Scientists at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have developed a New Material that Promises to cut by up to half the amount of energy used to Purify Wastewater and reduce costs by 30 per cent. The material, Multi-use Titanium Dioxide, is cheap and abundant. It has been scientifically proven to speed up a chemical reaction (photocatalysis) that turns waste water into hydrogen and oxygen under sunlight w ...

The government says that maintaining a stable supply of water against rising energy costs is a key challenge for Singapore. This is down to Singapore Continuing to Turn to Technology to Convert Waste Water into Potable Water - which inevitably requires energy. Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, said this at the launch of the "Singapore Water Story" book on Friday. Othe ...

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has shipped 13 sets of power generation systems operated by diesel engine to the Yangon City Electricity Supply Board (YESB) of Myanmar. The generators are being provided as part of emergency grant aid from the Japanese government in response to Myanmar's current power crisis. The event marks the first large-scale aid of its kind provided by Japan to Myanmar since the ...

Vinacomin Power Holding Corp. has awarded a US$26.6 million contract to a Consortium of Alstom and Hydrochina Huadong Engineering Corp. to supply Turbines and Electromechanical equipment for the 154 MW Dong Nai 5 Hydro project in Vietnam. The $302 million Dong Nai 5 complex, on the Dong Nai River, is part of Vietnam's Power Development Master Plan VII and will begin operation in August 2015, Alstom said. Al ...

LIBERTY LAKE, Wash. — March 22, 2013 — Itron, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI), announced today, on World Water Day, it welcomes the United Nations (UN) initiative to declare 2013 as the “International Year of Water Cooperation.” Pressure on resources has never been so high, and all the stakeholders need to work hand in hand for better management of water. As a global technology company, Itron works daily with its custo ...

Osaka Gas Co. in collaboration with Aisin Seiki Co., Kyocera Corp., Chofu Seisakusho Co. and Toyoto Motor Corp. announced that  it will start selling one of the world’s most efficient household fuel cells on April 27. The ENE-FARM Type S features a power generation efficiency of 46.5%, the best operation rate in the world for house hold use.  According to the five cooperated companies, the new model will be ...

An international consortium led by state-run Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) clinched a US$2.3 billion deal to build a thermal power plant in Vietnam, KEPCO said Thursday. Under a build, operation and transfer deal, the consortium will build the coal power plant with a generation capacity of 1.2 million kilowatts by 2018 and operate the plant for the next 25 years before it is transferred to the Vietname ...

Trans-Asia Oil and Energy Development Corp. on Thursday said it is investing up P1.5 billion for Phase 2 of its South Luzon Therma Energy Corporation coal project in Batangas. With joint venture partner AC Energy Holdings Inc. a Ayala Corporation subsidiary, Trans-Asia is now building the first unit of the coal project, comprising a 135-MW circulating fluidized bed thermal power plant due for completion by ...

It was announced on Thursday that Doosan Heavy Industries Vietnam (Doosan Vina) Completed An Order for Three Large Scale Multi-Stage Desalination Plants for Ras Al Khair in Saudi Arabia, which is the world’s largest desalination project to date with a total designed output of 728 million liters of fresh water per day. The entire US$1.46 billion project entailed the design and manufacture of eight gigantic d ...

Beijing Enterprises Water Group Limited has stated their ongoing Aqualyng Caofeidian Seawater Desalination Project, Possesses the required technology for large-scale seawater desalination and can desalt one million tons of seawater every day to supply Beijing's water resources. The Aqualyng Caofeidian Seawater Desalination Project has been approved by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) in ...