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India's CEA and the Japan Coal Energy Center are studying the possibilities of efficiency and environment improvements at India's coal fired plants.

Pakistan's delay in challenging the construction of the 45-megawatt Nimoo-Bazgo Hydropower Project before the ICA may benefit India.

Was there or wasn’t there a dangerous nuclear accident in China last year?

Groups have called on state governments to explain wind farm restrictions sans credible evidence of its il effects on people's wellbeing.

Allegations that wind turbines make people sick are ''not scientifically valid'', according to confidential briefings given to the state government by NSW Health.

China may double its installations of solar panels this year, according to CEOs from two of the industry’s top five manufacturers.

China's environment ministry called upon hydropower developers to "put ecology first".

Tohoku Electric secured 2.2 million tonnes of additional LNG to offset lost output from two quake-damaged nuclear and fossil fuel plants.

The government of Japan announced that the country will avoid power cuts this summer even without nuclear power.

The price of solar electricity from renewable energy sources in the Philippines will remain double that of China’s despite a move to lower the Feed-in-Tariff.

China covered 48% of 2011 demand solar PBV installation in Asia-Pacific.

Thailand has made tepid progress in weaning itself from its inordinate reliance on fossil fuels.

Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) Limited has declared that the 125 MW first unit of its Barsingsar thermal power station has started commercial operations from January 20, 2012. Torrent Power Limited (TPL) has posted a net profit of Rs 211.28 crore for the third quarter of the ongoing fiscal, registering 6.1% rise over the Rs 199.12 crore earned during the quarter ended December 31, 2011. Total income increased to Rs 1,902.86 crore during the said third quarter from Rs 1,579.23 crore during the corresponding period in the previous financial period. SJVN Limited has registered a net profit after tax of Rs 189.63 crore for the third quarter of FY12, a decline from the Rs 191.50 crore posted during the corresponding quarter of FY11. In addition, the company's net income from operations fell to Rs 368.25 crore during the said quarter, in comparison to Rs 396.41 crore earned during the quarter ended December 31, 2011.

But will Vietnam's first nuclear power plant really be that safe?

An engineer questioned the choice of the Bhasha dam site for hydropower development at the Supreme Court of Pakistan.

Unusually harsh Arctic conditions where most of the rivers for Himachal Pradesh's hydropower generation originate have made further pulled down production.