Staff Reporter

Mitsui & Co. and Mitsubishi Corp. will participate in an Australian LNG project to provide stable supply for Japan's thermal power generation.

Renewable energy continues to grow in Japan—with a lot of help from FIT.

Renewable energy use remains insignificant in Singapore but a more resolute political will could change that.

As many as 24 hydro power projects, having capacity above 25 MW, are pending for want of environmental and forest clearances, Minister of State

"It's ten on last count...everyday they are doing," Zohra Chatterjee, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Coal, told reporters on the sidelines

Out of India's 89 powerplants, 33 were found to have coal stocks barely enough to generate power for 7 days.

Eureka Energy Ltd. (EKA), an Australian energy company with shale assets in Texas, surged as much as 45 percent in Sydney to the highest in

The first phase of the project aimed at producing 4,135 MW in 2010 but only 930 MW were in fact produced.

Tata Power aims to source a fourth of its power from renewable energy sources.

The world’s largest coal mining company turns in a profit despite the slowdown in China’s economy.

Aboitiz Power Corp. will build four new power generation facilities to add 354 megawatt to the Mindanao grid by 2015.

Japan intends to take control of Tokyo Electric Power Co. (9501) in return for bailing out the beleaguered utility, following a model it adopted to rescue the nation’s fifth-biggest bank.

A Rajahastan state government company has scrapped Engineering, Procurement and Construction tenders for upcoming new super critical units.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) said that the power supply will be sufficient for this summer due to high water levels and more power projects to be put into operation. The water levels at Hoa Binh Hydropower plant reached 106 metres, much higher than previous years. The current water levels at Son La Hydropower have risen to 202 metres.

Meralco posted a 5-percent increase in its consolidated core net income to P3.4 billion in the first quarter from P3.3 billion last year.

Meralco announced that said it is engaging various stakeholders on discussions on its proposed Smart Grid roadmap.