In Focus

Will Japan ever stop its love affair with coal financing?

The country provided $22b for coal projects overseas.

Will Japan ever stop its love affair with coal financing?

The country provided $22b for coal projects overseas.

China blows hard to amp up wind capacity

Is China finally getting affected by environmental pressure?

China reveals new quota of 1,800-2,000 minimum utilisation hours for wind power

Minimum quota for solar power on the other hand is at 1,300-1,500 hours.

Is Indonesia ready to finally go big on nuclear energy?

Indonesia is rapidly approaching nuclear maturity.

Eyebrows raised over Vietnam’s vow to quit coal plants

Vietnam has got experts thinking: "Are you serious?".

Whitest of white elephants: USD1 trillion could be unnecessarily splurged on new coal-fired plants

Investments are pouring in for 1500 plants, but these are likely to be wasted.

How deeply ensnared are the Chinese firms in Thailand's solar market?

The country's capacity increase is projected to be 6 times higher.

"Too lengthy" approval time plagues Philippines' power project scene

Land acquisition and transmission issues make the situation worse.

Has power demand in Asia been slowing down?

Do not get fooled by the 80% demand growth, analysts say.

Is there more harm than good in the Philippine power market's changing landscape?

Industry experts throw their insights at the inaugural Asian Power Utility Forum 2016.

India fervently hopes for its distribution reform’s success

Energy and peak deficit both slid to 2.6% and 4.7%.