Staff Reporter

Energy use in 2011 is at its fastest pace in China since 2007. 

More larger capacity turbines are being utilized in China to reduce costs.

Japan's steel makers, feeling the effects of a strong yen, urged the early restart of nuclear power plants.

PT PLN (Persero), the state-owned power company, will bid out three mine mouth steam power plants with a total installed capacity of 2,600 megawatts (MW) worth Rp 26 trillion (US$ 2.88 billion) to private developers in June 2012. The three power plants are Sumsel 9 (2x600 MW), Sumsel 10 (1x600 MW), and Jambi (2x400 MW).  

 State-owned Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Company or Goldwind has gone to Chile.

The world’s biggest coal miner faces the ironic situation of having to import coal because consumption is running out of control.

Indonesia's power plants will need 54 million tons this year.

Kansai Electric suspended the No. 3 reactor of its Takahama nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture for a scheduled checkup.

Toshiba JSW Turbine and Generator will supply equipment for the Kudgi Super Thermal Power Project, Stage-I, in Karnataka, India.

AES Corp  is looking to sell all or some of its assetsin China, according to three sources familiar with the process.

Trina Solar, a Chinese solar panel maker, has received bank funding to allow it to continue development of a technology it claims outperforms traditional solar panels.

A petition was made to redesign all running, under construction and proposed tunnel-based hydropower projects in India.

An Australian firm will build a $400 million plasma converted gas plant to produce electricity in Ho Chi Minh City.

The average cost of Chinese Tier-2 crystalline PV modules dropped to US$0.96 per watt in January.