Staff Reporter

New Japanese minister finds energy strategy 'contradictory'

New Japanese minister finds energy strategy 'contradictory'

New education and science minister Makiko Tanaka questioned the phasing out nuclear power generation by the 2030s without terminating the long-standing policy to recycle spent fuel.

Obama sued by Chinese firm over wind farms

Ralls Corporation, a Chinese-owned company, has sued U.S. President Barack Obama for blocking its wind farm project purchase deal.

Malaysia’s green projects receive massive bank funding

Malaysia’s national energy research centre said the country will finance over 50% more green projects in 2013 compared to this year.

Reliance lights up boiler for second Indian thermal power unit

Reliance Power achieved the Boiler light up for the second of two units of its 600 MW Butibori Thermal Power Project in Maharashtra. Power generated from the plant will help reduce demand supply

NEEPCO to execute 10,425MW hydel projects in Arubachal Pradesh

Union power minister Veerappa Moily wants to give state-owned firm NEEPCO a chance to execute 10,425 MW of power projects in Arubachal Pradesh.

Bangladesh rental power hit for increasing electricity prices

Bangladesh electricity prices are increasing due to government projects on quick-rental power.

S.Korea halts operations of 2 malfunctioning nuke reactors

South Korea stopped two nuclear reactors at two separate atomic power plants on Tuesday due to technical problems.

Measuring partial discharge in GIS

As customers increasingly push to adopt condition-based maintenance for Gas-Insulated Substations (GIS), new opportunities are arising for periodic or permanent measurement of partial discharge.

The Black Point Power Station gas supply project

Castle Peak Power Company Limited, Hong Kong (CAPCO). A joint venture between ExxonMobil Energy Ltd. and CLP Power Hong Kong Ltd.

South Korea begins building Abu Dhabi's first nuclear plant

The South Korean firm building Abu Dhabi's first nuclear power plant says it is on track to meet its target date of 2017.

NexPower to provide 2MW modules for Japanese projects

NexPower Technology will provide 2MW of its Xtreme+ Series modules for various projects in western Japan.

Second Icelandic firm joins Philippine geothermal power project

Icelandic firm H.S. Orka Energy will beef up the technical capability of the local developer of the 49-megawatt Biliran geothermal power project in the Visayas, Philippines.

PLN completing 100 solar power plants in Indonesia's remote islands

PLN is close to completing 100 solar power plants with a total capacity of 18,150 kilowatt peak on dozens of small and remote islands in Indonesia.

PLN starts Indonesia-Malaysia transmission line project

Indonesia's PLN has initiated land acquisition for the transmission line that will connect Indonesian and Malaysian power grids.

Experts want single super-ministry for China’s energy industry

China urgently needs a single “super-ministry” to manage its fractured energy policies.

Japan's Chubu Electric taps US sources for LNG

Japan's Chubu Electric Power is intensifying its drive to secure cheap and stable supplies of liquefied natural gas from the United States.

Taiwan Power to sue 4 IPPs after negotiations fail

Taiwan Power Co will sue four independent power producers due to disputes in the terms of contracts for electricty sales.