Staff Reporter

GAIL India Limited is looking to hire a clean development mechanism consultant for its 5 MW solarphotovoltaic power plant in Rajasthan.

Suzlon has signed an expression of interest with the Indian state of Karnataka to develop 2500MW of wind-powered electricity over the next five years.

Alstom and Druk Green will provide repair services for hydro runners and other underwater parts of hydropower plants. A state-of-the-art hydropower service centre will be established by the groups at Jigmeling, Gelephu under Sarpang Dzongkhag district of Bhutan. This strategic partnership will be implemented as a joint venture with a shareholding of 49% for Alstom and 51% for Druk Green. The corresponding agreement was signed in Bhutan by Dasho Chhewang Rinzin, Managing Director, Druk Green and Alain Spohr, Unit Managing Director, Alstom Hydro India.

IAEA inspectors declared South Korea’s aging Gori-1 nuclear reactor as safe after reviewing the facilities for eight days.

On the sidelines of the Power Plant World Asia 2012 held in Singapore, Asian Power spoke with Bentley Systems, a leader in software engineering and software solutions to discuss Asia’s power industry trends and how their customer preferences changed in the last decade.

The Eurozone crisis and a massive drop in prices of solar panels are combining to make China the solar power superpower.

Japan’s Prime Minister tells his countrymen that Japan cannot do without nuclear power.

KEC International has secured an order worth Rs 361 crore or US$65.17 million for a 400 kV double circuit transmission line to be set up in Tamil Nadu.

Uttar Pradesh added 6MU ofelectricty toits grid with the commissioning of a 250 MW unit at the Harduaganj Thermal Power Station.

Meja Urja Nigam Private Limited, a joint venture (JV) between the country's largest power company by

GAIL has expressed support to the move of the Ministry of Power to club KG D-6 gas supplies against

Power may be regulated by National Hydro Power Corporation to three discoms, one each in Assam, Mizoram and Meghalaya.

To augment electricity production, Bangladesh will produce 5,000 megawatts  of electricity from nuclear energy by 2030.

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has stressed the need to reactivate two idled reactors at the Oi Nuclear Power Plant in Fukui Prefecture despite the fact that the investigations into the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant are still under way.