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NRA to advise wider nuclear safety zones

Nuclear regulatory authorities on Wednesday released their first projections for the spread of radiation from nuclear reactors in the event

P80-B Energy Projects Seek Incentives

Three ancillary energy projects including fuel storage facilities worth P80 billion have applied for registration with the Board of

Java to host waste-fired power plant

Waste power awaits Java and Bali. This will be made possible by PT Pertamina, which plans to erect a 120 megawatt waste-fired power plant at the Bantargebang garbage dump in Bekasi, West Java.

JinkoSolar wins PV bid for China Three Gorges

JinkoSolar Holding Company, Ltd, a Chinese solar power product manufacturer, has won a bid from China Three Gorges New Energy Corporation to supply 50 megawatt solar modules for a PV power plant in Gansu, China.

Sky Solar to build 50MW PV station in Qinghai

Sky Solar Holdings will build a 50MW large-scale PV power station project in Gonghe County, Qinghai, China.

India's Jharkhand to get 2 Ultra Mega Power Plants

Power Finance Corporation has submitted a project feasibility report and other requisite documents for setting up of the second Ultra Mega Power Plant in Jharkhand.

Chinese expanding overseas energy projects portfolio

Chinese energy companies have secured foreign energy projects with a combined value of US$1.4 billion.

Solar energy pulls down South Australia's power prices

South Australia's pricing regulator is recommending an 8.1% cut to power bills.

Japan taps Areva's nuclear safety devices

Areva will equip a Pressurized Water Reactor fleet in Japan with 100 of its passive autocatalytic recombiner (PARs) safety devices.

India's Tamil Nadu targets 3,000MW solar power by 2015

Tamil Nadu's newly launched Solar Energy Policy 2012 mandates it to generate 3,000MW of solar power by 2015.

Indonesia’s PLN to bid for Singapore electricity project

PT PLN, Indonesia’s government monopoly that controls power distribution, will bid for a US$145.5 million Singapore power project.

Breach in hydropower plant dam in Quang Tri Province

According to Le Van Quyen, chairman of the People’s Committee in Dakrong District in the central province of

An Alternative Power Development Plan for Thailand

Thailand’s Power Development Plan (PDP) is the master investment plan for the country’s power system development prepared by the state-owned Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT). The official PDP 2010 reflects a planning process in crisis by selecting excessive amounts of controversial, expensive, risky, and polluting power plants over cheaper, cleaner, and safer alternatives, the PDP is at odds with both Thai energy policy as well as the interests of the vast majority of Thai people.

India to collaborate with the Swiss in renewable energy sector

India and Switzerland have agreed to explore avenues to increase cooperation in the field of renewable energy