Regulation

Oil and gas sector at risk due to limited access to reserves

Oil and gas sector at risk due to limited access to reserves

And uncertain energy policy continues to pose a significant risk as it is in a continued state of flux in many regions worldwide.

BHEL's tardy thermal project implementation delays operations by 2 years

BHEL has been unable to conclude the trial operation completion for the two 125 MW units of the project of the Barsingar thermal power station.

Australian firm terms Lanco’s termination of coal supply pact as wrongful

Australia’s Perdaman Industries termed the Lanco Infratech's move to terminate thier coal supply pact as “wrongful”. 

Pakistan unable to get stay order against Indian hydro project

Pakistan failed to obtain a stay order from the International Court of Arbitration against India’s construction of the Kishanganga Hydroelectric...

Japan, Vietnam restart nuclear tech talks in September

The governments of Vietnam and Japan will restart discussions in September on the provision of Japanese nuclear power technology to the Southeast...

Malaysia's Seda revises quota for renewable energy sources

Malaysia's Sustainable Energy Development Authority will be revising downwards the quota for all renewable energy sources for the remaining of this...

Laos' Nam Ngum II dam starts selling electricity to Thailand

Nam Ngum II hydropower dam has started selling electricity to Thailand, according to Ratch-Lao Service Company Managing Director, Mr. Jatuporn...

Vietnam power sector to need annual investments of over US$6 B

Under the plan recently approved by the Prime Minister, electricity price shall be gradually adjusted according to market mechanism and is expected...

Uttarakhand again raises issue of share of power from Tehri HEP, seeks 25% share in power from THDC

The power ministry has notified the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) about issue of share of power from the Tehri hydro electric plant (HEP) in place...

THDC awaits approval for UPID land transfer for Dhukwa SHP

THDC is awaiting permission from the Government of Uttar Pradesh to use the land owned by the UP Irrigation Department for its Dhukwa small hydro...

Mengdong Energy's polysilicon and solar grade silicon projects gets approved

The government of Inner Mongolia approved the 6000-ton polysilicon and 800MW solar grade silicon sheet projects undertaken by CPI Mengdong Energy...

Unit 2 of Liangcun co-generation plant passes 168-hr test run

Unit 2 of Liangcun Co-generation Plant of CPI Hebei Branch successfully passed 168-hour test running, during which average unit load reached 102.15%...

CA02 module successfully placed in Unit 1 of SDNPC

CA02 module in the NI of SDNPC Unit 1 was successfully put in place.

More Bangladesh land grabs feared due to rising demand for renewable energy

Rising demand for the dominant form of renewable energy worldwide – wood – could drive yet more acquisitions of land in developing countries where...

Mitsubishi, CCTI win Taiwan coal-fired plant project

Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Taiwan's CTCI Corp have jointly won a full turnkey contract for three 800 MW coal-fired power generating...

Price of electricity in Vietnam to be adjusted monthly

Vietnam Electricity plans to adjust its monthly pricing based on fluctuating costs such as US dollar exchange rate, changing fuel prices, and also...

India to allocate 56.08 MMSCMD of gas for power plants

India's ministry of power has sought an allocation of 56.08 MMSCMD of natural gas for power plants to be commissioned during the 11th Five Year Plan...