18 June 2014
B.Grimm Power, a power producer in Thailand, has signed an agreement to acquire two power plants from Sime Darby Energy (SDEPL), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Sime Darby Bhd, for a total consideration of MYR522.9m ($162.9m). Under the terms of the deal, Sime Darby indirect subsidiary Sime Darby Energy Pte (SDE) is divesting all of […]
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18 June 2014
In an effort to further streamline its solar business and lower the overall cost of solar energy, SolarCity announced today that it would acquire high-efficiency cell manufacturer Silevo for $200 million. In an effort to scale up the technology, SolarCity plans to construct a 1-GW manufacturing facility located in Buffalo, New York within the next […]
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17 June 2014
SOFOS Jamaica Ltd., a Premium Partner of the German PV system integrator IBC SOLAR AG, has unveiled what it calls the largest solar power plant in Jamaica to date. The 1.6 MWp plant intended for own consumption is providing The Grand Palladium Resort & Spa with solar energy. The project represents a total investment of […]
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17 June 2014
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is moving forward with multiple agreements for a large 250-MW solar array in Kern County while also spurring development of another 50 MW of solar power within the city of Los Angeles. “This is a great milestone in the City of L.A.’s efforts to expand renewable […]
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17 June 2014
Voith Hydro’s manufacturing plant in Hannibal, Ohio, has made a shipment of three stators and three distributors to American Municipal Power’s 72-MW Smithland hydroelectric project in Kentucky. The global supplier has previously provided equipment for AMP’s other Ohio River projects, including the 88-MW Cannelton and 105-MW Meldahl in Kentucky and 44-MW Willow Island in West Virginia. […]
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17 June 2014
Siemens has been awarded a contract by SPV-Rafako to supply a turbine island for the Jaworzno III steam power plant in Poland. Under the €208m contract, Siemens will engineer and deliver the turbine island comprising a model SST5-6000 steam turbine, a model SGen-3000W generator, a SCon-7000 condenser, the condensate and feedwater system and the high-voltage […]
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16 June 2014
Independent energy provider Tenaska has closed $450m in commercial financing for the 150MW AC Tenaska Imperial Solar Energy Center West project near El Centro, California, US. Scheduled to commence construction in 2014 and commercial operation in 2016, the photovoltaic solar electric generating plant is Tenaska’s second utility-scale project in the region. Located on approximately 1,100 […]
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16 June 2014
The Narmada Control Authority has approved plans to raise the dam wall of India’s 1,450-MW Sardar Sarovar hydropower project from 400 feet to about 455 feet. NCA said the height increase will further the project’s ability to meet the irrigation demands of India’s arid Gujarat state. The project cost an estimated US$7.7 billion when it […]
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16 June 2014
Armstrong Asset Management has forged a new partnership agreement with The Blue Circle for wind and solar project financing in the Mekong Region of Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia. With Armstrong agreeing to commit up to US $40 million in equity to fund the construction of wind and solar projects, it will also take a minority […]
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16 June 2014
The orders awarded to Metso are intended for two greenfield waste-to-energy plants in Battlefield, Shropshire, and in Leeds (UK), and two greenfield biomass-to-energy plants in Estrées-Mons (France) and in Ridham Dock (UK). The CNIM group acts as a contractor in all these projects. Following is a summary of the bioenergy projects: The new waste-to-energy plant […]
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Strafford to construct a new €3m smokeless fuel manufacturing facility
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