Staff Reporter

An Australian firm will build a $400 million plasma converted gas plant to produce electricity in Ho Chi Minh City.

The average cost of Chinese Tier-2 crystalline PV modules dropped to US$0.96 per watt in January.

Vietnam’s unshakable determination to build a series of nuclear power plants has caught the attention of the British.

New environmental impact assessments will be conducted on two proposed hydropower plants in Veitnam.

Indonesian steel producer Krakatau Posco has signed a deal with state utility Perusahaan Listrik Negara to pay a premium in exchange for improved service levels.

Rajahastan has invited bidders for setting up fifty 1 MW solar power plants in the state.

India's power minister assured Bangladesh that consultation will be undertaken with the Ministry of External Affairs before construction of the Tipaimukh hydroelectric project.

The Karachi Electric Supply Company will convert its 1,260 MW Bin Qasim Power Plant into a coal-fired generation plant.

City dwellers in Bangladesh will experience load-shedding in summer due to insufficient electricity to support irrigation pumps across the country.

The Arunachal Pradesh government has favored the accordance of clearance to the 1,750 MW Demwe Lower hydro electric project (HEP), despite serious concerns raised by Dr. Asad Rahmani, a member of the special team constituted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), over the possible impact of the project on biodiversity and area downstream.  8Both team members, namely-- Asad Rahmani, Director of the Bombay Natural History Society and Pratap Singh, Arunachal Pradesh chief conservator of forest (wildlife) have submitted separate contrasting reports on the feasibility of the project after conducting a site inspection study.  8In response to Rahmani's report, the representatives of the state government have clearly stated that the impact of the water level variation due to the Demwe Lower HEP peaking, on the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park (DNP), is hypothetical and alarmist in nature. 8In support of this claim, they have highlighted the fact that the WAPCOS simulation study has not indicated any adverse impact on DNP due to its distance of 100 km from the dam site. Further, the flow at all times remains below the lowest point of the national park and there is no grassland within the adjoining river bank that would be affected.

For the first time in Bangladesh, BPDB is implementing a pilot project of 0.90 MW capacity of the Grid Connected Wind Energy in the Muhuri Dam areas.

Kerala Chief Minister, Oommen Chandy, seeks concessional naphtha to power its 360 MW NTPC's plant at Kayamkulam.

India's existing power companies are opposing gas allocation to mushrooming power capacities.

The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission has exempted small and medium industries from paying power factor correction charge.