GLG News by Utilities and Power Generation Consultants (Asia)

A report from the Dept of Energy said in May 2008 that US could build enough wind farms to provide 20% of country’s electricity by 2030. At that time oil prices were $147 a barrel, Boone Pickens calls for US to achieve this by building wind farms throughout the windy corridor from Texas to Dakotas....

China announced US$ 586 billion stimulus plan. Their planners are trying to make “CHINA’S EXPORT DRIVEN ECONOMY TO DOMESTIC DRIVEN” and will spend this amount in next 2 years. Focus will be in 10 areas, mainly post earthquake reconstruction, low cost housing, infrastructure etc. To achive such huge...

Exit of FDI from Indian equity market has shockingly pushed all infrastructure, steel, transport, natural resources and allied industries’ stocks towards South side. Presently Indian infrastructure, real estate, construction, steel, iron ore, shipping & hotel industry are worst suffered due to liquidity...

Corus is Europe’s 2nd largest steel producer which produces over 20 Mn tones crude steel with annual revenue of around 12 billion GBP. Corus was acquired by India based Tata Steel for $ 13.7 Bn. during April 2007. The company has steel manufacturing facilities in Britain and Netherlands. After...

I have more than 35 years experience in power & energy industry that includes fossil (Coal & Gas) based power plants as well as non conventional energy like hydro power & wind energy farms. I was key person for selection of vendors / OEM suppliers among all leading Wind Energy vendors e.g....

I feel prices of natural gas will sharply increase.Those worried should stop worrying and purchase stocks freely and companies in the field should increase their operations. I have reasons for my confidence being a power professional and well aquainted with importance of natural gas in very near future....

I have come across one negative analysis about my published topic. I stand with contains of my published article. The said article was written based on my physical experience while developing two wind energy generation farms in south and west part of India. Duding vendor development process, I...

As a normal procedure, Wind Farms are developed at selected sites after installing wind masts at proposed sites and wind conditions are observed for at least one year. But this is not a proven technology. Due to many factors, depending on local conditions, Wind conditions may vary from what was observed...

$100 per barrel oil is a blip in the long term landscape of fossil fuel  for the following reasons: (1)At $100 oil, economic extraction of unconventional oil in Athabasca Tar Sands  and Orinoco Heavy Oil  more than double remaining conventional oil reserves  increasing the ratio...

The water industry is a very fragmented industry, where opportunities for investment abound. Large water services giants (Veolia and Suez) established in China for several decades are being challenged by smaller regional and local competitors (Hyflux, Biotreat, etc.). From multi-million capital intensive...