Regulation
Taiwan reduces solar power feed-in tariffs
Taiwan reduces solar power feed-in tariffs
Taiwan reduced the feed-in tariffs for solar power for 2011 by approximately 30 per cent from 2010 levels. This is due to the falling cost of solar...
Bihar, Jharkhand, Kerala yet to reorganize electricity boards
The States of Bihar, Jharkhand and Kerala are yet to reorganize their electricity boards into distinct corporations.
India's power ministry ridicules safety concern on Subansiri dam
India's Ministry of Power brushed aside the apprehensions of Arunachal Pradesh government about the dam safety of NHPC's 2,000 MW Subansiri.
JinkoSolar joins credit of Chinese PV manufacturers
Bank of China offered a credit facility to JinkoSolar worth approximately US$7.6 billion over a five-year period.
China to invest $121B in nuclear power stations
China will give the go-ahead to ten nuclear power projects during its 12th Five-Year Plan, ending 2015.
Japanese government contemplates cutting FiT
Japan is considering cutting the rate that utilities pay for surplus solar power by 12.5 per cent in April, according to financial newspaper Nikkei...
GE eyes clean energy deals with Chinese partners
GE plans to sign five agreements with Chinese partners this week, totaling more than $2 billion in revenue.
China’s power consumption up 14.6% in 2010
Power consumption in China totaled 4.19 trillion kilowatt hours in 2010. It represents aan increase of 14.56 percent year-on-year.
Haryana overdraws the most from Indian grid
Haryana overdrew the most among all Indian states, in November 2010. The state drew 825.390 million units from the grid, that is 246.750 MUs more...
Myanmar attracts big investments in hydropower
A third of the total foreign investment in Myanmar went into the hydropower sector during the first seven months of the 2010-2011 fiscal year...
US rejects Pakistan’s funding request for Bhasha dam
The United States rejected Pakistan's request for funding its Bhasha dam.
Cambodian premier asks Chinese firms for transmission lines
Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen appealed to Chinese firms to invest in transmission lines to connect Stung Tatay and other dams to the power grid in...