Staff Reporter

New environment chief sternly says no to coal.

Registration is now open for the 9th Singapore International Energy Week (SIEW), a key platform for the discussion of global energy issues and their impact on Asia.

The country provided $22b for coal projects overseas.

The solar park concept is similar to an economic zone dedicated to the generation of power through solar energy and also to the manufacturing of solar energy components. A Solar Park will hold a number of solar power plants and manufacturing outfits, each developed by separate or the same groups/promoters.

The project will be commissioned by May 2017.

The Kingdom recently sealed a deal for nuclear cooperation.

China is on track to hit 58GWe of nuclear energy by 2020.

It will contribute 72% of installations alongside Australia and Japan.

Installed capacity could hit a whopping 495GW.

But renewables' cost still trump others.

Is China finally getting affected by environmental pressure?

Capacity is projected to jump to 27.8GW by 2030.

Much has been learnt, but will nuke generation be revived in Japan?

Take away China from the equation, and the massive plans for interconnecting Asia’s power sector could be shaky.

Minimum quota for solar power on the other hand is at 1,300-1,500 hours.

Only South Korea has a "sizeable increase" in nuclear generating capacity.