Staff Reporter

China has ruled out any plan to divert the Brahmaputra river's waters to tackle water shortages.

Tohoku Electric is in talks with utilities from other regions to receive surplus power, in a bid to meet peak-hour demand and avoid rolling blackouts this winter.

The reactor is located 110 km northeast of Tokyo.

Indian developers of 4 GW plus power plants are delaying works until they are freed from loss-making sales contracts. The move could slow the country's rapid coal import growth for 6-12 months, power firm and coal supply.

Areva is reviewing its investments after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in March impacted decisions on nuclear investments worldwide.

Bangladesh  proposed a joint investment fund to promote green energy initiative within the member countries of the D-8.

Bangladesh will pursue full financial support from Russia, besides technical and technological assistance, to set up two nuclear power plants.

The government of Bangladesh has decided to go for construction of coal-based power plants from 2014 to phase out costly rental power projects.

Malaysia plans to call for bids by as early as the first quarter of next year for gas-fired power plants in Peninsular Malaysia.

Construction began for a major solar power plant in northwest Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region as part of China's efforts to accelerate the development of renewable energy.

The installations will range in size from one megawatt (MW) to 50MW, with a final total capacity of approximately 520MW.

Czech companies have expressed interest to participate in the fast-growing Indian power sector.

Sri Lanka-based Senok Group ordered 10 units of Suzlon’s S88 2.1 Mw wind turbine generators, aggregating 21 Mw of wind power capacity.

NTPC lamented that coal shortage is hurting the performance of several of its plants, including Dadri and Vindhyachal, resulting in lesser electricity generation.

CLP Power Hong Kong Limited announced the launch of a brand new user friendly online energy assessment tool, Eco optimizer, which will help 20 lakh residential consumers use energy more efficiently.

India may change bidding rules for new 4,000 Mw power projects to allow companies to adjust tariffs in case a change in regulations makes fuel imports costlier.