Power Utility

CR Power’s generation up by 2.9% in June

China Resources Power's total net generation in June 2009, on a consolidated basis, increased by 2.9 percent to 5,612,935 MWh.

CR Power’s generation up by 2.9% in June

China Resources Power's total net generation in June 2009, on a consolidated basis, increased by 2.9 percent to 5,612,935 MWh.

Shalong Wind Farm starts commercial operation

China Resources Wind Power Co., Ltd. Phase II Shalong Wind Farm is now supplying electricity to the Guangdong provincial power grid.

AREVA consortium wins a $120M contract in Indonesia

A consortium formed by AREVA has been awarded a US$166.7 million contract by PT PLN, the Indonesian Public Electric utility.

Energy loans available to CLP, HK Electric customers

Loans to finance business customers of CLP Hong Kong and Hongkong Electric Co. Ltd. for energy efficiency are now available at HSBC.

Meralco power bills down again in June

Following a US$.0034 drop in the generation charge, from US$.0915 per kWh last May to US$.0881 per kWh this month, Meralco customers will experience...

TEPCO braces for 61 million kW summer demand

The Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (TEPCO) expects its peak demand of summer 2009 to be about 61.00 million kW per month, in both July and August...

CLP electricity sales down for 1Q

CLP electricity sales for the first quarter in Hong Kong and Chinese mainland decreased by 8.9 percent to 6,891GWh.

Singapore to test-beds electric vehicles

A multi-agency taskforce has been set up to spearhead the test-bedding of Electric Vehicles in Singapore. It will be chaired by the Energy Market...

HK Electric promotes electric cooking

HK Electric is persuading caterers to switch to electric cooking. In the biennial HOFEX 2009 Exhibition, HK Electric is putting on its "Five-star...

Poll says Chinese IT managers ignore power concerns

Many organizations in the country do not factor in the cost of electricity and utilities in their IT budgets, according to a research from IDC China...

Hot winter leaves Kansai Electric in the cold

The decrease in electricity sales due to lesser power demand for heating forced Kansai Electric to revise its financial forecasts.

Macau continues residential electric subsidy

CEM residential customers will continue to receive a maximum monthly subsidy set at US$18.75 from April 2009 to March 2010. The second phase of the...

Kyushu's slump now at six months

Kyushu Electric registered electric sales of about 6,943 million kWh for February 2009, down by 7.4 percent from February 2008. The sales volume was...

Revamp causes Macau power outage

20,000 customers were affected by power outage caused by a short circuit of a transformer at Macau Norte Substation.

Kyushu Electric's sales volume down by 1 percent

Sales by Kyushu Electric Power Company for January 2009 amounted to approximately 7,736 million kWh, down by 1 percent from January 2008. The sales...

CEM to boost service via Outage Management System

The Companhia de Electricidade de Macau (CEM) is enhancing its internal communication and customer service by providing timely outage information...

Cobalt-60 will now be produced by China

China will now produce cobalt-60 to address the country’s need for the isotope, according to the World Nuclear News. This initiative is intended to...