Contents - November

Posted: November 4, 2011

Living case update:

Renewable energy

From the
managing editor’s desk

Buy into a green future

OPPORTUNITIES

1.5 gen ethanol to be China’s mainstream biomass fuel

1.5-generation ethanol is expected to become the mainstream biomass fuel in China over the next five years

GE to flex muscle in Asian small-power market

“We just think of the gigawatts of power that will be added in Asia in the next five years.”

Darryl Wilson, GE Energy president

China primed and FiT for solar PV expansion

Hybrids the darlings of China’s motor trade

Most automakers in China are stocking up on hybrids, pure EVs and even fuel battery technology vehicles due to uncertain government policies

COVER

TAPPING OPPORTUNITIES
In 2006, water-stressed Singapore embarked on a plan to turn itself into a global hydrohub. Today, the island state is a base for many of the world’s top water companies who use its water facilities to test-bed cutting-edge technologies. Meanwhile, Singapore’s own home-grown water companies are garnering megaprojects overseas. Read more..

Singapore’s global hydrohub makes waves

“They come here to use us as a springboard (to Asia and the Middle East).”

Goh Chee Kiong, EDB cleantech director

Environment and Water Industry Programme Office (EWI) drives the Singapore hydrohub

“We must constantly innovate to keep in tandem with emerging needs.”

Michael Toh, PUB director of industry development

Singapore a fount of water research breakthroughs

Some start-up companies like Membrane Instruments and Technology Pte Ltd (MINT) are commercialising their inventions

Homegrown leaders of Singapore’s hydrohub: Hyflux and Sembcorp Utilities

Hyflux CEO Olivia Lum’s company is building the world’s largest seawater desalination plant in Algeria

Water treatment market potential runneth over
China, India, Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand are the most attractive markets for water and wastewater treatment equipment from 2011 to 2016

Micro-electronics drive ultrapure water market