Staff Reporter

Asian countries have been investing huge funds to achieve a stronger future grid.

The US has rejected a claim that it had agreed to provide nuclear technology assistance to Sri Lanka.

Oil & Natural Gas Corporation plans to invest in nuclear plants in India and has started mining for uranium to counter declining crude production.

More than 2,100 people in Laos will be forcibly resettled due to the construction of  Mekong dam.

A natural gas-fired thermal plant will be built in Tokyo by the city government.

Construction at the proposed Xayaburi Dam's access road and work camp wnet ahead despite an agreement by the four lower Mekong countries to defer a decision on the project.

 PT Dian Swastatika Sentosa and PT Golden Energy Mines will jointly build a US$400 million coal-fired power plant in South Sumatra.

A total of 636 hydro projects having capacity of less than 25 MW each are expected to be by India commissioned during the XIIth plan.

Khaperkheda Unit-5 has been shut down after the State Pollution Control Board has issued a show-cause notice.

The governments of Bhutan and India have agreed to develop at least 10,000 MW of hydropower in Bhutan by 2020.

NHPC is now trying to garner all statutory clearances for Teesta stage-IV hydroelectric project to receive approval from the Public Investment Board.

The Tamil Nadu government will energise street lights and houses with power from the sun and set up a 50 MW solar park in public-private-partnership mode.

India suffered a 6.6 percent deficit in power supply during the first quarter of the current fiscal, according to Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde.

Trina Solar has secured a 30MW module supply agreement with Huanghe Hydropower Development Co.

Mahindra EPC Services will use SunPower solar panels and T0 Tracker technology for multiple grid-connected solar power plants in Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat regions, planned for this year.

The state of Victoria’s premium feed-in tariff will be phased out through an interim programme, which will commence once Victoria meets its current capacity cap of 100MW.