Opens Region Headquarters in Perth, AustraliaNick Carter Named Managing DirectorHigh-Growth Region Has $8 Billion Addressable Market Babcock & Wilcox has named Nick Carter Managing Director of its Asia-Pacific Region (Photo: Business Wire) Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) (NYSE: BW) announced today that it is establishing its Asia-Pacific Region headquarters in Perth, Australia, to serve as the center of ...

 Myanmar is expected to announce the winners of tenders for a raft of solar power plants ahead of general elections in November and following a process whose onerous conditions threw obstacles in front of international companies, except, somehow, those from China, from where more than half of the bids came. After sitting on numerous solar plant proposals for years, the National League for Democrac ...

A new study has identified decades-old hydropower stations across Asia that could contribute to the region’s clean energy goals if they were significantly upgraded. The research by the International Hydropower Association (IHA), conducted for the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), says that 66 hydropower stations across 19 countries could be ripe for modernisation, at an estimated investment ...

China and “probably one or two other” countries can shut down the U.S. power grid through a cyberattack. This disturbing revelation was made by Admiral Michael Rogers, former head of the National Security Agency, to Congress – in November 2014. China has also become the world’s leading supplier of transformers – the “spine” of electricity grids -- according to a 2014 U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) rep ...

This order includes two wind turbine contracts for two 30 MW wind farms in the Mekong Delta, southern Vietnam. GE will supply a total of 12 5MW-158 Cypress wind turbines, its largest onshore wind turbine technology. These two contracts include the supply and commissioning of the two wind farms. GE Renewable Energy announced that it has secured two 30 MW contracts to supply a total of 12 units of GE’s 5 ...

･ The rebrand signals the next stage in the company’s journey to grow as an energy solutions provider leading the decarbonization, digitization and delivery of reliable power globally.･ As a major wholly owned subsidiary of the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group, Mitsubishi Power will work even more closely with its sister companies to tap new verticals and build on investments in digital solutions, hydrogen ...

Reaffirming its commitment to a zero emissions future: Siemens Gamesa’s climate targets verified by Science Based Targets initiative Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) verifies that Siemens Gamesa’s emission reduction strategy is aligned with what climate science says is required to meet the 1.5°C trajectoryIn 2018, the company was the first renewable energy manufacturer that committed to the SBTi and ...

Global network protection vendor Claroty has recorded octuple annual recurring revenue growth year-over-year in the Asia Pacific region including Japan, from the first half of 2019 to the first half of 2020, fuelled by "growing demand for critical infrastructure security in the region". Announcing its first half 2020 results on Wednesday, Claroty said the company had gained “exceptional momentum i ...

Singapore — Vietnam's pipeline of LNG-fired power plants has seen a flurry of interest from US LNG exporters, with at least eight projects with preliminary agreements signed to date, which could turn the Southeast Asian country into a major destination for US natural gas if things go as planned. The recent rush is partly to make it into the country's National Power Development Plan VIII, which the ener ...

Over 45,000 households and organizations in the country have installed rooftop solar panels, whose prices have been falling rapidly in recent years. Le Anh Tuan, lecturer at Can Tho University in southern Can Tho City, spent VND130 million ($5,600) to install a 3.9 kWp rooftop solar power system in his home four years ago and is now enjoying the fruits of his investment.  Tuan was able to save up to VN ...