Staff Reporter

Japan will create a US$628 billion “green energy market” to push the development of renewable energy.

General Electric Company signs deals worth US$86 million to bolster Vietnam’s ailing power sector.

The Visayas grid will need additional power plants to cope with increasing electricity demands in the next three years.

Eight hydroelectric power plants will be put up by Alsons Energy in the Visayas and Mindanao regions.

Punjab is hopeful that its three power plants in various stages of construction would bring power surplus by adding 3,920 Mw in the next two years.

Kansai Electric resumed power generation of its 1,180MW unit 3 of the Ohi nuclear power station. Ohi unit 3 began preparing for startup on June 16, when the national government made a final decided to restart the unit. The reactor started up on July 1 for the first time in about a year and three months and went critical on July 2. The utility will raise the output of the unit stepwise while monitoring the plant state. Unit 3 is expected to begin constant rated thermal power operation as early as July 9. After going through adjustment operation for about one month, and if the inspection outcome is successful, the unit will shift to commercial operation. Kansai Electric Power president Makoto Yagi said on the same day, "We are pleased to be able to supply electricity to our customers after an interval of four and a half months" since all the 11 units of the utility's nuclear power stations had been shut down, and added, "We are taking the first steps toward ensuring safe and stable supply of electricity." Ohi unit with 1,180 MW is expected to start up on July 18 at the earliest, go critical on July 19, be connected to the grid on July 21, and advance to constant rated thermal power operation on July 25.

Emerging and future technologies and opportunities in renewable energy are the focus of this year's REaction 2012.Organized by Energy Alternatives India, the event is set on July 26 - 27, 2012 at Chennai, India. To date, REaction 2012 is set to be the largest and most interactive meet up in the Renewable Energy sector.Key highlights include a talk focusing on emerging and future technologies and opportunities in renewable energy and a plenary discussing 10 highly-specialized topics rarely discussed in other meets, such as diesel to renewables, women power, IT opportunities, green computing, hydrogen/fuel cells, CSR, energy storage, tidal and wave, geothermal, offshore wind. Over 500 top Indian renewable energy companies are expected to be present. They will interact with the 2000 plus delegates flying in from around the world. Other than the knowledge sessions, there will be three unique networking sessions, two sessions in which companies and teams showcase their innovations, and a video session that will show videos of exciting innovations that are reshaping the world of renewable energy.The event will be highly-interactive. Delegates will have the chance to discuss tech transfer and international business partnerships before and after the event through an online networking facility provided by EAI.For a final list of topics and to see the experts attending the event, go to https://www.eai.in/reaction2012/.

This will be the country's largest wind farm consisting of 16 to 33 wind turbines.

A US$3 billion loan from China and Chinese wind turbines will be used to build Latin America’s largest wind power project.

Solar Energy Corporation intends develop solar technologies and products that could cater to India's needs.

To ensure the smooth operation of the Macao-Guangdong interconnection network, a joint emergency drill was conducted between three concerned groups.

Exploitation of wind and solar power in China's Heilongjiang province will now require permission from the provincial authorities.

Japan will reduce power saving targets in its industrialised west after one of two restarted reactors reach capacity.

Indonesia’s geothermal energy potential stands at 29 gigawatts, enough to meet the needs of its most populous islands.

Renewable energy projects are to be built in India with a total capacity of 2.5 gigawatts.

Cement firm Lafarge Republic Inc. announced its decision to ink a power supply deal with Masinloc Power