In an interview given to Reuters, Suzlon Chairman Tulsi Tanti announced the company is turning towards a new strategy. The goal is to achieve a global market share of 9-10% this year, which would represent an increase from last year's 7% level.
Category: Asia
Thermax, Amonix sign agreement for CPV in India
July 29th, 2011 | Posted in Solar
Thermax and Amonix have signed an agreement for offering Amonix' concentracted photovoltaic (CPV) technology to the Indian solar market. Amonix will provide Thermax with CPV modules and the technology for building CPV power plants. Thermax will be doing EPC activities, and provide turnkey solutions to customers in India.
Vestas bags 92 MW order in Asia Pacific
July 26th, 2011 | Posted in Wind
Vestas received an order for 92 MW of wind turbines from an undisclosed customer in the Asia Pacific region. The order is comprised of 51 V100-1.8 MW wind turbines, which should be delivered during Q3 2011.
Ming Yang Wind Power signs EPC contract for offshore wind farm in China
July 26th, 2011 | Posted in Wind
China Ming Yang Wind Power (Ming Yang) has signed an engineering, procurement and construction contract with Guangdong Yudean Xuwen Wind Power for the 48 MW offshore wind farm in Zhaijiang, Guangdong Province, China. The project has been approved from the provincial development and reform committee and is ready to enter construction phase.
Alstom awarded three major hydropower contracts in India
July 26th, 2011 | Posted in Hydro
Alstom has been awarded three contracts for hydropower development in India, totalling 293 MW of capacity, the company announced recently. The total value of all the contracts is about EUR 40 million.
India forming independent environmental regulator
July 25th, 2011 | Posted in General
India is reported to be setting up an indepentent environmenta regulatory body, in order to lessen the pressure of making unpopular decisions to protect the eco system by dissallowing development. So far, the Environment Ministry has been slowing down investments by putting a hold on major projects.
LDK Solar and juwi in 15 MW supply contract
July 21st, 2011 | Posted in Solar
LDK Solar is to supply 15 MW of solar modules to juwi Solar (Germany). The two companies have signed an agreement for polycrystalline PV modules, which are to be delivered from August 2011 to November 2011.
Suzlon to deliver 100 MW of turbines to customer in India
July 20th, 2011 | Posted in Wind
Suzlon has received an order for 100 MW of wind turbines from Orient Green Power Company (based in Chennai, India). The order consists of 48 S95 2.1 MW units, which will be used at various wind projects, to be commissioned progressively by mid-2012.
Tata BP Solar gets 5 MW order for solar project in India
July 20th, 2011 | Posted in Solar
As part of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission to increase the amount of installed solar capacity in India, Tata BP Solar has received an order for a 5 MW solar power plant in Uttar Pradesh, India. The company will be responsible for engineering, procurement and construction of the project. The solar plant project is owned by the Electrical Manufacturing Company from Kolkata.
GE supplying 10 wind turbines for wind farm in Vietnam
July 15th, 2011 | Posted in Wind
GE is to supply 10 1.6 MW wind turbines for the first phase of the Bac Lieu Wind Farm being developed in the Bac Lieu province, in the Mekong Delta area of Vietnam. The first phase, with 16 MW of installed capacity, is to be followed by the sceond phase of the project, which will add up to 120 MW more capacity to the project.
