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2016's Record Year for Renewable Energy Capacity

Apr 6, 2017

Global renewable energy generation capacity increased by 161 gigawatts (GW) in 2016, making the strongest year ever for new capacity additions, according to data released today by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Renewable ...

Tags: renewable energy, green energy

Andritz Buys Swedish Firm Franssons Recycling Machines

Feb 14, 2017

International technology group Andritz has purchased technology and intellectual property assets from Swedish firm Franssons Recycling Machines. Based in Sundsvall, Franssons Recycling manufactures and produces machinery for recycling ...

Tags: Andritz, International technology

China Leads The World in Renewable Energy

Nov 4, 2016

A third of the world’s investment in renewable energy last year came from China, the head of the International Renewable Energy Agency has said. Adnan Amin, director-general of IRENA which has 149 member states and works with ...

Tags: Renewable Energy, Energy

General Mills to Invest $25m to Expand Cereal Production Plant in Buffalo, US

Oct 11, 2016

General Mills has announced that it will invest $25m to expand its cereal production plant in Buffalo, New York, US. Expected to be completed in May 2017, the expansion project will include purchase of new packaging equipment, production ...

Tags: General Mills, investment

Dongfeng Promoted New Trucks in Vietnam

Sep 29, 2016

On September 22, China leading commercial vehicle company, Dongfeng launched and held promotion event in Vietnam. This time, Dongfeng introduced six new vehicle models covered mid and long-haul transportation and construction vehicles, and ...

Tags: Dongfeng, new vehicle models

Four UHV DC Projects Have transmitted over 100TWh of Electricity This Year

Sep 28, 2016

As of 0:00 on October 13, Fulong-Fengxian, Jinping-Sunan, Tianzhong and Yibin-Jinhua UHV DC lines have transmitted 100.15TWh of electricity to East and Central China with the highest capacity of 26.6GW. They strongly supported the intensive ...

Tags: UHV DC lines, electricity transmition

SGCC's 9 Projects Won The National Prize for Excellent Project and Lu Ban Award for Construction Project

Sep 28, 2016

8 projects of the corporation were given the 2014-2015 National Prizes for Excellent Project and 1 project won The Lu Ban Award for Construction Project. Southern Hami - Zhengzhou ± 800kV HVDC Project and Xianyou Pumped Storage ...

Tags: National Prizes for Excellent Project, The Lu Ban Award

Bringing Electricity to Rural Locations

Aug 25, 2016

Identifying the potential for running pumps as turbines originated because companies wanted to assess the impact on their systems if a pump stopped and went into reverse operation. One international pump manufacturer decided to examine the ...

Tags: electricity supply, rural places, pump manufacturer

China's PV Generation Represents 0.6% in Total Electricity Consumption in 1H16

Jul 21, 2016

China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) announced data related to total electricity consumption in China from January 2016 to June 2016. It was also the first time that NEA included photovoltaic (PV) power generation data. ...

Tags: NEA, PV, Electricity Consumption

Wartsila Acquires Weir American Hydro

Jun 29, 2016

American Hydro, which was bought by Weir in 2010, supplies and installs large equipment upgrades and servicing for the hydroelectric and water distribution industries, specialising in consultancy, design and precision performance ...

Tags: American Hydro, Wartsila

China Has The World's Largest Clean Power Capacity Under Construction

Dec 31, 2015

As the country strives to reduce pollution and seeks to move away from the use of fossil fuels, it's been revealed that China has the world's largest capacity for "new and renewable energy". Nur Bekri is the head of the National Energy ...

Tags: Largest Clean Power Capacity

GE Wins China Hydropower Plant Contract

Dec 28, 2015

U.S.-based General Electric has won a contract to supply turbines to the Wudongde hydropower plant located in southwest China. The company will provide six turbine-generator sets and related equipment, accounting for half of the project's ...

Tags: GE, China Hydropower

China Realizes Universal Power Access

Dec 25, 2015

China has realized universal power access when the last remote group of 39,800 people became able to light their homes with electricity. The light came on Wednesday in Gomang and Changjiang villages in the northwestern Qinghai province, ...

Tags: Universal Power Access

Chilean Gas-Fired Generation Falls 59% Month on Month in Nov After Rains

Dec 18, 2015

Demand for natural gas and therefore liquefied natural gas from Chile's power industry collapsed in November following a sharp increase in the availability of cheap hydroelectricity after a wet winter and spring, energy ministry data show. ...

Tags: natural gas, electricity, fuel

China Vows to Continue Clean Energy Development

Dec 17, 2015

China's cabinet, the State Council,approved major hydropower and nuclear power projects on Wednesday, vowing to continue developing clean energy to secure steady economic growth. The approved projects are the Wudongde hydropower station ...

Tags: clean energy, economic growth

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