Staff Reporter

The governor of Fukushima called on the central government and TEPCO to decommission all nuclear reactors in the Japanese prefecture.

China will  raise its power tariffs by over 5 percent, the second increase this year.

JSW Energy has moved higher by 8% to Rs 44.25 on reports of a go-ahead from the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission to sell power to its group company.

Kansai Electric wants to restart the 450 megawatt No.2 oil-fired unit at its Kainan plant in western Japan by next summer.

Leaders of China's solar power industry rejected a U.S. trade complaint that they receive unfair government support. The chairmen of four of China's biggest solar companies, including Suntech Power Holdings Co. and Yingli Green Energy Holding Co., said at a news conference that their success comes from more advanced technology and skillful management. "If you ask whether the solar industry in China has received special treatment or special support, the answer is no," said Suntech's Shi Zhengrong, one of the solar power industry's most successful entrepreneurs. The U.S. Commerce Department launched an investigation this month into complaints that Chinese companies were exporting solar panels and equipment to the United States at less than fair value. A final ruling is due in July. If the complaint is upheld, the U.S. government could impose punitive tariffs. The case has attracted unusual attention for a trade complaint following the bankruptcy of solar-panel maker Solyndra LLC, after the California-based company received a $528 million U.S. government loan. Last week, China's Commerce Ministry announced its own trade probe into whether U.S. government support for producers of wind, solar and other renewable energy technology is an improper trade barrier. If Washington imposes sanctions, one result will be a loss of American jobs because U.S. companies are both buyers of Chinese products and suppliers of materials, the companies said in a statement. They said Chinese manufacturers spend some $2 billion a year to buy materials such as polysilicon from U.S. suppliers. "Any trade restrictive measures that may be imposed will unavoidably cause serious impairment to the sustainable development of the green energy industries as well as consumers' interests both in China and the United States," said the statement. The executives sharply criticized the lead company in the Commerce Department complaint, SolarWorld Industries America Inc., a unit of Germany's SolarWorld AG. They said it receives U.S. and European subsidies while complaining about Chinese support. "We applaud the support of the European Union and the U.S. government toward renewable energy. But we are very sorry that SolarWorld has applied such a double standard when they talk about subsidies," said Canadian Solar's Qu.

Macau's electricity consumption reached 1.198 billion kWh in the third quarter of 2011, according to the city's Statistics and Census Service.

Suzlon Energy has won a contract worth Rs4.7bn or $90 million from Coromandel Wind Energy Company.

C&G Environmental Protection Holdings will get a group credit facility of RMB2.284b for its capital expenditure requirements.

And you'll never guess how much loan ADB approved for the project.

Kansai Electric will build two solar power plants with a total capacity of 1 MW in Fukui prefecture in western Japan  by March 2015.

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government and farmers have accumulated over Rs400 million arrears in power tariffs.

BHEL is trying to commission the steam turbine of the Pragati Bawana Combined Cycle Gas Turbine unit-ST-1 a month in advance.

The country's largest hydel project seems to have run into trouble owing to poor financial condition of its contractor.

China has launched an investigation into US subsidies for renewable energy companies.

Wijaya Karya is expecting its investment in four power-plant projects to bring revenues worth Rp 470 billion or $51.7 million next year.

BHEL has now dispatched the generator shaft for unit-IV of Koteshwar hydro electric project after more than a month completiing uts repair.