Southeast Asia is a region that is developing rapidly at an unfortunate period in human history. As the climate change clock ticks, the region of 641 million people must chart a developmental path that decouples the fossil fuel-dependent economic model of the past with a future that is expected to see global temperatures rise by, at the current rate of emissions, about 3 degrees Celsius. The archipelagic bl ...

The three largest manufacturers of polysilicon in the United States stressed today that Chinese tariffs imposed on U.S.-made polysilicon over the past five years have put the industry at risk, making the U.S. effectively reliant on China for this critical material. During a meeting with the U.S. House Manufacturing Caucus at the Cannon House Office Building, leaders from Hemlock Semiconductor Operations (HS ...

German industrial giant Siemens AG is dangling modular-scale gas turbines that can be deployed for the provision of reliable electricity access in many of the Philippines’ island-grids or for industrial end-users opting for distributed generation type of solutions. According to Brian Byrne, chief executive officer for Asia-Power Generation Services of Siemens, the multinational company has whole range of ga ...

There is no better time than now for wind power to step up the energy transition and to define our role in the future energy system: the cost reduction of wind energy, the improvement of the efficiencies and reliability of wind turbines and the mounting threat of the climate imperatives are making the case for wind energy.  Following the events during the UN Climate Action Summit in New York last month, the ...

The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) and the Electricity and Renewable Energy Authority (EREA) of Vietnam have initiated a partnership with the purpose of mapping the potential for offshore wind off the coast of Vietnam. The Southeast Asian nation needs to invest billions in its future energy production to accommodate growing national demand. A high-level Vietnamese delegation is currently on a study tour to the ...

Rapid Reverse Engineering Sulzer reverse-engineers compressor component with 40% cost saving Many industrial processes rely on compressors for a host of essential tasks, from powering machinery to squeezing industrial gases for storage and transportation. When one of its main compressors failed, a company in the Philippines faced high costs and the prospect of a long wait for a critical replacement part. Th ...

- MHPS now generate over 30% of the total power for the Java-Bali region -- Early turnover of the project significantly contributes towards the progress of the government's power infrastructure plan Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS) completed the installation and commissioning of the natural gas-fired gas turbine combined cycle (GTCC) facilities for the "Jawa-2 Project." The project, under the a ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $60 million loan to construct hydropower plants (HPPs) capable of adding 25 megawatts (MW) capacity, which will help the Government of Uzbekistan achieve its goal of diversifying the country’s energy mix through greater use of clean energy sources and lowering carbon emissions, ADB’s Country Office in Uzbekistan said. “ADB’s assistance to help build HPPs will ...

The company will install 42 units of the Siemens Gamesa 4.X platform, with 145 metres rotor and unit rating reaching 4.8 MWThis is the second contract that SGRE has received from the local independent power producer Xinjiang TBEACommissioning is expected before the end of 2020 Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) continues to grow its business in China with the first contract to supply the Siemens Gamesa ...

A ceremony was held for the Nhat Tan-Noi Bai smart city project in Hanoi, earlier this week. The project is backed by the Hanoi’s People’s Committee, BRG Group, and Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation Group. It is the first smart city project in Hanoi. The project is based on smart urban planning for the Nhat Tan-Noi Bai route, which is over 11km long. The smart city project along this rou ...