Indian power utilities' thermal coal imports jumped by 26.5% to 79.7 million mt in fiscal 2013-2014, compared to 63 million mt a year ago, a Central Electricity Authority official told Platts Wednesday. Of the total, 36.6 million mt of ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, coal, imported coal
Rumors had it that ground-mounted solar power projects have become the mainstream in China after China released a series of policies regarding subsidy plans and grid-connection in 2013. Recently, more and more listed companies have ...
Tags: PV Power, Solar Power
XsunX Inc of Aliso Viejo, CA, USA, which is developing hybrid copper indium gallium (di)selenide thin-film (CIGS) photovoltaic (TFPV) cell technologies and 'CIGSolar' manufacturing processes, has provided business development updates to its ...
Strong indications of global growth persist in the nuclear sector. We point you to three recent news articles and a note on the nuclear program in the UAE, below: The Russian Federation, via its nuclear arm Rosatom, recently pledged an ...
Tags: Nuclear News, Nuclear Sector, Growth in Nuclear Sector
State-owned PetroVietnam plans to start up the first phase of its 1,200 MW coal-fired power Long Phu 1 project in December 2017, the company said Monday. Under this phase, a 600 MW unit will be started up and in the second phase another ...
Tags: Coal-Fired Power, PetroVietnam
Alstom T&D India, globally known as Alstom Grid, recently flagged off its 100th 765kV transformer. Concurrently, it also rolled out India's largest 765kV 275 MVA, single-phase transformer. Alstom has been producing 765kV transformers at its ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
Avantha Power & Infrastructure Ltd has synchronised the first unit of its 2x600-mw coal-based power project at Raigarh, Chhattisgarh project. The project, developed by a wholly-owned subsidiary Korba West Power Company Ltd, marks Avantha ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
Tamil Nadu Generation & Distribution Corporation Ltd (Tangedco) is likely to finalize the main plant package for the Udangudi thermal power project by December-end. Speaking to Electrical Monitor, a senior project official of Tangedco ...
Tags: coal-fired power, electronics
The first phase of a coal gasification project in north China is complete and will start to supply gas to Beijing at the end of this year.p The first phase is ready for production after successful tests, said Li Zhichun, director of the ...
Tags: Gas, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
A staggering 650 Tsurumi pumps are working on one of Sweden?s biggest power grid and infrastructure projects in the last 30 years, keeping the ground dry and safe along a 250 km route, while new high voltage power cables are laid ...
Tags: Pumps, Industrial Equipment, Components
The UK government is to allow Chinese nuclear companies to take stakes in new reactors to be built in the UK, finance minister George Osborne said Thursday on a visit to the Taishan nuclear power site in southern China. Reporting on ...
Tags: Nuclear, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
The UK government and France's Electricite de France reached an agreement, permitting the French power giant to build a nuclear power station in UK hand in hand with Chinese partners. It will be the first nuclear power station ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Nuclear Power
A staggering 650 Tsurumi pumps are at work on one of Sweden's biggest power projects. The €807 million South-West link project includes the construction of underground transmission lines to connect Nässjö's power grid in ...
China will raise electricity tariffs for power plants running on natural gas in at least eight provinces, the National Development and Reform Commission has announced. Prices of on-grid tariffs at gas-fired power plants will be raised in ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, power
China has introduced measures to curb photovoltaic overcapacity while seeking to expand domestic deman. China has put forth new rules to tackle overcapacity in its solar power industry. A document released by the Ministry of Industry and ...
Tags: Solar Power, Chemicals