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Siemens Gamesa wins 113-MW turbine order for project in Vietnam

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA (BME:SGRE) has secured an order to supply 113 MW of turbines for the Hoa Thang 1.2 wind farm project in Vietnam. The turbine maker announced today it will supply 25 pieces of the SG 4.5-145 machines for what it says will be one of Vietnam’s largest wind farms. The order […]

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Sun soon to rise on southeast Asia’s largest solar farm in Vietnam

March 26, 2020 Anand Gupta

The 14-trillion-dong ($593.22 million) facility in Ninh Thuan province is scheduled to start power generation in the fourth quarter this year, the company said in an emailed statement. HANOI: Vietnamese private firm Trung Nam Group said on Wednesday it will at the end of this month start building a 450-megawatt solar farm in central Vietnam […]

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Yoma JV builds 250 micro solar-hybrid power plants for rural Myanmar

March 17, 2020 Anand Gupta

YOMA Micro Power (YMP) has finished building 250 micro solar-hybrid power plants which will help power rural Myanmar, it said on Friday. YMP, a joint venture of Myanmar-focused Yoma Strategic Holdings, finished setting up the power plants after it initially started the rollout to build them in March 2019. YMP had in February raised an […]

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Yoma’s green power project delivers electricity to tens of thousands in Myanmar

March 17, 2020 Anand Gupta

Yoma Micro Power has set up its 250th solar-hybrid power plant in rural Myanmar, with the innovative renewable energy plants expected to deliver power for the first time to an estimated 25,000 people across the country, according to a press release. Under a unique business model, Yoma Micro Power uses the solar-hybrid plants to generate […]

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Developing Renewable Energy In Vietnam

March 17, 2020 Anand Gupta

Renewable energy, to many governments today, is an effective solution for the shortage of natural fuels that are used to produce energy. Barack Obama, a former American President, said that “To truly transform our economy, protect our security, and save our planet from the ravages of climate change, we need to ultimately make clean, renewable […]

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Thailand’s Prisons to be Fitted with Solar Panels to Conserve Energy

March 17, 2020 Anand Gupta

The Justice ministry has announced solar panels will be installed at all 143 prisons throughout the country. Above all in a bid to reduce their electricity costs. The Corrections Department was found to have not paid the power bills in full in 2019, Justice Minister Somsak Thepsuthin said on Sunday. According to Mr Somsak, the […]

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Clenergy’s First PV-ezRack STMAC Solar Project Connected to the Grid

March 16, 2020 Anand Gupta

Clenergy’s first PV-ezRack SolarTerraceMAC (Magnesium Aluminium Alloy Coating) solar project has been connected to the grid. Clenergy secured this 1.6MW project in October 2019, which is located in Cheorwon-gun, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea. CEO Daniel Hong outlines to stakeholders the progress the company has made over a decade and plans to deliver enhanced value to […]

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Wind and Sun Aplenty But Investors Wary of Australia Renewables

March 16, 2020 Anand Gupta

Australia’s sunny skies and windswept coasts, which have drawn billions of dollars to the nation’s renewables sector, are starting to become a hard sell. Overseas renewables developers and investors are shying away in the face of a creaking power grid and unclear policy, exacerbated by Prime Minister Scott Morrison defending fossil fuels and refusing to […]

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SESJ-SSSA-NSN consortium signs EPC deal for Phuoc Ninh solar project

March 16, 2020 Anand Gupta

Phuoc Ninh Solar Power project is the third solar power project that NSN Construction and Engineering JSC co-operates on with Japan’s leading player Sharp Corporation. It is also one of the last projects in the southern province of Ninh Thuan to enjoy the favourable feed-in-tariff (FIT) provided by Decision No.11/2017/QD-TTG on mechanism to encourage the […]

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Signing the EPC contract for Phuoc Ninh Solar Power Project

March 16, 2020 Anand Gupta

On March 2, 2020, the Ninh Thuan Energy Industry Joint Stock Company (a member unit of T&T Group) signed the EPC contract with the Sharp – NSN Joint Venture to develop Phuoc Ninh Solar Power Project (SPP). The investment capital for Phuoc Ninh SPP includes capital of T&T Group and capital mobilized from other financial […]