Staff Reporter
Japan to test its largest grid storage system
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.
New 600 MW coal-fired plant vital to Philippines’ energy security
Baseload plant expected to come online by 2016.
Multinational pharma firm to build RE windmill in India
Will partner with Suzlon Energy, Ltd.
Largest rooftop solar system in China is being built
Will generate 48 million KWh per year.
First Gen secures approval for Mindanao hydropower projects
Five projects have a combined capacity of 80 MW.
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