Staff Reporter

Despite a spate of protests that halted its construction, the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant has received the green light to continue.

Vietnam's plans to raise the number of thermal power plants will require 14.4  to 15.2 million tons of coal for electricity production in 2012.

Obama is expected to back U.S. solar panel producers on against lower-priced imports from China.

The Power Development Board has proposed an increase in electricity price by Tk 0.41 per unit or 11 percent for bulk users.

Australia's largest privately-owned rooftop photovoltaic solar system will be constructed and installed at NEXTDC's data centre in Port Melbourne.

Eight in 10 Japanese want to first phase out and then eliminate nuclear power altogether as a major source of energy.

Co-located events, POWER-GEN India & Central Asia, Renewable Energy World India & HydroVision India 2012 will bring together more than 300 international speakers.

Vietnam is brushing aside concerns crippling power shortages could hits its economy this summer.

New South Wales will merge three state-owned electricity distribution companies in July cutting its combined workforce of 1,300 by 780.

A local thermal plant in Aichi will host an incinerator and waste disposal site for debris from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

Local fishermen aare opposing the government-sponsored project to build a huge, floating wind-power installation in waters off Fukushima Prefecture.

The general consensus was to expedite the development of Nepal's hydropower sector after the 2-day hydropower summit in Kathmandu.

India's transmission sector achieved  much more than the targeted stringing of transmission lines for the month of February.

India's Ministry of Power has refuted the audit's allegations that its Hydro Wing overlooked the non-adherence of the national hydro policy by Arunachal Pradesh.

Siemens Energy will supply €150 million worth of turbines for the proposed 242MW Diamantina combined cycle power plant in Mount Isa in Queensland, Australia.

Siemens wil supply solar receivers for a 50MW solar power project in Rajasthan, India.