The Natural Energy Development Co. Ltd. (NED), owner of the largest thin film solar power plant in the world, is interested in sharing its expertise in solar energy to the Philippines. The Thailand-based solar firm, which operates a 224-hectare solar power plant, believes that solar technology such as theirs will be viable in a country like the Philippines. Chaiwut Saengpredekorn, plant manager of the Lopbu ...

Itron, Inc. announced that it has formed a strategic alliance with Panasonic Corporation to develop a smart meter platform tailored to the Japanese market. The companies will utilize their combined global experience and local presence to offer a smart metering solution that will meet Japan’s electric utilities’ needs and requirements today and into the future. As part of the agreement, Itron will design, de ...

Itron and Cisco have landed another smart grid project together, and this one is on the doorstep to the world’s biggest future market. That market is China, and the doorstep is Hong Kong, where utility China Light and Power Hong Kong has picked Itron and Cisco for a 4,500-meter pilot project. According to Monday’s announcement, the two will link Itron’s cellular-enabled meters and data collection and manage ...

Taiwan Cogeneration Corp said yesterday that the company would instruct four independent power producers (IPPs) under its purview to renegotiate the terms of electricity purchase contracts with state-run Taiwan Power Company. The company said in a statement to the stock exchange that its board had made the decision after its four IPP subsidiaries failed to reach an agreement with Taipower to adjust the term ...

Thailand expects to buy 20,000 megawatts more of electricity from Laos and Myanmar combined as part of the country's bid to diversify energy sources by reducing dependence on natural gas in power generation. Energy Minister Pongsak Raktapongpaisal said electricity supplies from Laos and Myanmar are mostly from hydroelectric and coal-fired power plants. A decade ago, Thailand signed a memorandum of understan ...

Technical experts from Ukraine and Uzbekistan will visit Bihar early next year to explore the possibilities of investing in the energy sector in the state. This was conveyed to the CMD of Bihar State Power Holding Company Limited (BSPHCL), P K Rai, during his recent visit to Almaty in Kazakhstan to attend the two-day global meet on 'Attracting foreign investment in advanced fossil fuel technologies'. Rai sa ...

Kansai Electric Power Co. asked the government for permission Monday to hike household electricity rates by an average 11.88 percent from April 1, after seeing its business worsen due to rising fuel costs from running thermal power plants to make up for the loss of atomic energy. The Osaka-based utility would become the first after Tokyo Electric Power Co. to resort to rate hikes since Tepco's Fukushima No. ...

Infrastructure major Lanco Infratech Ltd has done a Reliance Power in securing long-term debt from the Chinese banks and institutions. Lanco has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the China Development Bank (CDB), a bank owned by the government of Peoples Republic of China, to arrange $2-billion debt for two power projects — Anpara Phase II and Himawat. Each of these projects has a capaci ...

The dam's redesign is touted as a fix for widespread environmental concerns, but only the project's financial backers appear convinced. Bhuddhist monks led almsgiving and chanting in the Lao valley, where the dam will soon form a concrete barrier across the mainstream Mekong River. The monks were begging forgiveness from mother nature. Construction of the dam has drawn strong local and international opposit ...

Norwegian Ambassador to Pakistan Cecilie Landsverk has said that Pakistan is on the priority list of Norway with special focus on trade and investment and energy. The ambassador was talking to LCCI President Farooq Iftikhar here at Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry. LCCI Senior Vice President Irfan Iqbal Sheikh, Vice President Mian Abuzar Shad, former Presidents Bashir A Baksh, Mian Misbahur Rehman, f ...