Environment

ADB funds Indian renewable energy transmission system

Will provide US$500 million for this project.

ADB funds Indian renewable energy transmission system

Will provide US$500 million for this project.

China needs effective solutions for energy hunger

Uses up one fifth of global coal consumption.

India’s coal minister says India should use more coal

Coal to supply over half of India’s energy needs.

ASEAN could derive 70% of its energy from green sources

Greenpeace report says this could occur by 2050. Greenpeace believes that by 2050, green energy could account for 70% of the electricity generation...

Power-Gen Asia opens October 2 in Bangkok

Will focus on power generation and alternative energy. Power-Gen Asia and Renewable Energy World Asia will open at the Impact Exhibition and...

India to double solar power capacity

Will build a 4 GW solar farm to attain this aim. State-run companies including Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd., Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd...

Japan attains solar power milestone

Becomes one of only five countries with 10 GW solar capacity.

India approves rules for shale gas exploration

New policy covers shale gas and oil exploration. The U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates show that India could have as much as 96...

India to build 16 pressurized heavy water reactors

Plans to derive 63,000 MWe from nuclear power by 2032. The Department of Atomic Energy said the average annual availability of Indian nuclear power...

Japan’s dependence on renewable energy rising

Japan’s “zero nuclear power” state accelerating development of renewable energy. As a result, the total amount of grid-connected installations may...

What you don't know about the Ring of Fire

Bandung 1955, the Non-Aligned Movement, Sukarno, Nehru, Tito, Nasser, etc. – like leaves from a sepia photo album faded as time moved on.  Yet in the...