Staff Reporter

Vietnam has nothing to fear about the safety of the Russian-made nuclear reactors to be used in its first nuclear power plant.

Laos will have four hydropower development projects in two northern provinces.

Jhabua Power Limited has invited bids for the Boiler-Turbine-Generator package for its 1x660 MW coal based JPL Seoni Project in Madhya Pradesh.

Toshiba is now ready to produce steam turbines and generatorsin India for super-critical thermal power plants in generating capacities ranging from 500MW to 1,000MW.

Reliance Power reported 42 percent net profit growth for the quarter ended December 31, 2011 at Rs 204 crore from  Rs 144 crore a year ago.

India's largest private power producer saw its profits plummet by 40% mainly as a result of surging coal prices.

China has a new and much needed source of the uranium to fuel its hungry nuclear power plants.

Jhabua Power Limited has invited bids for the Boiler-Turbine-Generator package for its 1x660 MW coal based Project in Madhya Pradesh.

The Japan Atomic Energy Commission recommended background checks be conducted by energy companies on employees working with nuclear materials.

Tepco injected more water into the No. 2 reactor at its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant as its temperature rose again.

The ADB and the Government of Vietnam signed the first tranche of a $730 million investment program to upgrade the country’s power transmission network.

The No. 6 gas turbine unit of Tohoku Electric's 34-megawatt Niigata power plant resumed operations a day after it was shut.

SJVN's misinterpretetion of a contract clause would likely further delay civil works for the 410 MW Rampur hydro electric project.

 The Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan will install vent facilities in all nuclear power plants in Japan.

ABB will work with FG Emvelo to build power plants in Northern Cape province, South Africa.

Vietnam saved about 1.31 billion kWh in 2011, which is equivalent to 1.42 percent of the country's commercial power.