Staff Reporter

An agreement has been adopted on cooperating, developing and using nuclear energy for peaceful purposes between Japan and several countries.

 

An power cut in Ulsan has hit the refining and petrochemical plants of South Korea's largest crude refiner, SK Energy.

NTPC has warned BSES Rajdhani and BSES Yamuna over their outstanding dues warning that power supply would be stopped soon if the Rs 195 crore were not cleared.

The 4,000 MW ultra mega power projects in India are not getting delayed due to allocation of coal blocks, said Minister of State for Power K C Venugopal informed Parliament.

ADB is providing a long-term loan of up to $48 million to finance the 40 megawatt solar power project located in Jaisalmer district in the western state of Rajasthan.

Vietnam's Ninh Thuan Province is treating its two nuclear power projects as a catalyst to attract more investments.

A team from Bangladesh is visiting China to fix the schedule for an MoU signing to set up a coal-fired plant in Chittagong.

China is doubling the surcharge for solar and other renewables from CNY0.004 to CNY0.008 per kWh.

The US International Trade Commission approved the investigation  against unfair trading practices by Chinese c-Si cell and module manufacturers.

ADB has approved a US$309.89 million loan for the construction of 750MW O Mon Power Plant 4 in Can Tho Province, Vietnam.

Hokuriku Electric Power shut the 700 megawatt coal-fired No.2 unit at its Tsuruga plant in northwestern Japan for repair work and inspection.

India's Power Minsiter Sushil Kumar Shinde called for `all-out` efforts to remove the obstacles that hinder progress of hydroelectric project.

The projects for Batch-II of the first phase of the National Solar Mission has been closed with various solar power developers bidding for projects in the 350MW capacity.

Tepco claims critical units of its Fukushima nuclear plant withstood shaking from the March 11 earthquake.

South Korea's electricity price for industrial and educational sectors and office buildings will be raised by an average 4.5 percent.