Staff Reporter
China a long way off from shale oil development
China a long way off from shale oil development
China National Offshore Oil Corporation says progress will be “very slow”.
India doubles nuclear power output in just three years
Produces 32.46 MW of nuclear power in 2012.
Philippines’ First Gen to convert oil pipeline to handle natural gas
Project to cost First Gen Corporation US$100 million.
Malaysia to award EPCC contact to Japanese engineering major
Petronas will soon award a US$2billion contract to Japan’s JGC Corporation.
China reports better energy efficiency in 2012
Said this helped counterbalance slowest economic growth in 13 years.
Welspun Energy finishes funding huge Indian solar project
Obtains US$161 million financing for India’s largest solar farm.
High FIT to spur solar projects in remote Indonesian communities
New FIT is as high as US$0.25 per kilowatt hour.
Indonesian, Singapore investors to build waste-based power plants
Joint venture will construct four waste-based power plants in Indonesia.
Taiwan to become nuclear free
Cabinet approves a draft act promoting energy safety and a nuclear-free Taiwan.
Massive Tibetan hydropower dam to go online in October
The Pondo Water Control Project is Tibet’s equivalent of the Three Gorge Dam.
China to set new tariffs for solar generated electricity
Existing fixed tariff to be abolished.
China to add add 87m KW of installed power capacity
This will bring its total power capacity to 1.23 billion KW by yearend.
National Energy Administration to be restructured
New agency will be responsible for energy regulation.
China gets first foreign orders for locally-developed nuclear reactor
Operators are from South America and Asia.
Panasonic to launch RE products in India by 2014
Japanese electronics giant to market solar panels and fuel cells, among others.
National Energy Administration to be restructured
New agency will be responsible for energy regulation.
China suffers clean energy trade deficit with US
The US has a US$1.63 billion surplus in the clean energy trade over China.
Commentary
Supply chain efficiency, skilled manpower are key for India’s renewable energy