The government has reiterated its commitment to develop renewable energy as the country’s proven oil reserves of 3.8 billion barrels are only enough to meet national consumption for just over a decade. Indonesia has abundant energy resources, from hydropower to solar energy. The country is even estimated to have 28 gigawatts (GW) of geothermal potential and 75 GW of hydropower potential, almost twice the co ...

Malaysia's state-owned utility Sarawak Energy has awarded a contract to General Electric (GE) and Sinohydro for the construction of the 400MW combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) block at Tanjung Kidurong, Bintulu. The contract has been signed with a consortium of four companies including GE Power Solutions (Malaysia), GE (Switzerland), Sinohydro and Sinohydro Corporation. Construction on the RM1bn ($237.8m) p ...

Can the implementation of Microgrid in Indonesia help solve the countries energy deficit? In surprise appointments of not one but two ministers to the energy and mineral resources portfolio earlier this month, Indonesian President Jokowi acknowledged the complexity and strategic and economic importance of the sector. New Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Ignasius Jonan and Vice Minister Arcandra Tahar t ...

Southeast Asian governments should review their policies to mobilize private investment in renewable energy. The International Energy Agency has projected in its World Energy Investment Outlook that $7.7 trillion of investment is required in renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in China, India, Japan and Southeast Asia by 2035 to keep the rise in global temperatures below 2C this century -- the t ...

Today, the power segment of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) and Japan-based Tepco Fuel & Power, Inc. entered into an agreement for mutual development and introduction of Industrial IoT solutions. These products will be implemented throughout Tepco thermal power plant fleet through GE’s Predix platform. The implementation will start from Tepco’s LNG-based Futtsu Power Station Unit 4. The company will ...

Columns of steam shoot from the ground at an Indonesian power plant sitting in the shadow of an active volcano, as energy is tapped from the red-hot underbelly of the archipelago. Pipes zig-zag up rugged mountainsides covered in tea plantations, carrying steam from the Earth's core to power enormous, electricity-generating turbines at the Wayang Windu facility on Java island. Indonesia, a seismically-active ...

Indonesia’s ambitious 35,000 MW (megawatt) electricity expansion is falling behind schedule. How the project will be expedited in the context of organisational changes within government is unclear, as is the status of remote power delivery and progress on renewables. A decision in May by state-owned electricity operator PLN to cancel the tender process for the 2000 MW Java 5 power plant as it neared the fin ...

GE to supply power transformers for the world's largest Powerships GE continues to support the development of local innovation by designing and producing the transformers for the Powerships built by Karpowership, an affiliate of Karadeniz Energy Group. Bringing the power of marine transportation to the energy industry, the Powerships aid countries with urgent power needs with short-term power supply. GE wil ...

IT services provider Tata Consultancy Services(TCS) said it developed a solution to reduce the manufacturing cost and time of gas turbines in collaboration with General Electricals (GE). The digital solution along with GE’s operating system will analyze temperatures at various points on the metal turbine parts when they are assembled and cooled thereby allowing the operators to know when to perform the next ...

  MONTREAL, August 30, 2016 – L-3 MAPPS announced today that it has signed a service contract with Liaoning Hongyanhe Nuclear Power (LHNP) to update the reactor core model on the Hongyanhe Phase I full scope simulator. Service will start immediately, and the updated model is scheduled to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2016.   “We are pleased to have another opportunity to support our collea ...