China's top economic planner, the National Development and Reform Commission, announced on Wednesday it would improve the country's on-grid hydropower pricing mechanism to boost investment in the sector for sustainable development. ...
Tags: Pricing System, Hydropower
In early January, China’s leading clean energy firm Hanergy Holding Group of Beijing (parent of thin-film photovoltaic module maker Hanergy Solar) signed a trilateral framework agreement with China Minsheng Banking Corp and the Asia ...
Tags: AFCA, CIGS technology, Energy Projects, GSE
Romania will suspend new hydropower projects in protected areas in a bid to preserve biodiversity, authorities and the conservationist group WWF said Tuesday. The planned construction of thousands of small-scale hydropower stations across ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
India is targeting a gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate of 8-9 per cent in the coming years and to enable this growth, the economy needs the support of its power sector and India's electrical equipment industry is expected to play a ...
The cargo throughput of the five-tier ship lock of the Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydropower project, in Central China set a new record last year, the operator of the ship lock said. The throughput jumped 15.4 percent year on ...
Tags: Gorges Dam, hydropower project
Two solid-state lighting (SSL) manufacturers are among the 12 businesses that will receive clean-energy tax credits ranging from $700,000 to $30m each (totaling more than $150m collectively), the US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced. ...
Tags: SSL LEDs, Electrical, Electronics
Spot prices of 98.5% 553-grade silicon metal in Asia continued to rise this week as suppliers lifted offer prices on deepening output cuts in South China. Platts assessed the Chinese export spot price at $2,050-2,090/mt FOB China ...
Tags: Silicon, Spot prices
Renewable energy subsidies have been a politically popular program over the past decade. These subsidies have led to explosive growth in wind power installations across the United States, especially in the Midwest and Texas. But do these ...
Spot prices of 98.5% 553-grade silicon metal in Asia rose this week as sellers raised offer prices due to output cuts in South China. Platts assessed the Chinese export spot price at $2,040-2,060/mt FOB China Thursday, up from ...
Wind turbines made especially for low-wind regimes in India was just one of the several innovations showcased at the recently-held "Techmela," at Bengaluru's KTPO Exhibition Centre. Dubbed as "GE's Carnival of Innovation," the technology ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
The US Department of Energy (DoE) has announced $150m in clean energy tax credits to build US capabilities in clean energy manufacturing. This move is expected to strengthen the development of technologies to fuel efficient vehicles. ...
A photovoltaic power plant in northwest China featuring integration of solar- and hydro-power generation started grid connection and trial operations on Wednesday. The 320MW hydro-solar project near the Longyangxia Dam in Qinghai Province ...
China's on-grid solar power capacity will rise 200 percent year-on-year to 10 gW by the end of this year, the National Energy Administration said in an online statement on Wednesday. The share of thermal power generation capacity is ...
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China's on-grid solar power capacity will amount to 10 million kilowatts (kw) by the end of 2013, a 200-percent jump from that seen a year ago, the National Energy Administration (NEA) forecast on Wednesday. Total installed power ...
Tags: Solar Power, Wind Power
Domestic spot prices of high carbon ferrochrome (50% basis Cr) in China Wednesday held steady on the week at Yuan 6,850-7,000/mt (85-86.5 cents/lb), on a delivered basis including 17% VAT, despite a cut in the December bid price by Jiuquan ...
Tags: high carbon ferrochrome, Energy