In Focus

Two reactors of the Madras Atomic Power Station are scheduled to be restared by end of August.

Thai villagers are blocking the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand from buying electricity to be generated by a hydropower dam being built in Laos.

Canada estimates that foreign investments in its booming energy sector could hit US$500 billion over the next decade.

The 260-MW Xekaman 3 hydropower plant in Laos will start operations in September and annually provide around 980 million kWh to Vietnam's power grid in Danang City.

China’s energy use per unit of GDP dipped only 2% last year compared to its goal of reducing its energy use by 16% by 2015.

Chinese investors expect to close one of the biggest investments by China in the U.S. power sector in September.

India's second biggest private oil refiner reported a US$252 million net loss in the June quarter from a US$84.3 million net profit year-on-year.

China's on-grid wind power capacity reached over 50 gigawatts helping its entire wind power sector to witness substantial growth.

The financing agreement for Bangladesh's Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant has been finalized with Russia.

This accounts for 71% of China's outbound direct investments from 2005 to 1H12.

A 730 mw power project in Tripura is expected to help reduce the power crisis issues in India's north-eastern states.

CNOOC, Ltd will invest US$1.56 billion in a wide search for coalbed methane in China.

Vietnam will utilize the latest technological to meet the highest possible safety standards for its first nuclear power plant.

French power generation company Alstom will invest up to US$123 million in hydro power projects in China.

The Japanese government's option of reducing atomic energy to 15 percent by 2030 is winning public favor.

The biggest blackout in Indian history has turned into the biggest blackout in world history.