Power Utility

Japan and the UAE join hands for peaceful nuclear energy

Japan has signed a memorandum with the UAE to cooperate in the field of peaceful atomic energy. Takamori Yoshikawa, Japan's senior vice-minister of...

Japan and the UAE join hands for peaceful nuclear energy

Japan has signed a memorandum with the UAE to cooperate in the field of peaceful atomic energy. Takamori Yoshikawa, Japan's senior vice-minister of...

Korea's Jeolla region emerging as the Mecca of Photovoltaic industry

Photovoltaic businesses are hogging the spotlight thanks to skyrocketing international oil prices, and Korea's Jeolla region is emerging as the Mecca...

T&D Infrastructure and Workforce Challenges Call For Integrated Asset and Workforce Management

Two T&D challenges have arisen from the rapid expansion of Asia's power industry: (1) a diverse asset infrastructure, and (2) a young workforce...

Uranium's going nuclear

The uranium industry's worst year is about to collide with a nuclear construction program in India and China that rivals the ones undertaken during...

Tata’s tornado

Indonesia may be known as ‘The land below the wind', but for foreign players in the power market, conditions are about to get a whole lot stormier...

Lighting up Macau in more ways than one

Companhia de Electricidade de Macau (CEM), which has lit up the lightbulbs in Territory of Macau for more than a century, and its CEO Franklin...

Tenaga’s Net Income Falls

With coal prices more than doubling in the past twelve months, it was only a matter of time that surging prices would push some producers into losses...

IPPS the silver bullet in India's power debacle?

India is thirsty, and its not for a cold glass of water, which is a necessary companion for a serving of rogan josh. If India is to quench its...

The low down on lindia's electricity sector

India is home to almost one sixth of the world's population. Over the past decade and a half the country has shrugged off its socialist stance and...

Asia's miners see the benefits of power rentals in meeting demand

The rapidly developing economies of Asia are fuelling a constant need for fresh supplies of power to cure the energy shortfall problems being faced...

Honeywell makes power migration a safe bet

With global electricity consumption forecast to double over the coming decades, power executives must implement new strategies ensuring the...

Restoring power to earthquake hit China

Immediately after the devastating earthquake struck China on May 12, the country's State Electricity Regulatory Commission (SERC) activated their...

Ma Welcomes the dawning of a new era for Taiwan's Power sector

It may already feel like ancient history, but the soon-to-be-ended office of Taiwan's former President, Chen-Shui Ban, was witness to one of the most...

The solar shade revolution

The destiny of China's power sector is looking brighter than ever thanks to a recent surge in popularity of renewable energy sources, in particular...

Electricity sector in India - Part2

Last issue we examined the inefficiencies in the electricity sector in India and concluded that there could be a potential to save a staggering USD...

Walking The Fine Atomic Line

As one of the world's foremost users of electricity, Japan has a huge burden to carry when it comes to power generation. Logically, it seems that the...

No borders for Vietnam's power needs

With a rapid economic growth (GDP projected to grow at about 8 to 9 percent during 2006-2010), the power demand in Vietnam is forecast to grow at an...