Alliance Tire Group (ATG), is to include a cogeneration plant in an intended $160m investment in greenfield and brownfield capacity expansion to meet increasing demand.

Cogeneration facilities are to form part of the plan as Genoa in northern Italy announced intent to spend €60m ($78m) to create a ‘smart city’ with a green energy and building refurbishment.

MTU Onsite Energy have successfully installed an AoE20V4000L62 gas genset for U.P.Twiga Fibers Glass Ltd.

Microturbine manufacturer Capstone Turbine Corporation continues to expand its reach into the Asian-Pacific market with the sale of a Capstone C1000 unit that will be installed in a combined heat and power (CHP) application at a progressive farm in Singapore.

South Korea has won a $600m order to build a waste-fired cogeneration plant in western Mexico, as Korean companies strive to further develop renewable business in the country.

Green Future Innovations Inc. of Japan has decided to postpone the commissioning of a $120m ethanol and cogeneration facility in the Philippines to June after last year’s typhoons affected the plant’s construction.

FuelCell Energy, Inc. has announced the signing of Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) outlining a series of strategic initiatives with its South Korean partner, POSCO Energy (formally POSCO Power).

India is home to over 17% of the world’s population (1.2 billion) and has an unquenchable thirst for energy.

Huaneng Power International, Inc. announced that the Huaneng Yunnan Chuxiong Natural Gas Cogeneration New Construction Project in China has been approved by the government of the Yunnan Province.

According to a new report from Pike Research, the total number of installed residential combined heat and power systems, in both single family homes and multi-unit dwellings, will reach 13.5 million by 2022.

China could build a new power generating unit in Minsk, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko told representatives of the China National Corporation for Overseas Economic Cooperation (CCOEC) as he visited Minsk cogeneration plant No. 5 this week.

Leading clean technology manufacturer, Capstone Turbine Corporation (Nasdaq:CPST), expanded its reach into the Asian-Pacific market with the sale of its first microturbine in the Philippines. The C800 will operate on biogas at a large farm in Banga, South Cotabato, Philippines, to generate low-emission onsite energy.

Nearly a million people in rural Nepal have access to energy thanks to two United Nations development decentralised energy programmes which show that early investment by national governments and communities can attract private financing and extend access to utilities, according to a UN report released today.