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Philippines fails to maximize full potential in renewable energy
Philippines fails to maximize full potential in renewable energy
Find out the reason behind why Filipinos pay as much as $0.17 per kilowatt-hour for electricity.
Meralco profit up 24 % in Q3
Meralco announced that its quarterly profit rose 24 percent on higher sales, prompting it to lift full year core profit guidance by 4 percent.
Thaiand's EGCO eyes stake in Korean power firml
Thailand's EGCO announced its interest in buying a stake in GS Power in order to expand outside Southeast Asia.
NTPC bags Rs 43 crore contract in Bangladesh
NTPC Consultancy, a part of the state-run power major, has secured a six-year contract to provide operations & maintenance services at the...
China Power and China Coal Energy set up JV
China Power International Development, in partnership with China Coal Energy, will set up a joint venture in China with a total investment of $778m....
Why Philippines’ Smart Grid lags behind neighbors
An industry player laments on Philippine government’s failure to deliver initiative.
Bangladesh plant gets additional power from Rolls Royce
Rolls-Royce has signed a US$22 million contract to supply eight Bergen B32:40 16V reciprocating engine generator sets to Baraka Patenga Power Limited...
Japan radically changes energy policy after March Quake
The Fukushima disaster has meant overhaul in Japan's energy policy.
Asia wind energy market is almost dead, China market seen to shrink
The Asian market for wind energy is disappointing with main drivers China and India seen to post barely flat growth in terms of annual installed...
South East Asia pushes through with nuclear power despite Fukushima tragedy
Except in Japan, the construction of nuclear power plants hasn’t been stopped.
What's for Asia a decade after California and Enron
Ten years ago, California’s power crisis finally ended. Shortly after, Enron would file for the largest bankruptcy up to that point in US history...
Is Asia ready for new nuclear power plants?
The future of nuclear power generation is in Asia.
Will Smart Grid Utility space continue to expand?
The Smart Grid Utility space is quickly evolving and is a market that will start to accelerate.
Asia coal power development now and beyond
The growth in the use of private finance to fund major public infrastructure projects throughout Asia continues unabated. Yet the Asian power sector...
What you need to know about geothermal energy
What is Geothermal Energy? As the world takes measures to move towards lower carbon energy production, many forms of renewable energy technology...
What Google and Stanford can teach Asia about electricity management
Smart meters that show consumers’ energy consumption won’t be enough to reduce use, studies show.
Malaysia admits neglecting renewable energy in the last five years
Dismal interest in renewable energy resulted in only 18% of its 350MW installed capacity target achieved for 2005-2010, says the Malaysian government...
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