Alstom and RusHydro have begun construction of the new manufacturing plant in Bashkortostan. The joint venture project, with a total investment of about EUR 125 million, is 51% owned by RusHydro, and 49% owned by Alstom, under the name JSC AlstomRusHydroEnergy.
China Ming Yang Wind Power announced the company super compact drive (SCD) MY-3.0 MW wind turbine has received LVRT certification, after having passed low voltage ride through performance tests.
SunEdison, subsidiary of MEMC Electronic Materials, recently announced the activation of a 25 MW solar power plant in Gujarat, India. The solar park features 89,000 solar PV modules, and was completed after four months of construction.
GE is going to supply Fina Enerji (Turkey) with 31 1.6-100 wind turbines (50 MW) which are to be installed at the Tayakadin wind farm near Istanbul. This is the first European order for GE's 1.6 MW units, touted to have the highest efficiency in their class.
Beyhan-1 dam under construction.
Voith Hydro has received an order for hydropower equipment from the Turkish facility Kalehan Energy Production. The order if for three generators for the Beyhan-1 hydropower plant in the eastern part of the country. Each unit has 235 MVA of output, featuring a diameter of 13.5 meters, and a height of 7.9 meters.
China Guangdong Nuclear has awarded the fourth supply contract for wind turbines in a row. Vestas is to deliver another 50 MW of units to CGN for the fourth phase of the Mishan project.
Reliance Power has awarded Areva Solar the contract to build a 250 MW CSP project in India. The project will easily become the largest CSP project in Asia, once completed. It is being built as part of India's solar development program, which calls for 20 GW of solar capacity by 2022.
Siemens has been awarded the contract to supply UVAC 2010 solar receivers to India, to be installed at the Megha parabolic trough solar power plant, which is being developed in Andhra Pradesh. This is the second CSP project in India to use Siemens universal vacuum air collectors (UVAC).
Nepal has given its official approval for the continuation of development of the USD 1.6 billion hydropower project being developed by the China Three Gorges Corporation on the West Seti River. After changes made to the original agreement proposed by CTGC, the government of Nepal decided to go ahead with the approval.
Suzlon and Chinese wind company CGN Wind Energy have entered into an agreement to jointly develop 800 MW of wind capacity at various locations around the world. The projects will be both domestic and foreign, including countries like Brazil, South Africa, India and China. Notably, these are all growing wind energy markets, with plenty of undeveloped wind energy potential, both onshore and offshore.
