreement on comprehensive nuclear cooperation between the two countries that includes joint development of technology for a fast reactor, nu ...

Trans-Asia Oil and Energy Development Corp. said on Monday it has released P2.829 million from the proceeds of its 2012 stock rights offering (SRO) to fund expensed in a renewable energy (RE) project. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, Trans-Asia said it will use the funds for the 54 MW wind energy project in San Lorenzo, Guimaras. Unit Trans-Asia Renewable Energy Corp. has already received t ...

The current electricity generation in Pakistan is 12,900 MW, but the demand is17,000 MW, according to reports on Monday.
People across the country are facing the worst ever electricity load shedding this summer with power shortfall exceeding 4,000MW and the duration of load shedding rising to 18 hours a day in most areas. The citizens of rural areas are facing more than 20 hours of load shedding while in ur ...