Regulation

Uttarakhand again raises issue of share of power from Tehri HEP, seeks 25% share in power from THDC

The power ministry has notified the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) about issue of share of power from the Tehri hydro electric plant (HEP) in place...

Uttarakhand again raises issue of share of power from Tehri HEP, seeks 25% share in power from THDC

The power ministry has notified the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) about issue of share of power from the Tehri hydro electric plant (HEP) in place...

THDC awaits approval for UPID land transfer for Dhukwa SHP

THDC is awaiting permission from the Government of Uttar Pradesh to use the land owned by the UP Irrigation Department for its Dhukwa small hydro...

Mengdong Energy's polysilicon and solar grade silicon projects gets approved

The government of Inner Mongolia approved the 6000-ton polysilicon and 800MW solar grade silicon sheet projects undertaken by CPI Mengdong Energy...

Unit 2 of Liangcun co-generation plant passes 168-hr test run

Unit 2 of Liangcun Co-generation Plant of CPI Hebei Branch successfully passed 168-hour test running, during which average unit load reached 102.15%...

CA02 module successfully placed in Unit 1 of SDNPC

CA02 module in the NI of SDNPC Unit 1 was successfully put in place.

More Bangladesh land grabs feared due to rising demand for renewable energy

Rising demand for the dominant form of renewable energy worldwide – wood – could drive yet more acquisitions of land in developing countries where...

Mitsubishi, CCTI win Taiwan coal-fired plant project

Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Taiwan's CTCI Corp have jointly won a full turnkey contract for three 800 MW coal-fired power generating...

Price of electricity in Vietnam to be adjusted monthly

Vietnam Electricity plans to adjust its monthly pricing based on fluctuating costs such as US dollar exchange rate, changing fuel prices, and also...

India to allocate 56.08 MMSCMD of gas for power plants

India's ministry of power has sought an allocation of 56.08 MMSCMD of natural gas for power plants to be commissioned during the 11th Five Year Plan...

Bidders for Vishnugad HEP hydro-mechanical works await evaluation

The bids received for the EPC contract of civil and hydro-mechanicalworks associated of the 444 MW Vishnugad Pipalkoti hydro-electric project are...

Karnataka eyes grid connection for 200MW solar power in 5 years

The  Karnataka State Solar Policy 2011-12 to 2015-16 is looking to generate 200 Mw solar power in five years.

India could get up to 7% power requirements from solar, says study

A study published by a global consultation firm KPMG has forecasted that solar power can meet 5-7 per cent of India’s total power requirements by...

India prioritizes development of renewable energy

India's has given top priority to the development of renewable energy sources,  increasing the rate of electricity production from 3.5% in 2010 to 4...

U.S. accuses Korean transformer firms of unfair trade

U.S. producers of liquid dielectric large power transformers has allegedly been hurt by South Korea's allegedly unfair export of large power...

India's Power Ministry opposes procedure on transmission bidding

India's Ministry of Power has rejected the standard bidding procedure suggested by the Planning Commission (PC) for public-private partnership in...

Tohoku Electric to get more power from TEPCO

TEPCO announced plans to increase the power supply to Tohoku Electric Power to more than 3,000MW this month.

Tohoku Electric partners with Toyota, State of Miyagi in solar power business

Tohoku Electric Power will establish a new solar power generation business in a joint venture with Toyota Motar Corp and the state of Miyagi.