Staff Reporter

India was considering exporting 500 megawatts of electricity to Pakistan, according to a twitter message by India’s Ambassador to the United States Nirupama Rao.

Thailand will inaugurate a new solar power plant as part of the ADB-funded Lopburi solar project.

China National Offshore Oil Corporation has formally requested the Canadian government to approve its US$15 billion offer for Nexen.

Vietnam's looming power shortage is expected to worsen despite a drop in demand.

Luzon Hydro Corp has been given a notice of default by Napocor due to delay in the completion of the tunnel lining repair of Bakun hydroelectric power plant.

Philippines' Meralco PowerGen is negotiating with South Korea’s Hyundai Group for the engineering, procurement and construction contract of its $1.2-billion Subic coal-fired power facility.

A coal gasification plant is currently being planned to take advantage of low-grade coal.

Preparations are underway for the construction of Vietnam’s first nuclear power plant in central Ninh Thuan Province.

Tepco raised household electricity rates by an average of 8.46 percent to help pay rising fuel costs from thermal power generation.

Unit 1 of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant will be loaded with fuel soon.

A subsidiary of China Three Gorges Corporation signed a revised MoU with IB for the 750-MW West Seti Hydro Power Project and the Transmission Project.

A separate pricing methodology will be implemented by the Philippines' Energy Regulatory Commission for the import-and-export of renewable energy into the power grid.