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GE powers the future with steady upgrades in turbine technology

GE is set to up the game in turbine technology in a threefold bid to improve the overall efficiency beyond 63%.

Asia's total coal-fired power generation to hit a whopping 6,749TWh in 2025

This is more than double the generation other regions produce.

Post-Paris: Taking another look at thorium nuclear

Goodbye to all that Being active in the renewable energy and climate change sector for over the past decade has meant witnessing many changes in the field. Renewables became fashionable, then fell off the table post the 2008 financial crisis, then became fashionable again.

Eyebrows raised over Vietnam’s vow to quit coal plants

Vietnam has got experts thinking: "Are you serious?".

Going beyond the meter means going beyond consumer expectations

Why your customers might not be the best guide to the future.

China boosts new wind power capacity in 2015 to 30.8 GW

The highest annual number ever for a nation.

Nuclear plants for South China Sea not a distant possibility

Maritime nuke power platforms could be a reality soon.

Missionary electrification subsidies in the Philippines

The electrification subsidy in missionary areas started on May 1, 1988 with the proclamation by the President of the Philippines that electricity rates in all islands outside the main grids shall be pegged at P2.50/kWh. Thus, the National Power Corporation (NPC) and the National Electrification Administration (NEA) allocated P1.20/kWh for generation and P1.30/kWh for distribution.