Regulation

China Huadian and GE to form power projects JV in China

China Huadian have formed a joint venture company with Generala Electric to develop distributed energy combined heat and power projects in China.

China Huadian and GE to form power projects JV in China

China Huadian have formed a joint venture company with Generala Electric to develop distributed energy combined heat and power projects in China.

Japan’s lower house gives green light on renewable energy bill

The question is, can the country live without nuclear power?

India wants private sector to provide 1/3 power capacity

India's private sector is expected to contribute nearly 36 percent of power sector capacity expansion in the 11th Five Year Plan, which ends 2012. It...

Kyushu Electric shuts down 600MW unit at Japan power plant

The unit's steam turbine was automatically shut down while generating 400MW of power.

REC tops power project borrowers in India

India has approved fund raising worth Rs 60,950 crore by companies through external commercial borrowing or foreign currency convertible bonds for...

Bangla govt seeks loans for power plants

The government of Bangladesh is looking for loans to fund power projects of a total capacity of 14,773 megawatts by 2015 due to dwindling foreign aid...

BHEL to achieve 20,000 MW manufacturing capacity per annum

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited is on track to augment its manufacturing capacity to 20,000 MW per annum by March 2012 with its augmentattion...

Chubu Electric may get 100 B yen loan from JBIC

JBIC may extend a 100 billion yen to Chubu Electric Power Co. to help it procure fuel for thermal power generation.

Mongolia's selling price of coal to China too low: experts

Experts are complaining that Mongolia was selling the coal too cheaply to China during the Tavantolgoi forum held at the Civil Hall at the...

47 TPPs with more than 100 MU in generation losses during July'11

The website caries here, an account of 47 thermal power plants (TPPs) that have exhibited more than 100 million units (MU) worth of shortfall vis-a...

India surpasses July generation target by 3%

India surpassed its energy generation target for July by 3,065 million units, generating 74,104 million MU during the month. The country also...

Electricity cable theft affects water supply in 16 Pakistani towns

Karachi's water supply was reduced to half when pumping of water from the Dhabeji pumping station came to a halt due to a major power breakdown.

Sakaide power plant's 269MW unit shut due to steam leak

Shikoku Electric Power Co shut the gas-fired 296-megawatt No.1 unit at Sakaide plant due to worries over a steam leak from a boiler tube.

Bangladesh gets funding for critical power projects

The ADB is extending a $300 million loan to Bangladesh to fund five aging generation units at Ashuganj power station with a new energy-efficient...

Vietnam saves 667.38 million kWh in first half

The energy saving results of Vietnam's power corporations in the first six months of 2011 reached 667.38 million kWh, 1.3% of commercial electricity...

S. Korea's industrial power sales grow in July

Growing exports by the South Korea's chemical, machinery and steel sectors increased its industrial electricity sales  steadily last month.

Japan, 5 Mekong nations cooperate on cross-border energy security

Japan and five Mekong River countries will focus on cross-border energy security cooperation in light of power shortages in some parts of the...