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Kansai Electric has bought liquefied natural gas from Norway for the first time, according to a source of Reuters.

ABB has won an order worth $71 million from Steel Authority of India Limited to supply a substation package for its Bhilai Steel Plant located in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh.

With a string of problems preventing the timely commissioning of the 44 MW Chutak hydro electric project, NHPC has lashed out at BHEL for its laid back attitude and failure to take adequate action regarding critical activities for the project.

 NTPC-SAIL Power Company Limited  has requested the Ministry of Power to place its new power projects nder the central public sector undertaking category in order to fast track the allocation of coal linkage.

The 30-minute load-shedding program is likely to continue in the Indian state of Kerala as a result of fall in power supply from the Central grid. This load shedding applies to all categories of consumers.

Neo Solar Power will showcase its new low-cost, high-efficiency monocrystalline solar cell in an exhibition in Taipei.

Aravali Power Company Pvt Ltd has threatened to cut power supply to the Delhi based distribution companies if the Letter of Credit was not renewed.

Tatith Solar will use the US$19 million direct loan to buy SolarWorld Industries America panels for its 5MW project in Gujarat. The transaction is the sixth Ex-Im Bank-backed PV installation in India in the current fiscal year.

Neyveli Lignite Corporation is expected to conclude tendering activities for its new thermal power project, consisting of 2 units of 500 MW each.

Brahmaputra Valley Energy and Power has sought allotment of Gas NCV 37519.29 Kacl/SCU.M for their proposed 500 MW gas based power plant at Kathalguri, Assam.

Nuvia India is eyeing around 20 million euro, around Rs 120 crore, in revenues from the country over the next two to three years.

The construction of a 2x500 MW capacity coal based plant in Tamil Nadu is likely to see an extension of a minimum of eighteen months.

French power and transport engineering group Alstom won several contracts worth around 240 million euros or $322 million to limit emissions from coal-fired power plants` includiing one from Taiwan.

Former Japanese prime minister Naoto Kan concluded in March that nuclear power was no longer worth the risk after the world's worst nuclear accident in 25 years. His successor seems less convinced. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's month-old government let a panel of experts begin debate on Japan's energy policy on Monday, but Noda has already signaled that nuclear power could play a role for decades. Six months after an earthquake and tsunami crippled the Fukushima plant, which is still leaking radiation, critics say powerful pro-nuclear interests are quietly fighting back. "It's been a real bad year for the 'nuclear village' but I don't think they are down and out," said Jeffrey Kingston, Director of Asian Studies at Temple University's Japan campus, referring to the utilities, lawmakers and regulators who long promoted atomic power as safe, clean and cheap. Public concern about safety leapt after the Fukushima accident, which forced 80,000 people from their homes and sparked fears about food and water supply. Some 70 percent of voters polled in July backed Kan's call to phase out nuclear plants. A series of scandals in which regulators and power companies tried to sway hearings on reactors has also dented public trust. Noda has acknowledged that public safety concerns will make it tough to build new reactors, but on Friday stopped short of saying atomic power would play no role at all by 2050. He said decisions on reactors already under construction would have to be made "case-by-case." The panel is led by the chairman of steel industry giant Nippon Steel Corp, a heavy user of electricity and considered partial to nuclear power, but also includes those opposed to atomic energy. Public safety fears remain high. Tens of thousands rallied in Tokyo last month urging an end to nuclear power, a hefty showing in a country where taking to the streets is rare. Their concerns include how to deal with increasing nuclear waste, such as the Fukushima reactors. Japan, the world's third-biggest nuclear generator, has postponed a decision on where to build a nuclear waste repository. The operator of the crippled reactors, Tokyo Electric Power Co, faces a huge compensation bill, estimated at 4.5 trillion yen ($58 billion) for the two years through March 2013 alone, and will need funds from a government-backed scheme to stay solvent. The government, analysts say, has made clear it views Tokyo Electric as too big to fail. "That rickety scheme, though it is not explicit, would see the monopoly maintained and nuclear plants continue to be used," said Andrew DeWit, a Rikkyo University professor who writes about energy policy. Yet Trade Minister Yukio Edano, who was chief cabinet secretary for former leader Kan and now oversees energy policy, said on Monday the panel should take into account a change in public views for atomic power. "The debate should not start from the current status but rather show what the country should be in the future, then discuss how it can quickly approach there," he told the panel. Reuters.

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's month-old government begins debate on Japan's energy policy, but Noda has already signalled that nuclear power could play a role for decades. Six months after the world's worst radiation crisis in 25 years erupted at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima plant, critics say powerful pro-nuclear interests are quietly fighting back. "It's been a real bad year for the 'nuclear village' but I don't think they are down and out," said Jeffrey Kingston, Director of Asian Studies at Temple University's Japan campus, referring to the nexus of utilities, lawmakers and regulators who long promoted atomic power as safe, clean and cheap. Public concern about safety leapt after the Fukushima accident, which forced 80,000 people from their homes and sparked fears about food and water supplies. Some 70 percent of voters polled in July backed Nato Kan's call to phase out nuclear plants. A series of scandals in which regulators and power companies tried to sway hearings on reactors has also dented public trust. In an effort to tap in to that sentiment, Kan floated ambitious targets for renewable energy and embraced a future without nuclear power. He promised an overhaul of a government plan approved last year to build 14 new reactors and raise the share of nuclear power in Japan's electricity mix to 53 percent by 2030 from about a third prior to the Fukushima accident. "It chilled me to the bone every waking moment of each day," he told his last news conference as premier of the battle to contain the disaster. "How should we deal with the risk that nuclear power might cause our country to perish? This question is what led me to propose the creation of a society free from dependence on nuclear power." Noda, in contrast, has acknowledged that public safety concerns will make it tough to build new reactors, but on Friday stopped short of saying atomic power would play no role at all by 2050. He said decisions on reactors already under construction would have to be made "case-by-case". He was also vague about the criteria that an advisory panel, which will make recommendations on a new energy plan by next summer, should use in reaching its conclusions. "Naturally, we are aiming at the best energy mix that can allay the concerns of the citizens about safety," Noda told a news conference.

The contract is for the extension of two 500 kV substations at Kembangan and Muara Tawar and delivery of a new 150 kV substation in Muara Tawar.