Power Utility

Solar panel makers eclipsed by dimming profit margins

Dark clouds are looming as shares of China-based manufactures dropped by up to 70% this year.

Solar panel makers eclipsed by dimming profit margins

Dark clouds are looming as shares of China-based manufactures dropped by up to 70% this year.

Trendar Solar to build 10.8MW rooftop system in Jinjiang

Trendar Solar signed a deal to construct a 10.8MW rooftop solar PV project for Goldpoly’s facility at the Jinjiang Economic Development Zone.

S-Energy launches upgraded module line in Korea

S-Energy increased its module capacity by 120MW to a total of 350MW in October 2011.

Production resumes at JinkoSolar’s Haining plant

JinkoSolar has restarted solar cell production at its plant in Haining, China after receiving approval by the local Haining government and an...

NTT unit to repair big solar plants

NTT Facilities Inc, a unit of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp , plans to start service offering to monitor and maintain mega solar plants.

AES unveil power electronics factory in India

AES Power Solutions unveiled its power electronic factory in India.

Tohoku Electric to seek help from other utilities in winter

Tohoku Electric is in talks with utilities from other regions to receive surplus power, in a bid to meet peak-hour demand and avoid rolling blackouts...

Japanese mayor wants nuclear reactor decommissioned

The reactor is located 110 km northeast of Tokyo.

Hello, sunshine: US to fund $250m for 51 solar power projects in Thailand

The installations will range in size from one megawatt (MW) to 50MW, with a final total capacity of approximately 520MW.

Suzlon Energy gets order from Sri Lanka's Senok Group

Sri Lanka-based Senok Group ordered 10 units of Suzlon’s S88 2.1 Mw wind turbine generators, aggregating 21 Mw of wind power capacity.

ONGC forays into nuclear power with NPCIL

ONGC is exploring investment opportunities in the nuclear power generation sector in association with the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited...

GE, Greenko to invest US $115M in Indian wind projects

GE Energy and Greenko Group formed a venture where US $115 million will be invested to set up wind power projects of 500 megawatt capacity in India.

NTPC to tap Deloitte consultancy on operational revamp

The country’s largest thermal power producer NTPC may soon appoint Deloitte as a consultant on revamping its operations and human resources...

Fukushima nuclear plant stable after new earthquake jolt

Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant remained stable afetr a 5.5 magnitude offshore earthquake that recently hit the surrounding area, according to...

Voltaix opens sales office in China

Voltaix has formed a sales and customer support office for solar and semiconductor applications in Shanghai, China.

JinkoSolar unclear on upgrades to prevent chemical leak

JinkoSolar has claimed it has completed ‘Phase 1’ of an environmental safety upgrade of its chemical storage area, without noting what upgrades had...

Yingli Green improves module warranty values

Yingli Green Energy has upgraded existing warranties for both its mono and multicrystalline products as well as introduced a linear-based extended...