Staff Reporter

China National Petroleum Corporation, the largest oil and gas firm in China, has invested in 22 oil and gas projects in Arab countries.

A consortium of five Japanese companies including Toyota Motor Corporation last week began testing a process that will yield hydrogen fuel derived from sewage sludge.

Cleantech Finland, a group of clean technology firms, is looking to do joint projects with Indian companies in energy efficiency, water treatment and bio-energy.

Russia will assist Bangladesh in developing its power and gas sector, including establishing nuclear power plants.

Aboitiz Power will tap the local debt market to fund 75 percent of the its $3.6 billion coal-fired plant projects.

Hanson Energy will deliver 429,000 tons of coal annually to PLN’s coal-fired power plant PLTU 3 in Teluk Naga, Tangerang, Banten under a 20-year contract. The power plant, with a capacity of 945 MW, will distribute the electricity to Jakarta and its surrounding areas. This is the second agreement Hanson has made with PLN in 13 months. In August 2011, Hanson agreed to provide 640,000 metric tons of low-rank coal per year to PLN’s steam power plant in Tarahan Baru, Lampung. That agreement lasts for 20 years. For more.

China will invest around US$39.5 billion in domestic solar power generation between 2011 and 2015.

The Indonesian government urged PLN to reduce electricity losses and increase the country’s electrification ratio.

The government of South Korea named two candidate sites for two new nuclear power plants.

Grid Collapse & Coalgate should pave the way for Renewable Energy deployment.

Asia’s growth as international manufacturing powerhouse is in part due to low apparent energy prices, worker cost, and open-ended materials procurement. The greatest profit driver has been consistent exclusion of environmental true costs associated with handling carbon and nuclear-based emissions and waste.

China expects investments in solar power to hit US$39.5 billion by 2015 and a huge rise in the sector’s employment.

Hawaiian Governor Neil Abercrombie and Secretary General Xu Hubin of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade have signed an agreement to jointly pursue clean energy projects.

Japan will shut down its nuclear energy sector by 2040, ending a heavy reliance on a power source that provided a third of its energy until 2011.

Jilin New Energy Investment Company Ltd plans to invest US$168 million in renewable energy projects in the Republic of Estonia in the Baltic Sea region.