Staff Reporter

 Electricity price in Vietnam will be increased if coal price for electricity becomes equal to the market price in 2012.

Indonesians will pay more for electricity beginning April to help plug the country’s widening budget deficit.

Indonesia's PLN projects the number of households enjoying electricity in the country to reach 90 percent by late 2014.

China’s insatiable appetite for electricity plus a lack of coal are setting the stage for crippling power outages this year.

NHPC will ask its defaulting clients to buy electricity through the power exchange to avoid a pile of defaulted payments.

Australia has reopened a solar funding bid to AGL Energy, TRUenergy and Suntech Power for the Moree solar farm in NSW.

Japan's trade minister corrected reports that two reactors will be restarted around April, saying they have not set deadlines to resume operations.

India invested US$10.3 billion in green technologies, up 53% year-on-year and ahead of any advanced or emerging economy in the world.

India stands to gain immensely should it pursue a more aggressive path towards renewable energy.

Kyushu Electric ssaid it would nearly triple the volumes of oil and liquefied natural gas it plans to buy in the peak winter December-March period.

Japanese ministers have asked Tepco to justify a decision to raise the corporate electricity rate.

Tenaga Nasional Bhd is targeting to develop a 1,400-megawatt coal-based power plant in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh worth US$2.5 billion.

GVK Power is evaluating its option of acquiring two thermal power plants under construction in India by developers facing financial constraints.

A leading photovoltaic firm acknowledges China is now at the center of the industry.

The Ministry of Environment and Forests has accorded environmental clearance for pre-construction activities to the proposed 300 MW Gyspa hydroelectric power project.

Most Japanese towns were undecided about restarting their nuclear reactors even if they pass  the stress test, a newspaper survey suggested.