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Loh Khum Yean is new EMA chairman
	PEOPLE \| 02 Apr 13 237 reads Took over yesterday as boss of the Energy Market Authority. Read ››

Vuong is new EVN chairman
	PEOPLE \| 22 Sep 12 1225 reads Erstwhile Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Hoang Quoc Vuong, has been appointed by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung as chairman of the Electricity Group of Vietnam. Read ››

Goel new CEO of renamed Tata Power Solar Systems
	PEOPLE \| 01 Sep 12 1230 reads Tata Power Solar Systems Limited, previously known as Tata BP Solar India, has become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Power. Read ››

Taipower head calls 4 IPPs 'untrustworthy'
	REGULATION \| 17 Jul 12 1204 reads The unwillingness of four independent power producers that will resell electricity with Taipower to renegotiate caused Taipower Chairman to label them untrustworthy. Read ››

Experts spar over Jinsha dam plans
PROJECT \| 06 Jul 12 1063 reads Fighting has broken out again over hydropower development on China's Jinsha River. Read ››

Mehsud removed as Pakistan power transmission chief for inefficiency
REGULATION \| 13 Jun 12 990 reads Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar, Pakistan's new Federal Minister for Water and Power, has removed Rasul Khan Mehsud as managing Director of the National Transmission and Dispatch Company. Read ››

Steep electricity hike forces Taipower chair to resign
	REGULATION \| 06 May 12 1122 reads Edward Chen, ertswhile Taipower chairman, has resigned after a steep hike in utility rates prompted outrage. Read ››

TEPCO under scrutiny for hiring ex-bureaucrat
PEOPLE \| 15 Mar 12 1651 reads TEPCO's hiring of a former Tokyo Metropolitan Government official to collect the capital's energy policy information placed it under possibe criticism. Read ››

TNB boss says board close to picking his replacement
	PEOPLE \| 16 Feb 12 1985 reads Tenaga Nasional Berhad's Board of Director's will soon name its new boss. Read ››

Indonesian tycoon to diversify into renewable energy
	PEOPLE \| 01 Feb 12 2174 reads Hashim Djojohadikusumo is diversifying his business interests and setting up new ventures that include renewable energy. Read ››

ReneSola appoints Huang as president of Asia-Pacific region
PEOPLE \| 14 Jan 12 1978 reads Jijun Shi and Stephen Huang and Jijun Shi have been promoted by ReneSola to new executive positions. Read ››

REC shakes up membership as it moves to Singapore and Munich
	PEOPLE \| 14 Jan 12 1854 reads REC's group management and wafer and silicon division added new members as it moves from Oslo to Singapore and Munich. Read ››

China Sunenergy Acting CFO Yongfei Chen takes permanent role
REGULATION \| 14 Jan 12 1176 reads Yongfei Chen, who has served as acting CFO for China Sunergy since November 2010, has accepted the role of CFO for the company. Read ››

Agrawala appointed CEO of GE India's energy business
	PEOPLE \| 17 Nov 11 2199 reads GE India has appointed Banmali Agrawala as President and CEO of its energy business in the country. Read ››

Siemens appoints Theodor Scheidegger as CEO of the Solar & Hydro Division
PEOPLE \| 10 Nov 11 2102 reads His new role will take effect on November 10. Scheidegger previously held executive positions in various companies, most recently as CEO of Sovello AG, one of the leading integrated suppliers of solar wafers, and solar cells and modules. Read ››

Lanco's Saibaba foresees India solar costs cheapening by 40%
	PEOPLE \| 03 Nov 11 2160 reads India's solar power costs could fall by more than 40 percent by 2015, said Lanco Solar CEO V. Read ››

Suntech's Dr. Shi appointed Chief Chairman of APVIA
	PEOPLE \| 01 Nov 11 1821 reads Dr. Zhengrong Shi, CEO and founder of Suntech Power Holdings, has been appointed the first Chief Chairman of the Asian Photovoltaic Industry Association. Read ››

CPI President Lu astonished to learn about Myitsone suspension
	PROJECT \| 04 Oct 11 1629 reads Mr. LU Qizhou, President of China Power Investment Corporation, admitted he was totally astonished to learn that the Myanmar government will suspend the on-going Myitsone Hydropower Project. Read ››

Kakodkar to lead all Indian solar projects
	POWER UTILITY \| 26 Aug 11 1793 reads Dr. Anil Kakodkar, former chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, will be the chairman India’s National Solar Energy Company. Read ››

Black & Veatch makes appointments to global infrastructure business
	PEOPLE \| 22 Mar 11 3881 reads Two senior management appointments had been made as it addresses infrastructure needs for global regions. Read ››

Sayed named president of Peabody Mongolia and India
	PEOPLE \| 08 Dec 10 3394 reads Arshad Sayed has been named President – Peabody Mongolia and India, and will manage all of its business development initiatives. Read ››

Suzlon China appoints new CEO
	PEOPLE \| 20 Nov 10 3406 reads Suzlon Energy appointed He Yaozu as CEO and Country Manager of its China operations, Suzlon Energy Tianjin Limited. Read ››

Combet appointed Australia’s energy efficiency minister
	ENVIRONMENT \| 29 Sep 10 2656 reads Greg Combet is Australia's new minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, replacing Senator Penny Wong. Read ››

CLP appoints Lancaster as Managing Director
	REGULATION \| 20 Jan 10 2765 reads Richard Lancaster has been appointed Managing Director of CLP Power Hong Kong Limited, succeeding Mrs. Read ››

Meiya Power names Perez CEO, promotes Chea as Pres.
	PEOPLE \| 14 Nov 09 4018 reads Mr. Manuel Perez Dubuc has been appointed as Meiya Power Company’s new Chief Executive Officer effective 15 June 2009. Read ››

Emerson appoints Campbell energy VP in Asia Pacific
	PEOPLE \| 23 Mar 09 2537 reads Emerson Network Power has promoted Ross Campbell as vice president for its Energy Systems business in Asia Pacific. Read ››

Meralco COO is retiring
	PEOPLE \| 21 Jan 09 2585 reads Jesus P. Francisco, president and chief operating officer of Manila Electric Company (Meralco), is retiring after 37 years with the power distributor. Read ››

John Zhu appointed President of Wärtsilä in China
	PEOPLE \| 29 Oct 08 3058 reads Wärtsilä has appointed Mr John Zhu as President of Wärtsilä China from January 1st, 2009. Read ››

Kepco tells it like it is
IPP, PROJECT \| 20 Oct 08 2987 reads Q1. Could you please explain in further detail what KEPCO 2015 is about? Read ››

Lakshmi Mittal and Farallon Capital join forces
PEOPLE \| 20 Oct 08 2508 reads Billionaire Lakshmi Mittal and Farallon Capital Management LLC invested a combined $399 million in a power unit of Indiabulls Real Estate Ltd., India's fourth- biggest developer by market value, seeking a share of an industry poised to accelerate in Asia's third-biggest economy. Read ››

Lighting up Macau in more ways than one
POWER UTILITY \| 20 Oct 08 899 reads Companhia de Electricidade de Macau (CEM), which has lit up the lightbulbs in Territory of Macau for more than a century, and its CEO Franklin Willemyns speaks to Asian Power about CEM's strategies in battling rising fuel costs and increasing tariffs. Read ››

IPPS the silver bullet in India's power debacle?
	POWER UTILITY \| 20 Oct 08 1741 reads India is thirsty, and its not for a cold glass of water, which is a necessary companion for a serving of rogan josh. Read ››

Vietnam and the mekong mix

ENVIRONMENT | 17 Oct 08

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In 1986, Vietnam's Sixth Party Congress initiated the country's first broad economic reform package that introduced guidelines for expansion, laying a vitally needed foundation for a vastly improved investment climate. For the next eleven years things improved dramatically, with investment pouring in until the "Great Melt-Down of 1997" which caused a re-think in Hanoi as the GDP growth dropped from a steamy 8 - 9% to a still respectable 6% from 1997 to 2004. Read ››

Sparks fly as Taiwan plugs into the resurgence of a power giant
	PEOPLE \| 16 Oct 08 1871 reads Q. How are carbon caps affecting the growth of Taiwan's power sector? On December 15, 2007, the Bali meeting in Indonesia set up a road-map for global carbon emissions after 2012. The goal is for CO2 emissions to be reduced by 25-40% in 2020 which is in comparison to those in 2005. Read ››