Asia
9 August 2010
China is to publish an investment plan that will see new energy sectors receive RMB5tr ($739bn) of funding by 2020, according to reports.
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6 August 2010
Diversified power generator AES was forced to lower its yearly earnings per share guidance after its adjusted EPS fell by four per cent to $0.23, year-over-year.
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6 August 2010
The Indonesian government has shortlisted both India-based energy generator Tata Power and PT Medco Energi Internasional for a 200MW geothermal plant, according to reports.
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6 August 2010
Solar power generating system provider Kyocera said it will begin full-scale production at its new Yasu solar call manufacturing facility in the Shiga Prefecture, Japan.
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5 August 2010
The solar industry is set to soar in Asia in the coming yeas, according to global solar panel and module producer Suntech Power, which has been selected to supply equipment for Southeast Asia’s largest solar plant.
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4 August 2010
General Electric (GE) is set to build a 90MW wind farm to the northeast of Bangkok in Thailand, in collaboration with German wind developer Pro Ventum International.
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4 August 2010
China will inject more than RMB100bn ($14.8bn) into promoting the adoption of energy efficient vehicles in the coming decade, local media reported.
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3 August 2010
Cyclone Power Technologies has secured intellectual property (IP) controls for its biomass-to-power technology in China, allowing its licensee to develop a prototype of the generator system.
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3 August 2010
Global supplier of polysilicon production technology GT Solar International has received a $23.4m follow-on order from South Korea-based producer OCI Company, as OCI aims to become the world’s biggest supplier of polysilicon.
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3 August 2010
Korea-headquartered Hanwha Chemical has acquired 49.9 per cent of Chinese solar manufacturer Solarfun, enabling it to form two strategic partnerships and take sole ownership of a seperate company previously controlled by Solarfun's chairman.
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3 August 2010
China-based thin-film solar product provider Trony Solar has pulled its initial public offering, citing general market conditions as behind the withdrawal.
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2 August 2010
Korea-based renewable energy material and chemical producer OCI plans to become the world’s largest producer of polysilicon, which is commonly used in the manufacture of photovoltaic technology, overtaking US company Hemlock.
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2 August 2010
Global wind turbine developer and installer, Vestas, will deliver 18 of its 2MW V80 turbines later this year to China Longyuan Power Group, cementing its long-running collaboration with China’s largest wind project developer.
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2 August 2010
Crystalline silicon solar panel developer Suntech will supply India-based developer Azure Power with photovoltaic modules to be used to in the construction of new PV plants.
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2 August 2010
Mingyang Electric, one of the biggest wind turbine manufacturers in China, looks set to carry out an initial public offering in the US with the aim of raising $500m.
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30 July 2010
Philippine-based geothermal power company Energy Development Corp (EDC) has committed to spending more than $1bn in renewable and clean energy projects before 2016.
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30 July 2010
Global engineer Timken has expanded its foothold in the wind industry with a $26m contract to supply turbine products and services to equipment manufacturer China’s Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology that represents the start of an ongoing collaboration between the two companies.
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30 July 2010
China Solar Energy has agreed to sell 85 per cent of the share capital of its money-lending subsidiary D&M Finance for HK21m ($2.7m) to an individual Hong Kong investor.
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30 July 2010
HK Electric has commissioned Hong Kong’s largest solar power generating project, comprising 5,500 south-facing thin-film photovoltaic modules with an aggregate capacity of 550kW.
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29 July 2010
Japan-based electronic giant Panasonic will fully take over its partly-owned subsidiary Sanyo Electric as it attempts to cement itself as a leader in green innovation in the face of rising competition.
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