Staff Reporter

A total of 52 substandard hydroelectricity projects were rejected by Vietnam's local authorities since the beginning of this year.

China will encourage private capital participation in the power industry, an area previously the preserve of

Load-shedding is being implemented in Pakistan after electricity shortfall jumped to 7,663 megawatt.

Alstom T&D bagged two equipment supply contracts worth Rs 176 crore or US$30.8 million from Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.

Vietnam will pay 6.08 cent/kWh or VND1,300/kWh for electricty purchases from China this year, up from 5.8 cent/kWh one year earlier.

Japan’s feed-in tariff or FIT is one of the highest in the world.

Loadshedding will be restricted to eight hours in urban areas and 12 hours in the rural areas of Pakistan, Wapda Minister Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar announced.

Hitachi expects its nuclear power business to more than within a decade due to growing overseas demand and post-disaster work at Fukushima atomic plant.

Hydropower generation in Sri Lanka has dropped to 14.8 percent 323 Gwh due to receding water levels of hydropower reservoirs.

The A Luoi Hydropower Plant officially generated electricity after 5 years of construction.

Bangladesh will install more fuel oil-run power plants nothwithstanding rising oil prices.

China, the world's biggest energy consumer, could begin drilling for oil in Abu Dhabi as early as next year.

Prophecy now controls one of the largest coal basins in all of Mongolia with the addition of the Tugalgatai licenses.

The world’s former and current leaders in wind power decide to cooperate more to advance renewable energy.

Nepal has approved the template for hydropower projects above 500MW.

An additional 13,000 MW electricity would be added to the national grid from 2012 to 2016, according to State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources M Enamul Haque.