Staff Reporter

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.

China’s wind park developers are now seeking higher-quality turbines rather than just picking the cheapest machines.

The government of Bangladesh is continuing to tap entrepreneurs to set up private power plants.

The Bangladesh Power Development Board has engaged Indian firm Lanco for setting up of the Bhola 217.9 MW gas-fired Combined Cycle Power Project.

Newly-founded Japan Renewable Energy Foundation has put forward a proposal for a new energy policy 2030 focusing on a wide deployment of renewable energy.

A report indicated that Australia is not yet ready for commercial geothermal production, although an expansion in production capacity of over 0.075GW will be achieved by 2022.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency is contemplating of financing two coal-fired power plants to be set up in Bangladesh.

Indian states may choose between the Public Private Partnership model and the Franchise Model in power distribution.

India's Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is contemplating policy guidelines on it for the copuntry's offshore wind power sector.

Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh may implement a major revamp of the India’s energy policies.

The International Finance Corporation may help an Indian power-saving solutions firm named Ecolibrium Energy raise up to US$ 1.5 million.

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

PSALM's offer of P348.91-million for the one-year operation of the 145.8-megawatt Naga thermal power facility in Cebu was found to be exorbitant by some bidders.

Basic Energy won three geothermal service contracts that enables it to explore energy resources in undeveloped areas.