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UK firm plans 20 biomass plants in Vietnam

Plants will be will be fueled by rice husks.

Reforms could end monopolies in China’s energy sector

More private capital to exploit oil and gas resources. Wang Zhen, deputy director of the institute of energy strategy at the China University of...

China Longyuan wins two wind power projects in South Africa

Projects located in North Cape Province. China Longyuan Power has been awarded bids for two wind power projects totaling 244 MW by the Department of...

US committed to nuclear collaboration with China

Both will develop new nuclear reactors. U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said both countries will also encourage joint bids for projects elsewhere...

Singapore steps-up campaign to become SEA sustainable energy hub

Launches first cleantech incubator. The Sustainable Energy Association of Singapore (SEAS) and six industry leaders have established the first...

Conergy takes 22 MW Philippine solar power contract

Solar farm will be located in Negros Occidental province. German solar firm Conergy AG has won a contract from San Carlos Solar Energy to build a 22...

Reliance becomes India’s leading energy company

Displaces state-owned ONGC in global rankings. Reliance Industries, Ltd improved eight positions to grab the 19th position on Platts Top 250 Global...

India’s RE capacity hits 27.3 GW

Solar accounts for over 2 GW. India’s renewable energy capacity grew from 3.9 GW in 2003 to 27.3 GW by January 2013. Solar power in India comprises 2...

Solar Frontier supplies 86 MW to Chiyoda for solar projects

Projects will be located across Japan. Japan’s Solar Frontier, a supplier of thin-film PV technology, has supplied 86 MW of its CIS solar panels to a...

UK firm will build waste-to-energy plant in the Philippines

Construction could begin by mid-2014. London-based Advanced Plasma Power Ltd., a waste-to-energy developer, intends to build a US$323 million waste...

Major Philippine bank transitioning to solar power

This US$3.7 million project will be completed in three years. Bank of the Philippine Islands will enter into a build-operate-transfer agreement for...

Philippines upgrading transmission system on Luzon island

Five-year project will cost US$1.25 billion. The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines will start by improving the transmission facilities of...

Southeast Asia is energy industry’s next growth market

Region will be comparable to China and India. The International Energy Agency said people may be talking about Southeast Asia as the next emerging...

JAG Energy plans 13 GW solar farm in Japan

Plant will supply electricity to Tokyo. JAG Energy Company, Ltd said the new solar farm will be built in Kanagawa prefecture, south of Tokyo. JAG...