Laotian utility Theun Hinboun Power Company (THPC) has commissioned two new hydro projects that will double its renewable production to 3 TWh annually, it was revealed. The US$650 million project, which included an expansion of the 220-MW Theun-Hinboun complex and the construction of the new 60-MW Nam Gnouang hydro plant, will be operated and maintained by Norway's Statkraft. "The expansion project in Laos ...

Japan's Mitsubishi Corporation has said that a consortium with Toyo Thai Corporation Public Company (TTCL) Limited has won a contract to build the Ras Abu Fontas seawater desalination plant in Qatar. The desalinated water produced by the plant will be supplied to Qatar utility Kahramaa and the plant will be operated by Qatar Electricity & Water Company (QEWC). Mitsubishi Corporation said in a statement ...

Xylem Inc., a leading global water technology company focused on addressing the world's most challenging water issues, has announced that it will expand its presence in the Middle East region with the opening of a new office in Saudi Arabia in the coming months, as well as up to three additional offices in other key regional markets later this year. The company already has a presence in the UAE and Lebanon. ...

United Arab Emirates-based renewable energy company Masdar has launched a pilot program to test and develop energy-efficient seawater desalination technologies suitable to be powered by renewable energy sources. The pilot program includes three test sites in the UAE and will operate for three and a half years. By pairing energy efficient desalination technologies with renewable energy, the program aims to s ...

Water Resources Group has expended its licence relationship with Mandala Water to include The Republic of Mauritius, where growth in water desalination is poised to explode. Mauritius, an island of about 1.3 million people in the South West Indian Ocean, had in April legislated that all hotels and major hospitality centres be equipped with water desalination plants. This is part of a major water management ...

Sharing Tamil Nadu’s concern over the poor realisation of water through the 152-km-long Kandaleru-Poondi Canal, Andhra Pradesh on Saturday agreed to take immediate steps for early completion of repair work on the canal. A decision to this effect was taken at the 42 meeting of the inter-State Liaison Committee at Fort St. George on Saturday. Chief Secretaries of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, Sheela Balakris ...

The board of directors of Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co., Ltd. has announced that for the further development of the Company, Mr. Wang Haibo, an executive director and vice president of the Company, has been appointed as the President of the Company with effect from 9 January 2013. In light of such appointment, the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company, ...

AMSC, a global solutions provider serving wind and grid leaders, today announced that it has received a notice that China’s Supreme People’s Court will review the jurisdiction opposition brought by Sinovel Wind Group Co., Ltd (Sinovel) in the copyright infringement case that AMSC filed in Hainan, a southern Chinese province, against Sinovel and Dalian Guotong Electric Co., Ltd. (Guotong). The Supreme Court ...

Japan is likely to end up having installed 92MW-worth of new wind-power capacity in the financial year ending 31 March, the Japan Wind Power Association (JWPA) said this week. That represents an 8.2% increase on the 85MW of wind added in the preceding 12 months.  It has a total of about 2.5GW installed. Japan introduced a new feed-in tariff for wind projects on 1 July 2012 of 23.1 yen ($0.26) per kWh for 20 ...

A 43 km- submarine power cable is planned to be installed in the coming up time connecting the mainland of Quang Ngai province with the Island district of Ly Son. ?Method of power transmission from mainland to the Island by a submarine power cable system has been agreed by the Vietnamese Government. Capitalized at amount of 1 trillion dong (50 million USD), the submarine power cable is projected to complete ...