Staff Reporter

A national consultation workshop on the environmental and social impact assessments of the Nam Ou 2 dam in Luang Prabang province was held in Vientiane last week.

This is part of the country's road map to grab 10% share of the world's clean energy market by 2020.

Pakistan has asked South Korea to provide support for its energy needs during their recent talks on cooperation, the finance ministry said Wednesday.

KEPCO's third-quarter earnings dropped 71 percent from a year earlier largely due to increased fuel costs and a weak local currency. Net profit reached 266 billion won or US$234 million for Korea Electric Power Corp.  in the July-September period, compared with a profit of 902 billion won a year earlier, the company said in a regulatory filing. For the source of this story, click here.

This year’s event held from October 31-November 4 was the best-attended SIEW gathering to date.

The company’s profit after tax also jumped by 17.52% to Rs 52.39 crore.

Goldwind partners with Powercor Australia to connect 13 Goldwind 1.5 MW turbines to the Australian grid.

Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd and the Universiti Sains Malaysia signed an MoU aimed at increasing energy efficiency via lower cost methods.

Asia has now become the global center for new trends in emission trading but it must be vigilant not to commit same mistakes as the West.

Thai Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding expects higher 2011 net profit than last year due to more power plants.

Thailand's Electricity Generating Pcl or EGCO has submitted a bid for a stake in GS Power, a subsidiary of South Korea's GS Caltex, as part of an expansion drive.

Thailand's Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding will build power plants in Myanmar.

Areva T&  has bagged a Rs 200 crore contract from state-owned PowerGrid Corp for setting up a transmission network at Bareilly, in Uttar Pradesh.

Voith Hydro will supply turbines, generators and electrical and mechanical auxiliaries for Sikkim’s Rongnichu  Hydro-Electric Project.

Power Grid Corporation is exploring the possibility of setting up a ’smart grid’ on pilot basis to reduce transmission and distribution loss.

Electricity of Viet Nam is seeking loans from international finance organisations and domestic commercial banks to fund power transmission projects.