Environment

New green energy projects underway in Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City will employ two additional power plants with a combined capacity of 40MW using energy created by organic waste.

New green energy projects underway in Ho Chi Minh City

Ho Chi Minh City will employ two additional power plants with a combined capacity of 40MW using energy created by organic waste.

Safety of Indian nuclear plants is paramount

The Indian government says it will not compromise on nuclear safety in light of stubborn public protests about the safety of India's existing and new...

Suzlon to launch “game changer” low-wind turbine

Indian global wind power company Suzlon Energy Ltd will soon launch its latest generation of low-wind turbines.

Laos to gain, Cambodia to suffer in Mekong hydropower projects: study

Laos will benefit from dam projects along tributaries of Mekong River but Cambodia will suffer most due to fish catch losses.

Malaysia looks at Indian hydro power projects

Malaysia is showing increasing interest in investing in hydro-electric power projects in India.

Japan’s Softbank eyes 30 megawatt solar project

Japan’s third largest mobile phone company decides that green is good.

Tata Power chooses clean energy

India’s largest power utility won’t invest in coal-fired power plants but will go for clean energy projects instead.

NZ wind industry gets the wind in its sails

Despite disappointments, New Zealand’s struggling wind industry should finally break free of the doldrums.

Sharp and Indonesia cooperate in mammoth PV projects

Japanese multinational electronics giant Sharp Corporation will develop photovoltaic projects with a total output of 100 megawatts in partnership...

Chinese company to process nuclear waste

China prepares to recycle nuclear waste into something less harmful.

India’s space agency to fund nuclear fuel production

The Indian Space Research Organisation, better known for launching rockets into space, is taking on a new role.

Price reforms, nuclear power top Chinese energy agenda

Premier Wen Jiabao has spelled out the directions China intends to take to ensure the flow of electric power on which its progress depends.

India takes on renewable energy development

Fueled by rapid economic growth, a growing population with greater access to goods and services and higher electrification rates, Indian energy...

From resistance to resilience: The path to sustainability

Operating industrial installations is a constant reminder that a zero risk situation does not exist. Indeed, in our business lines, external and...

Top ten Asian solar urban myths

Solar Energy is rather new and emergent in Asia and in many countries consumers and companies do not know exactly what it is or what it means and some...

Advancing Clean Fossil Energy in the region through APEC

Power generation in the Asia Pacific region expanded by about 1/3 over the first decade of the new millennium. Some developing countries in the...

Indigenous technology to power new 3rd generation nuclear plant

The first in a series of smaller but safer Chinese nuclear power plants is to become operational by 2013.