Staff Reporter

Despite the adoption of a new electricity law in 2009 liberating the Indonesian electricity market, most electricity generated in Indonesia is sold to PLN, the state-owned utility, under 25 or 30-year power purchase agreements (PPAs).

Every government is worried with the current cost of Renewable Energies since they are – in some cases – more expensive than conventional sources, but everyone also knows that electricity cost is increasing every year and the expectations is that it will double in the next decade.

In the Asian and global power industry, maintaining the efficiency of a compressed air system is a constant battle, with leaks being a considerable source of the problem.

China will reel from punitive U.S. tariffs of up to 26% on its leading wind tower manufacturers.

China refuses to give up its world lead in many renewable energy technologies to maintain long-term economic growth.

NTPC has placed a Rs 1,143 crore order with BHEL for supply and installation of the main plant package at a 500MW thermal power unit in Madhya Pradesh.

Bangladesh's cabinet committee on purchase has awarded the Bibiyana-3 gas-fired power plant project to consortium of Marubeni Corporation and Hyundai Engineering.

Bangladesh hopes to construct a 335MW gas-based power plant that could be 50 percent more energy efficient than conventional ones.

South Korea's POSCO and GE will jointly participate in the coming biddings to build new power plants or renovation projects in Korea and abroad.

The head of a body of governors and mayors in western Japan indicated that they will approve the restart of Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture.

Mergers and acquisitions will be a key driver for growth and survival in renewable energy.

Japan pays the price for taking all its nuclear reactors offline.

The Northern Power Corporation will connect more than 30,000 ethnic households in northern mountainous Son La province to the national electricity grid.

Alstom and Vietnam Electricity will jointly establish a state-of-the-art gas turbine reconditioning workshop in the twon of Phu My in Ba Ria-Vung Tau province.

Tata Power wants to undertake co-development of large hydel projects in Bhutan and sell power to India for domestic electricity market.

India's electricity generation forApril shows an impressive generation of 74,725.25 MU, which is 104.02% based on its programme targets of 71,838 MU.