Staff Reporter

Japan's subsidies for renewable power suppliers have sparked more than $2 billion of investment since they were launched two months ago.

South Korea President Lee Myung-bak and Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev pledged to expand cooperation in energy, plants and atomic power.

Cambodia has praised China for the massive energy investments that have become key to its sustainable social and economic development.

China is expected to become the world's leading smart grid components market with a value of US$1.43 trillion.

CEM launched an emergency and evacuation drill to assess the effectiveness of the contingency plan and to enhance the emergency response and coordination ability in case of accidents. The entire drill went smoothly and showed satisfied response speed.

Alstom will use its digital substation technology to help Indonesia’s state electricity company PT PLN to improve its service.

Russia wants to be awarded the construction contract for the $13 billion Diamer Bhasha Dam without resorting to international competitive bidding.

Unpredictable winds are creating a headache for wind power distribution companies in Rajasthan.

Japan will need renewable energy investments amounting to US$637 billion to completely sever itself from nuclear power.

Japan's subsidies for renewable power providers could lead to huge investments amounting to some US$640 billion by 2030.

Tepco has set up teams to reform its nuclear division, a move viewed by some as indicative for the restart of idled reactors.

POSCO Energy began work on the construction of a fuel cell power plant in Indonesia.

B Grimm will earmark Bt75 billion for power-plant expansion and other energy projects in Thailand over the next seven years.

Welspun Energy has raised about Rs3.55bn or $64.11 million to fund a 50MW solar photovoltaic project in Rajasthan.

The AQCS supplies are for Taiwan and Romania.

Technological advancements, is changing the way or rather simplifying the way electricity is measured and communicated to both producers and consumers. One such advancement gaining ground, across the world, is the use of Smart Metering technologies in the power sector.