Power Utility

The Land of the Rising Sun finally sees the light in solar energy

Another confirmation of Japan’s abrupt rejection of nuclear power: sales of photo-voltaic solar panels grew 30% during the first three quarters of...

India running short of coal—fast

The world’s biggest coal miner faces the ironic situation of having to import coal because consumption is running out of control.

Toshiba JV to supply equipment to Indian super thermal plant

Toshiba JSW Turbine and Generator will supply equipment for the Kudgi Super Thermal Power Project, Stage-I, in Karnataka, India.

US power firm eyeing to sell China assets

AES Corp  is looking to sell all or some of its assetsin China, according to three sources familiar with the process.

Vietnamese, British strengthen atomic bonds

Vietnam’s unshakable determination to build a series of nuclear power plants has caught the attention of the British.

NTPC to soon award $3.3 B equipment order

NTPC Ltd will award US$3.3 billion equipment order by March after the Supreme Court ruled in its favor.

Vietnam to raise coal prices by 40%

Asia’s coal-fired power plant operators are in for a massive price shock.

Vietnam utility suffers $723M loss

Electricity of Vietnam has an unsettled loss of VND15 trillion or US$723.2 million due to exchange rate fluctuations, says the State Audit.

JinkoSolar expands Australian territory

JinkoSolar has opened a new office in Queensland, Australia that will serve as a sales and delivery centre, housing approximately 4-5MW of modules...

Reliance Power Q3 net up 42%, eyes 5,000MW operations

Reliance Power reported 42 percent net profit growth for the quarter ended December 31, 2011 at Rs 204 crore from  Rs 144 crore a year ago.

Canadian uranium for China

China has a new and much needed source of the uranium to fuel its hungry nuclear power plants.

ABB to help develop solar power plants in South Africa

ABB will work with FG Emvelo to build power plants in Northern Cape province, South Africa.

Drop in China’s power consumption traced to industrial production plunge

There seems to be a hidden reason for a large reduction in China’s electricity use in January.

China power giants on buying spree abroad

China's state-owned power companies are on a buying spree abroad.

Japanese-built power plant in Java switches on

A new power plant completed ahead of schedule by the Japanese is now supplying Indonesia with 2,640 MW of badly needed electricity.

Sumitomo yet to make investment decision for Indonesia

Sumitomo Corp is merely conducting feasibility studies but has not made any investment decision on energy projects in Indonesia.