Staff Reporter
Japan energy use could increase slightly this year
This despite greater demand for power.
Honda building mega solar power generation system
Will be located at new racing car test course.
Three LNG plants in China to receive new compressor trains
Equipment will be used for liquefying synthetic natural gas.
Japan to test its largest grid storage system
System will consist of two projects generating 80MWh.
Two massive projects will boost Australia’s solar energy capacity
Will be Australia’s largest PV projects.
Only nuclear and solar power can sate India’s massive energy appetite
Also needed for India to become an economic power.
China reaffirms plan to boost green industries
Will spend more to fund them.
South Korea running short of power amid heat wave
Rolling power outage a possibility.
China close to becoming the world’s biggest net oil importer
Driven by steady growth in Chinese demand.
JX Energy to build three solar power plants in Japan
Plants will have a combined capacity of 17 MW.
India-Nepal transmission line gets US$37 million World Bank loan
Will have a 1,000 MW cross-border transmission capacity.
“Super battery” could be game changer for Japan’s electricity grid
Battery trial to begin in Hokkaido by 2015
Shell will build 49 MW biomass plant in Japan
Plant to benefit from feed-in tariff scheme.
China’s nuclear power industry by the numbers
Currently has 15 operational nuclear power plants.
India to build power packs for Pakistani waste-to-energy program
Pakistan seeks solutions to crippling power crisis.
Chinese firms claim world record in multi-crystalline silicon PV cells
JA Solar says its product has 18.3% efficiency.
Commentary
Supply chain efficiency, skilled manpower are key for India’s renewable energy