Two south Korean companies, POSCO Engineering & Construction and Korea Midland Power Co Ltd (KOMIPO) have won a USD1 billion solar contract in Nevada, USA.
Japan and Vietnam on Monday reaffirmed their plan to build a nuclear power plant in the Southeast Asian country using Japanese technology, even as Tokyo still struggles to put the world's worst nuclear accident in 25 years under control, according to Reuters.
Argonaut Ventures, one of the growth investors behind failed US panel manufacturer Solyndra, has joined Bessemer and New Silk Route Partners in a USD50 million funding round for India’s Kiran Energy Solar Power.
Hong’s Kong’s GCL-Poly will invest in and build two solar projects totaling approximately 84 MW, developed by solar energy developer, Solar Projects Solutions, LLC.
Business deals worth about USD180 million were made at the "Taiwan International Photovoltaic Forum and Exhibition" (PV Taiwan 2011), according to the shows organizers.
General Electric (GE) and Cambodia’s Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy (MIME) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), forming a development partnership to enhance industrial infrastructure and research alternative energy use in the Kingdom, according to a report in The Phnom Penh Post yesterday.
New Zealand bio-fuel pioneer, LanzaTech, has landed a multi-million dollar project with airline Virgin Atlantic and plane manufacturer Boeing. While the first ethanol plants are to be built in New Zealand, contracts have also been signed for factories in China and India.
Thailand's solar industry has won USD250 in financing from the US international development vehicle the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPI). SunEdison’s Thai subsidiary will that will install photovoltaic (PV) facilities with a combined capacity of 520MW across 51 solar plants in Thailand.
Thailand's solar industry has won USD250 in financing from the US international development vehicle the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPI). SunEdison’s Thai subsidiary will that will install photovoltaic (PV) facilities with a combined capacity of 520MW across 51 solar plants in Thailand.
Norway sys it will commit up to USD1 billion to help Indonesia meet its emissions reduction target, according to a report on the website Scandasia.com.
China-based solar module manufacturer Hanwha SolarOne has obtained a five-year loan of USD100 million, led by Standard Chartered Bank and Korea Development Bank.
The South Korean conglomerate SK Group have agreed to invest USD50 million in US solar panel and development company, HelioVolt. The investment is primarily to develop CIGS thin-film technology and test it.
The investment details have been kept secret but it throws an equity lifeline to Texas-based HelioVolt, allowing it to expand its facilities and produce copper-indium-gallium-(di)selenide (CIGS) solar technology.
Japanese trading house Marubeni has won a tender for engineering, procurement and construction work on a geothermal plant in West Java, an official from state utility Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) said last week. Murtaqi Syamsudin, the director of business and risk management at PLN, told the Jakarta Globe that Maubeni will receive a letter of intent soon, but would not disclose the value of the contracts.
Californian company BioSolar has entered into an agreement with Korean sales reps Shin Ha to supply plant-based backsheet components to Asian PV manufactures targeting the lucrative North American market.
India-based energy company Reliance Power (RPower) has secured funding worth Rs400 crore (UD87m) from US Ex-Im Bank for the construction of a 40mw photovoltaic (PV) plant in Rajasthan. The new facility is expected to become operational by March 2012, according to the Economic Times.
This report by the World Bank spells out what the world would be like if it warmed by 4 degrees Celsius, which is what scientists are nearly unanimously predicting by the end of the century, without serious policy changes.
Companies in Asia reveal expectations that regulations that could lead to rising costs for reporting and reducing GHG emissions will also be the main sources of climate-related business opportunities.
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