Staff Reporter

Residents of Haimen, furious with plans to build a coal-fired power plant, took to the streets, surrounded a government building and blocked an expressway.

Tepco announced it will raise corporate customers' electricity rates in April due to hefty fuel costs.

Projects will have to resort to imported materials and the projected the debt service coverage will probably cost INR4.41/kwh.

The country plans to secure energy installations as the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il raised fears over what would happen next in the reclusive state.

Rajasthan has raised the tariff for wind power plants commissioned during fiscal years 2010-11 and 2011-12.

China has increased its solar power development target for 2015 by 50% to 15 GW.

According to India's Central Electricity Authority, a total of 5,40,469 villages have been electrified as part of the ongoing rural electrification programme in the country.

Electricity consumption by increased by 5.2 percent in NOvember compared to the sawe period last year.

West China's Gansu Province is regulating small-scale hydropower projects to protect fresh water resources.

India's transmission sector has shown a credible performance, achieving much more than the targeted stringing of transmission lines, for the month of November, this year.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said India would enhance ties in a host of areas such as energy with Russia.

Assam government power minister Pradyut Bordoloi projected the state as a safe and secure destination for investment in the power sector.

Medco Power sold a 51 percent stake to Saratoga Capital to help fund its plan to quadruple its power generating ability in the next four years.