Staff Reporter

Cites massive expense as reason for shutdown.

Largest Philippine power distributor eyes Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.

A free market where the present lowest cost fuel solution wins. per se and per definition.

Doing nothing is not an option.

The first has been completed and will limit power shortages and cut reliance on diesel-fueled electricity.

The Philippines largest power distributor said growth was due to higher sales.

TSMC recently announced a 1.09 m2 champion copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) module with a 15.1% total area efficiency. The module was produced using the current equipment at the company’s 100 MW capacity facility in Taiwan with its process licensed from Stion. The company claims a world record for monolithic thin-film modules, although Miasolé (purchased by Hanergy) demonstrated a 15.5% aperture area efficient 1.68 m2 discretely integrated (non-monolithic) flexible module.

For investment inroads overseas, the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is betting on a possible natural gas-fired power

To attune it to the unique frame of the Philippine electricity market, US firm technology provider GE is customizing to

Will cooperate with the United Nations Development Program for wind projects.

 Call it a smarter way to get 'powerful.' The Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) is taking its first tentative steps

With an average of over 50,000 new installations each month, Bangladesh now has got the fastest growing solar home systems

Smart metering and Smart grid in electricity sector recently have attracted much attention to improve the performance of power utilities. Many countries in the West including USA, Canada and within the EU are already involved in smart metering on pilot projects or in selective roll out for specific urban areas.

The months of November and December saw a huge influx of FIT applications submitted to METI and the respective Utility Companies. Reason behind was the fact that the first revision of the current FIT is due by end of March 2013, after which the new tariffs will become effective from April onward. Considering an application period around 3 months, makes end of December a cutoff date to secure the current rates.

Idemitsu to do biomass power generation

The World Bank has extended support to Bangladesh in addressing its power shortages.