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Tohoku Electric expects $3.279B net loss for fiscal 2011 due to quake
Tohoku Electric expects $3.279B net loss for fiscal 2011 due to quake
Tohoku Electric expects a net loss of US$3.279 billion for the fiscal year ending March 31 due to the March earthquake.
Tohoku secures more LNG to offset power plant losses
Tohoku Electric secured 2.2 million tonnes of additional LNG to offset lost output from two quake-damaged nuclear and fossil fuel plants.
Tepco amenable to $13B govt bailout: sources
Tepco will agree to be taken over by the government in a near-$13 billion bailout.
Renewable energy progressing slowly in Thailand
Thailand has made tepid progress in weaning itself from its inordinate reliance on fossil fuels.
Neyvali Lignite's 125MW thermal power unit starts commercially
Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) Limited has declared that the 125 MW first unit of its Barsingsar thermal power station has started commercial...
A second 125MW unit of Neyvali Lignite's thermal power station starts commercially
The first unit of Neyveli Lignite 's Barsingsar thermal power station with a capacity of 125 MW has started commercial operations.
Snow slows down Himachal hydropower generation
Unusually harsh Arctic conditions where most of the rivers for Himachal Pradesh's hydropower generation originate have made further pulled down...
Chinese wind turbine maker blows down U.S. rivals
Goldwind bought two 10-megawatt wind farms in Montana to showcase its equipment and has taken orders in seven other U.S. states.
Tepco may sell older fossil-fuel plants
Tepco may sell or invite outside investments for its older fossil fuel-fired power plants.
Sembcorp to explore 1,200 MW project in Vietnam
Sembcorp Industries has signed an MOU to explore the feasibility of developing a 1,200 megawatt coal-fired power plant in Dung Quat Economic Zone.
Japan’s nuclear power plants are on the verge of extinction
Nuclear power in Japan faces its moment of truth.
Sinohydro completes first international hydropower project
The Beijing-based firm recently began operations in southeastern Cambodia with a generating capacity of 194 megawatts.
Largest Chinese offshore wind farm to rise in Hebei
The massive wind farm will have an installed capacity of 300 megawatts.
New Chinese nuclear reactors near completion despite safety concerns
China expects its third-generation nuclear reactors to come online by 2013 notwithstanding misgivings about their safety.
China Power celebrates breakthroughs in wind projects
The Xianrendong Wind Farm Project located in Lufeng of Yunnan Province has been offcially approved by the Yunnan Development and Reform Commission.
Vietnam dead set on nuclear power
Vietnam is determined to build its first nuclear power plant to avert an impending and serious shortfall in electrical power.
Moser Baer's 5MW solar farm in Jodhpur, India to power 70,000 households
Moser Baer has installed a 5MW solar farm, equivalent to powering 70,000 households, covering an area of 60 acres in Tinwari, Jodhpur district, India...
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