Staff Reporter

JinkoSolar has opened a new office in Queensland, Australia that will serve as a sales and delivery centre, housing approximately 4-5MW of modules for the region.

A levelised tariff of Rs 3.057 per unit for 450 MW power to be procured by the the state electricity board from Essar Power Jharkhand Limited.

Japan's sales of solar cells in Japan rose by 30.7% due to less fundctioning nuclear stations and government subsidies for solar products.

Bakrie Power revealed oans to build a 200MW power plant in East Kalimantan, Indonesia at US$340 million.

Canada and China agreed to boost bilateral investment and promote energy exports to China.

With practically all its nuclear reactors offline, Japan faces a serious power crisis this summer.

Kokusai Kogyo and Orix Corp will each build a 2MW solar power plant in western Japan.

A scare over temperatures rising near danger level in a reactor at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant could be a false alarm.

Nearly $9 billion in additional support has been approved for Tepco by the Japan's trade ministrey to help compensate victims of the Fukushima nuclear crisis.

ADB feels that it `should increase its financial investment for clean energy projects` in India.

Vietnam has nothing to fear about the safety of the Russian-made nuclear reactors to be used in its first nuclear power plant.

Laos will have four hydropower development projects in two northern provinces.

Jhabua Power Limited has invited bids for the Boiler-Turbine-Generator package for its 1x660 MW coal based JPL Seoni Project in Madhya Pradesh.

Toshiba is now ready to produce steam turbines and generatorsin India for super-critical thermal power plants in generating capacities ranging from 500MW to 1,000MW.

Reliance Power reported 42 percent net profit growth for the quarter ended December 31, 2011 at Rs 204 crore from  Rs 144 crore a year ago.

India's largest private power producer saw its profits plummet by 40% mainly as a result of surging coal prices.