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Bankruptcies plague Japan's PV industry as solar goes bust

Businesses that have died surged 20.4% to 65 cases.

3 challenges hampering Japan's wind energy growth

Connectivity is an issue despite the country being a leader in technology.

Japan is keeping itself busy by making virtual power plants

It's currently working on a demo project to be launched this year.

Tepco aggressively woos new customers post-market liberalisation

The utility hopes to win them with new service plans.

Japan eyes using more virtual power plants

Fluctuations of renewable power are addressed better.

These are the flaws in Japan's energy strategy for 2030

Building a new energy system will be difficult as it needs US$158tr investment.

Why Japan must start weaning itself off oil imports for energy

With the nuclear industry in limbo, Japan has to make up its mind.

Why Asia's geothermal energy potential remains largely untapped

Resources are vast and policies have been strengthened, yet Asia is a laggard.

Doubts are cast over Malaysia's ambitious renewables targets

Not everyone is convinced with the government’s target of 1,000MW renewable grid-connected capacity by 2020.

Will coal and gas burn bright or burn out?

Asia is hungry for energy, which coal and gas-fired generation seem ready to address, but their dominance over cleaner alternatives is becoming less...

This chart shows why the best is yet to come for India's solar power sector

Total new capacity addition of 9GW is being expected come 2017.

Year in Review: Here are the Asian Power's most read news in 2016

We caught Vietnam's 180-degree turn from being a nuclear leader to a nuclear naysayer.