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”.

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.

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 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.

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.