Staff Reporter

The Puducherry government owned Power Corporation in Karaikal has drawn up plans to augment gas based power generation from present 32 mw to 400 mw in a phased manner.

The Export-Import Bank of the United States has okayed two loans, totalling US$57.3 million, which will see the exportation of US-made solar panels and ancillary services to Solar Field Energy Two and Mahindra Surya Prakash in India.

A coalition today revealed that the government has secretly pushed for its nuclear power plants project and has preliminarily identified the potential sites for them, despite objections from the ground.

A partnership among Indonesian and Chinese solar developers intends to build a US$600 million solar power plant in eastern Indonesia.

Shanghai Aerospace Automobile Electromechanical and Basel Investindo, have announced plans to build a 200 megawatt solar power plant.

The Government of Vietnam has allowed the Electricity of Vietnam Group to gradually raise the electricity price.

TNB Kuala Lumpur had also recorded a loss of more than RM14 million due to power theft from September 2011 to March this year.

There is an increasing demand for Pakistan to lift its constitutional restriction on power generation of the private sector.

A tiny Japanese village becomes the poster child for Japan’s bid to divorce itself from nuclear energy.

Pakistan assures China it will facilitate and support more Chinese investments in its solar energy sector.

India aims to add 88,000 megawatts (MW) of power generation capacity in the next five years, power minister Sushilkumar Shinde told a conference of state power ministers in the capital on Tuesday.

India aims to increase power generation capacity to 288,000MW from 200,000MW in the next five years.

The Islamic Development Bank will provide two loans worth $380 million loan to Bangladesh for two power projects.

Russia will provide $3.4 billion to finance up to 85% of works, supplies and services for Units 3 and 4 of Kundankulam Nuclear Power Project.

Japan will restart its second nuclear reactor despite new concerns about the unit's proximity to a faultline.

ADB believes that maximizing Nepal's hydropower potential lies in private sector participation.