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CESC announced that it may hike its tariff if the price of coal increases.

The four-hour power at Indira Gandhi International Airport, which disrupted over 75 flights and distressed thousands of passengers, will be probed by a five-member panel. 'We will form a five-member committee to probe the power failure at the airport,'said  Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi, referring to the problem that started around half-past-one after one of the transformers failed. The outage resulted in a complete blackout for a little over four hours. Airline staff had to check in passengers manually, since the automated baggage handling systems were affected.

The World Bank has released a draft report titled 'Biomass for Sustainable Development' on the Village Energy Security Programme, a Government of India initiative.

International Finance Corporation will be investing US $15 million equity financing to Shalivahana Green Energy Limited, a biomass power company.

BHEL, which is supplying equipment for the 4,000 Mw Mundra ultra mega power project being constructed by Tata Power, assured that the contract would be executed as per schedule.

Tohoku Electric Power has received an additional 300MW out of the expected 1,100 from Tokyo Electric Power  to avoid rolling blackouts and meet the increasing demands.

Carnegie Wave Energy, Panax Geothermal Ltd. and Petratherm Ltd. are among companies planning to apply for A$126 million or $131 million of Australian government funding for renewable energy projects.

Asian countries have been investing huge funds to achieve a stronger future grid.

More than 2,100 people in Laos will be forcibly resettled due to the construction of  Mekong dam.

Khaperkheda Unit-5 has been shut down after the State Pollution Control Board has issued a show-cause notice.

The governments of Bhutan and India have agreed to develop at least 10,000 MW of hydropower in Bhutan by 2020.

NHPC is now trying to garner all statutory clearances for Teesta stage-IV hydroelectric project to receive approval from the Public Investment Board.

Trina Solar has secured a 30MW module supply agreement with Huanghe Hydropower Development Co.

Mahindra EPC Services will use SunPower solar panels and T0 Tracker technology for multiple grid-connected solar power plants in Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat regions, planned for this year.

The state of Victoria’s premium feed-in tariff will be phased out through an interim programme, which will commence once Victoria meets its current capacity cap of 100MW.

Phoenix Solar Singapore has placed an order with Schott Solar for 67,000 PV modules for two projects being developed near Bangkok, Thailand. The total order is equivalent to approximately 16MW.