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Thailand's electricity authority to build coal-fired power plant in South

Thailand's electricity authority to build coal-fired power plant in South

The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand will build an 800MW coal-fired power plant worth initially Bt60 billion in Krabi.

Hitachi, GE may combine nuclear power JVs

Hitachi Ltd and General Electric Co may combine their two nuclear power joint ventures under a single entity.

Bangladesh's 335MW power project to get 120M loan from Germany

Summit Meghnaghat Power Company Ltd will receive a syndicated loan of $120 million to develop the 335-megawat Megh-naghat-2 power project in Narayanganj.

More air pollution as Japan’s nuclear reactors remain inactive

Japan’s power utilities emitted 17% more air pollution in the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster of March 2011.

Philippines' San Miguel to invest more in power sector

San Miguel Corp. will acquire more hydropower plants and is pondering a possible foray into renewable energy development.

India's power outage blamed on burgeoning demand for power

The lack of fuel security is a major constraint to the growth of India's power generation capacity.

China’s power use drops by 5.5%

Electricity consumption in the first half fell to 2.38 trillion kilowatt hours on account of the weak Chinese economy.

Indian power transmission system robust, says GE Energy

 General Electric finds India's power transmission system as quite robust compared to many developed nations.

Indian oil group to tap offshore wind power

ONGC Limited, the oil and natural gas major, is planning to set up a massive 500 MW wind farm for commercial purposes.

China wasting its wind power

China, the world’s largest wind power market, has lost US$1.03 billion from misusing this form of renewable energy.

Pakistan allocates land for largest wind farm in Asia

A wind project in Pakistan has been allotted with around 908 acres by the Sindh government and their wind turbines will be spread over 12,000 acres.

Up to $2.7B investments expected in Pakistan wind projects

An investment between $1.2 billion and $2.7 billion in wind energy projects in Pakistan are expected by its government.

Tunnel-boring machines installed at Neelum-Jhelum hydro plant

Two tunnel-boring machines were installed at the site of the 969-megawatt Neelum-Jhelum hydropower project in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.

Meralco PowerGen eyes 650MW thermal power plant

Meralco PowerGen Corp plans to acquire the 650MW Malaya thermal power plant in Rizal province, the Philippines.

China, Japan enter 47 energy, environment pacts

Japan and China concluded 47 cooperation agreements on environmental and energy conservation.

Renewable energy use leaps in China

Renewable energy sources supplied 377 terawatt hours to China’s power grid network in the first half of the year.