It has recently been revealed by the State Electricity Regulatory Commission (SERC) in China, that power distribution grid investment of SGCC and China Southern Power Grid and other major regional power supply enterprises maintained an overall gradual growth and has been exceeding power transmission grid investment for consecutive years. Nationwide power supply reliability was up to 99.948% in 2012. Accordi ...

Hitachi Zosen Corp., an industrial machinery maker, wants to use its partnership with Statoil ASA to bring technology for floating offshore wind turbines to the Japanese market more quickly. Hitachi Zosen, which started as a shipyard in 1881, in November signed a technical cooperation agreement with Statoil, Norway’s oil and gas producer. Statoil’s “Hywind” project features the world’s first full-scale floa ...

The Indian government’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has approved plans to build 2,000 kWp of capacity in Agra, around 10% of it’s current consumption, which will come from a variety of sources. These include over 1.5 million gallons of heated water per day, 6400 solar street lights, 4600 solar cookers, and 20 solar traffic lights for the city that houses the Taj Mahal. The overall budget for creati ...

Nusa Ceningan, an Indonesia Islet is set to Begin Construction of a Seawater Desalination Plant. The Public Works Ministry and city tap water company PDAM Klungkung, are expected to cooperate in the building of the plant. “The plant will turn seawater into drinkable water for Nusa Ceningan,” said the director of PDAM Klungkung, Gede Darsana. Darsana said that the installation on Nusa Ceningan was expected t ...

The creation of the smart grid remains a colossal undertaking. Many complex smart grid programs are underway, but the scale of what remains to be done is enormous. The challenges ahead translate into strong growth for vendors of smart grid technologies – transmission upgrades, automation of substations and distribution, smart grid IT, and smart meters. According to a new report from Pike Research, a part of ...

There is a serious lack of foresight in urban sewage and wastewater management in India. This has led to a situation where India – which has the capacity to treat less than one third of its sewage – can actually treat only one-fifth. Untreated Sewage is Killing our Water:” Vice President Hamid Ansari said today, speaking at the Second Anil Agarwal Dialogue on water and wastewater management, titled ‘Excreta ...

China's Shrinking Freshwater Levels have compelled power plants to adopt water reuse and recycling treatment solutions and reduce water consumption, thereby leading to the strong growth of the country's water and wastewater management market. While Eastern China has been the focal point for investments in treatment technology, the growth of the power industry in Central and Southwest China will shift market ...

Alstom Hydro China, the hydroelectric division of the French conglomerate's unit in China said it is expected to increase production capacity and its research and development level in 2013. 
The company's new Tianjin facility is expected to be completed in May and is set to become Alstom's largest hydroelectric facility in the world. The new facility will address local, regional and export markets. 
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Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand's subsidiary Egat International (EGATi) has signed the shareholders' agreement for the investment in the Bt27 billion Nam Ngiep 1 hydropower project in Laos. EGATi will hold a 30 per cent stake in the 289-megawatt power plant, while KPIC Netherlands BV and Lao Holding State Enterprise (LHSE) will own 45 and 25 per cent, respectively. The Nam Ngiep 1 Hydropower Pr ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is lending $150 million to the Nepal government for development of a $500-million hydropower plant with a 140MW capacity. The hydropower plant, to be located around 150 kilometers west of Kathmandu on the Seti River in Tanahu district, will generate electricity round the year, says an ADB representative in a statement. "To ensure steady supply even during the dry winter mont ...