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What you must know about nearly-zero energy buildings (nNZEBs) in Asia-Pac

Lux Research recently published a report, “Getting to Nearly-Zero Energy Buildings- Ambitious Targets, Modest Progress,” examining the drivers behind the new construction market for nearly-zero and net-zero energy buildings and projecting the market size over the next five years for building envelope materials in such buildings.

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What you must know about nearly-zero energy buildings (nNZEBs) in Asia-Pac

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Why Indian building and technology need to be aware about electric grid

India has and continues to face significant challenges in reliable supply of electricity. This was manifest in the country’s worst blackout due to the failure of power grids, affecting states where 50% of India’s 1.2 billion people live.

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What Chinese universities research on next-generation grid storage tech means for Asia

One of the most interesting and telling trends discussed on the report, “Finding the Perfect Partner in the Global Grid Storage Market” is the clear focus on start-up financing and support in the American markets, contrasted with the heavy activity in fundamental university research in the Asian markets.

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How Asian power facilities can ride on the energy revolution

Revolution is U.S. television series that takes place in a post- apocalyptic dystopian future. A new technology is developed by the U.S. Department of Defense to disarm opponents in the battlefield. The technology is capable of nullifying electricity systems and self-multiplying.

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Here is the real energy challenge for Japan's Abenomics

In March 2013 Japan's prime-minister, Abe, completed his 3 months in office. His overall approval rating remain high, a sign that the Japanese are happy so far. But are they really?

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What hydropower ranking can do for generation expansion

Mobilization of financing for power sector infrastructure development must be founded on a sound basis of technical, environmental, social, economic and financial principles. In Asia, when considering hydropower development as a key element of the generation expansion, it is extremely important to perform a comprehensive ranking of available projects to select those that can be developed according to industry best practices.

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Exploring the perfect market for energy and energy transition in Asia (Part 3)

A free market where the present lowest cost fuel solution wins. per se and per definition.

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Quick guide to putting up a solar power plant in India

Post 2010, a demand slump following the abolition of feed-in-tariff policies in Italy & Germany caused a supply glut in global markets leading to a fire-sale of solar modules. This, indeed, was the underlying cause for the succession of anti-dumping cases in the US & EU (and now India). Causing a 30-40% drop in solar PV system prices (an all-time low), this, perhaps, accelerated deployment, if anything, in India. The solar market boom had begun.

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How Chinese solar practices are actually good for the industry

What is it about the Chinese solar industry that scares us so much? Is it truly a fear that distorted market prices will lead to large-scale bankruptcies in the West?

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India’s power sector reeling under fuel resource crunch

Energy is pivotal to the growth of a country’s economy. India’s robust and sustained growth has resulted in strong demand for clean and economical energy resources.

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How to get the 'right mix' of power generation in Asia

Demand for electricity today is growing faster than production.

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Check out how offshore wind in Taiwan has developed

Taiwan is an island that highly relies on import energy to sustain the power supply of the country.

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Will amendments to bid norms jeopardazie private sector power investment in India

India is the fourth largest electricity network in the world with a gross generation capacity of 211 GW. The country which is growing at an average GDP growth rate of 6% plans to add 88,000 MW by the end of the current five-year plan (2012-2017).

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UAE’s diversified approach to tackle challenge of power demand

The UAE continues to enjoy double digit real annual GDP growth rates, nearly of 10 percent, but facing a challenging task to quench the thirst of power demand.

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Exploring the perfect market for energy and energy transition in Asia (Part 2)

Doing nothing is not an option.

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Funding for India’s waste-to-energy sector

Obtaining a Power Purchase Agreement (“PPA”) with a highly rated, financially strong electric utility is one of the key success factors for the financing of a growing pipeline of waste-to-energy (“WTE”) plants across India.

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When solar capacity and demand meet in 2015

Oversupply increased in 2012 as global production capacity rose 10 GW while demand rose less than 3 GW as Chinese manufacturers, such as Yingli, which added 600 MW, and Trina, which added 500 MW of capacity in 2012, continue to increase capacity.

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