Staff Reporter

Indonesia’s production of thermal and coking coal is forecasted to increase by 5.5 percent to 380 million tons in 2012, according to Supriatna Suhala, the executive director of the Indonesian Coal Mining Association.

 Unit-1 of the 2x660 MW super critical coal based plant in the state of Madhya Pradesh has made substantial progress towards achieving its major milestones.

The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission has ended the zero cross subsidy surcharge regime it introduced in 2006 for open access consumers.

Japan's nuclear reactors will be restarted once safety is confirmed and local communities give their approval, according to the country's new trade minister Yukio Edano.

CPI will transport gas, coal and electricity from Xinjiang to east China and develop clean energies in Xinjiang as its central strategy.

The registration of Jinzishan Wind Power Project in Ziyuan, Guangxi, has been approved by UN CDM EB.

The government of  Inner Mongolia approved the 6000-ton polysilicon and 800MW solar grade silicon sheet project undertaken by CPI Mengdong Energy Group.

 Unit 2 of Liangcun Cogeneration Plant of China Power Investment Hebei passed the 168-hour test run with an average unit load of 102.15%.

Yoshio Hachiro stepped down as head of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry after calling the evacuation zone around the Fukushima nuclear plant “towns of death”.

This brings India closer to its target of 15% capacity addition through renewable energy by the year 2020.

First Solar has signed an agreement with Reliance Power (RP) to supply 100MW of solar modules for its project in Rajasthan, India.

Japan's Marubeni has secured an engineering, procurement and construction contract from Perusahaan Listrik Negara to build a geothermal plant in West Java, Indonesia.

Indowind Energy is buying fourteen 2MW turbines from Shanghai Electric Group for its next project.  

Radioactive material released into the sea in the Fukushima nuclear power plant is three times more the amount estimated by plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co , Japanese researchers say.

Tokyo Electric Power Co used a record amount of LNG for power generation last month as the No.1 and No.7 units at its sole online nuclear plant in Kashiwazaki-Kariwa were shut for maintenance. It left only two reactors in operation.   TEPCO used 2.079 million tonnes of LNG in August, exceeding the previous monthly record marked in August 2007.

Japan will end mandatory energy curbs in greater Tokyo and northern areas damaged by the March earthquake and tsunami.