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Bangladesh govt eyes green energy to address demand
Bangladesh govt eyes green energy to address demand
The government of Bangladesh has set its sights on promoting green energy to meet the growing energy demand.
Group lobbies for Philippine solar-grid interconnection protocol
The Philippine Solar Power Alliance has been lobbying for interconnection protocol to govern net metering for the import and export of capacity to...
CEA dismisses Bordoloi's demand for complete allocation of power from Bongaigaon TPP
India's apex power sector planning body - CEA - has turned down Assam Power Minister Pradyut Bordoloi`s
Japan electricity demand down 0.3% in September
Japan marked the first year-on-year decline in two months after power demand fell 0.3 percent in September from a year earlier.
Myanmar to cut gas exports to Thailand to address power shortage
Myanmar is hoping to retain 200 million cubic feet per day of natural gas from the 1 billion cubic feet per day it exports to Thailand.
Indian experts question suitability of BOOT for power projects
Exports in India warned that the Build-Own-Operate-Transfer (BOOT) model would not be suitable for setting up power plants in the country and could...
Sumitomo prefers wind over solar power
Sumitomo will add wind farms and at least two biomass plants to take advantage of the market rates for electricity from renewable sources the...
New Japanese minister finds energy strategy 'contradictory'
New education and science minister Makiko Tanaka questioned the phasing out nuclear power generation by the 2030s without terminating the long...
Japan's renewable generation program off to promising start
Japan's new renewable energy program has already exceeded its fiscal 2012 target by more than 50 percent.
Power-starved Indian state asks for increased power access
The state government of Assam has requested India's power minister Veerappa Moily to increase the minimum available transfer capacity to the north...
Vietnam saves more than 900 million kWh
More than 900 million kWh have been saved in Vietnam's electricty system since the beginning of year.
Bailout approved for Indian power distributors
India has approved a bailout for cash-strapped power distributors who have accumulated US$17.35 billion in losses as of 2010-2011 financial year.
Japan's new nuclear watchdog to disregard stress tests
Nuclear Regulation Authority, Japan's new nuclear watchdog, plans to create fresh criteria for restarting nuclear reactors, according to its chief...
Indonesia's PLN to cut power of deliquent customers
PLN will start cutting power to customers in Jambi who have not paid their bills in three months.
IFC backs Thailand's quest for clean energy
Thailand's goal of utilizing clean sources of energy for about a quarter of the country's energy needs by 2021 got thesupport of the IFC.
Bangladesh raises power prices again
The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission hiked retail power prices by 15 percent and bulk power prices by 17 percent.
Cheap power source not to pull Vietnam electricity prices down
The Electricity of Vietnam will have to complete recalculating electricity production cost before October 1, 2012 to propose pricing plan.
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