Staff Reporter

India could install 40 gigawatts of solar power capacity by 2022, or twice the government target.

A draft proposal by a panel of experts said Japan should overhaul its power sector, dominated by regional monopolies, to promote competition and a stable power supply.

With ventures stranded due to fuel scarcity and other issues, power project developers in India are divesting stakes in their ventures even at lower valuations.

China produced 393.4 billion kilowatt-hours in June, making for the lowest annual growth rate since January.

Renault Samsung Motors will convert the parking lots and rooftops of its Busan factory into the world’s largest solar power plant.

A Japanese expert urged the connection of Japan's grid lines to Korea, Russia, China, Mongolia, ASEAN countries and India.

China-based HC Solar Power formally set up a wholly-owned subsidiary in Japan in anticipation of increased PV installation.

Grace Solar will be building a 902kW ground-mounted PV project in Auckland and expects the installation to be completed by August 5.

Alstom T&D India has successfully commissioned one bay of a 220 kV substation in Gujarat with its patented Optical Instrument Transformer.

With the 132kV Minintod Main Intake Substation (PMU) in full operation since November 9, 2011, the surroundingareas have now enjoyed better and stable electricity supply.

China has completed the installation of the world's largest hydropower-generating unit and has now entered thetrial stage.

Chamera III hydro power plant three 77 MW units has been synchronized and achieved full load.

ADB warned that electric power in Asia and the Pacific is vulnerable to climate change impacts.

The Electricity of Vietnam has informed Deputy Premier Hoang Trung Hai that it needs US$959 million capital for urgent electricity projects.

Taiwan’s Formosa Plastic Group's 1,500 megawatt thermal power plant will be connected to Vietnam's national electricity transmission grid.

First Solar selling its factory in Ho Chi Minh City’s Dong Nam Industrial Park and leaving Vietnam.