KD Series of Industrial Generators Continues to Expand Globally Strong market response fuels previously-announced line extension   KOHLER, Wis. – November 20, 2017 – When the KD Series large diesel industrial generators were unveiled in October of 2016, KOHLER and KOHLER-SDMO also announced the planned expansion for the new line, which would eventually grow to encompass generators as large as 4200kVA (50Hz) ...

New HIMOINSA Power Cubes with FPT engines The company has developed seven new models of the Power Cube generator set with FPT engines and an electric radiator with a frequency changer to optimise the generator's fuel consumption. HIMOINSA adds seven new models with FPT engines to its Power Cube generator sets, supplying between 411kVA and 579kVA for the 50Hz and 60Hz markets. Their electric radiator has bee ...

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor Corporation (MCO) have successfully completed testing of MHPS's 2-shaft 120MW H-100 Gas Turbine. The H-100 utilizes the latest combustor technology and is the industry leader in terms of low NOx (single digit ppm) for full-load operations. With this, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries G ...

Malaysia's largest combined cycle gas turbine power plant in Alor Gajah, Malacca is expected to begin operations in 2021. Edra Power Holdings Sdn Bhd chief operations officer Mohamad Nor Ali, said the 2,242-megawatt (MW) combined cycle gas turbine power plant project was on track. He said the company commenced the preliminary work back in March and today, the site was ready for construction and is a month a ...

Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Ignasius Jonan signed an agreement with China to strengthen cooperation in the energy sector on the sidelines of the fifth Indonesia-China Energy Forum (ICEF V) in Jakarta on Monday. China was represented by National Energy Administration director Nur Bekri. “We welcome foreign investment on the basis of the mutual benefit principle,” Jonan said at the JW Marriot Hotel ...

Renewable energy could bring electricity to the 65 million people in Southeast Asia without it—if industry and governments can improve market regulations and the bankability of renewables projects. Speakers at the Asia Clean Energy Summit in Singapore last week noted that Southeast Asia is a market ripe for renewable energy development. Rapidly emerging economies, a favourable climate for solar and wind ene ...

Qatar's Nebras Power has agreed to invest $1 billion in a natural gas-fired power station on the island of Sumatra and related floating infrastructure to process liquefied natural gas (LNG), Indonesia's deputy energy minister said on Monday. Of that amount, $800 million would go toward a power station and the remaining $200 million was for a floating storage and regassification unit (FSRU), Deputy Energy an ...

Cost-effective advanced battery technology is helping solar companies tap into the rural electrification market, which covers 18% of the world’s population. One start-up, Hong Kong-based Plug the Sun, is aiming to install 25,000 rural electrification systems over the next year within two projects alone. The company will be selling the systems for USD$600 each, which includes Chinese-made solar panels and ba ...

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to provide an €800m loan to promote investment in India’s renewable energy market. To be used to support small-scale renewable energy (RE) projects across India, this funding will be one of the bank’s largest energy investments in Asia. The EIB has also partnered with the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) and India Infrastructure Finance Company ...

Growing demand for more resilient power supplies will spur $22.3 billion of global investment in battery-backed local energy systems over the next decade, according to Navigant Research. Villages and homes in far-flung places will drive the expansion of microgrids, small-scale solar systems with batteries that can retain power until it’s needed. Navigant expects 14.9 gigawatts to be in operation in 2026, up ...