Regulation

Vietnam power price to be adjusted by input parameters

Vietnam power price to be adjusted by input parameters

The mechanism to adjust Vietnam's electricity price will based on the monthly calculation and examination of the volatility of fundamental input...

Donors to discuss Bangladesh solar energy plan

International donors will meet in Dhaka on September 20 to discuss the Bangladesh government’s target to generate 500 MW renewable energy from solar...

Hudson fund to invest in China clean energy market

Hudson Clean Energy Partners aims to raise its first yuan-denominated fund, the largest of its kind, to invest in China's rapidly expanding clean...

SECL cancels LoA for Aditya Birla's power plant

SECL has served a notice to Aditya Birla's Birla Cellulosic unit for the cancellation of the letter of assurance and encashment of commitment...

India, Pakistan await IAC decision on Kishanganga

The International Court of Arbitration is reviewing the additional required information over controversial Kishanganga Hydro Power Project, which...

Three Gorges Dam targets full-capacity run by October's end

The Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest water control and hydropower project, started collecting water early Saturday in an effort to reach full...

Haryana Power gets environmental clearance for gas-fired plant

Haryana Power has received environmental clearance for the construction of a 1,500MW gas-based power project in Haryana, India.

Kerala, Orissa leave plant construction for allocated coal to NTPC

Kerala has asked NTPC to develop a 1000 MW power project as a expansion of the central power developer`s Ramagundam power plant utilizing the coal...

Pakistan's Thar coal gasification project to undergo test burn

The underground coal gasification project in Tharparkar will undergo its first test burn on September 19 in the presence of four experts from...

Samsung sees global solar cell growth to $70B by 2020

Samsung SDI expects the global solar cell market to be worth $70 billion by 2020.

China accounts for 24.5% of global wind energy capacity

A total of 18,405 megawatts of wind power were installed in the first half of this year around the world, up from 16,000 MW in 2010.

China eyes 25 GW rooftop solar capacity by 2020

China is targeting 3 gigawatts of roof-mounted solar power generating capacity by 2015 and 25 GW by 2020.

China raises renewable energy targets

China will raise development targets for renewable energy such as wind power for the five-year period through 2015.

China intensifies clean power projects due to coal shortages

China's twelth five-year plan unveiled this week plans for 70 GW for wind, and 5 GW of solar by 2015.

Gillard to lead carbon cap revival in Australia

The Australian prime minister plans to make factories either cut the nation’s greenhouse gases or pay for pollution-curbing programs abroad...

World Bank finds NE India's transmission infrastruture in state of neglect

A World Bank team to the North Eastern states of India found the transmission and distribution networks in woeful neglect and a near-complete...

Vietnam's massive hydropower development stirs environmental fears

Vietnam’s uncontrollable construction of hydroelectric projects had reached a crisis point that has sparked environmental fears.