Regulation
Australian energy and utilities sector to strengthen credit profiles
Australian energy and utilities sector to strengthen credit profiles
The Royal Bank of Scotland says issuers are adapting to the broader challenges of carbon emission reforms.
Kyodo Electric restarts third coal-fired unit in Japan
Kyodo Electric Power restarted its 350MW gas and oil-fired Unit 4 at its thermal power plant in eastern Japan.
US firm to invest $820M in Indian renewable energy
Overseas Private Investment Corp plans to invest up to US $820 million or about Rs 3,600 crore in the Indian renewable energy sector within 2011.
India may soon export nuclear reactors: US report
A United States Congressional report said that India could soon join a select group of countries in exporting nuclear reactors.
Abound Solar secures $9.2M loan for Rajasthan project
The US Export-Import Bank is providing a $9.2 million loan to support exports of Abound Solar's CdTe thin-film PV modules to Punj Lloyd Solar Power...
Joban Kyodo restarts 600MW unit of Nakoso plant
Joban Kyodo Electric Power restarted the 600MW no 8 unit at its coal-fired Nakoso plant in Tokyo, Japan shut down after the March 11 earthquake.
Malaysia's Energy Efficiency Master Plan Soon
The National Energy Efficiency Master Plan (NEEMP) that will strategize Malaysia's efforts in addressing energy security, global warming and climate...
CDM of Huadeng Wind Farm's phase 1 gets registered
The 49.5MW Huadeng Phase I Wind Farm of CPI Mengdong Xiehe New Energy Co., Ltd., was approved by and registered at the UN Clean Development Mechanism...
Nipko all set to build Tipaimukh Dam
Tipaimukh Dam's construction is about to begin, said a top official of Nipko, which will implement the hydroelectric project in River Barak, an...
Maithon RBC TPP Unit-II line completion critical
As per the latest report of the Ministry of Power (MoP) on associated transmission system (ATS) availability for projects targeted during FY12, Unit...
NPCIL seeks loans for 2 atomic plant projects
Nuclear Power Corporation of India is pursuing a Rs 12,000 crore loan from the Power Finance Corporation to set up two atomic plants in Gujarat and...
Reliance Power and Power Finance to Sell Carbon Credits from India Power Projects
Reliance Power will partner with state-owned Power Finance Corp in its quest to earn INR3.1bn ($693m) by selling carbon credits generated by two...
Karnataka seeks investors for 350 MW solar projects
Karnataka will award permits to companies to build 200 MW of projects through bidding and the remaining 150 Mw by application.
China generates 13.5% more power in first half
China's power generation rose 13.5 percent from a year earlier to 2.22 trillion kilowatts-hours in the first half of this year.
Peabody, Arcelor Mittal bid US $5 B for Macarthur Coal
Peabody Energy has teamed up with Arcelor Mittal to offer US $5 billion for Australia’s Macarthur Coal, the world’s bigger producer of pulverised...
India's power sector faces 40% funding gap
The Indian government revealed that the power sector investment, which was envisaged at Rs 10 lakh crore for the current plan from 2007 to 2012, was...
IDC worries over security risks in Asia Pac energy and utility organizations
Less than 10% of these companies have security policies and strategies implemented.
Commentary
The supply-side blind spot in ASEAN’s data centre boom
Managing risk for Indonesia’s conventional power sector in a decarbonising economy