Environment

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...

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.

Group wants to eliminate import duties on coking coal

One of India’s largest business organizations wants to reduce India’s rising power rates by lessening the tax burden of power producers.

Japan looks to sell nuclear technology to five countries

Despite its ongoing problems with its nuclear power industry, Japan is going ahead with plans to export nuclear technology to Turkey and other...

“Green avgas” to fuel more of China’s jets

China will use more jet biofuel as it moves to cut pollution by its airline industry.

South Korea to build “Mother of All Wind Farms”

No one can accuse the South Koreans of thinking small in renewable energy.

India stokes its nuclear power plants

The government moves to ensure the supply of uranium for India’s nuclear power plants.

Floating wind farms to be moored off ill-fated Fukushima

It’s also about replacing a symbol of catastrophic failure with a symbol of hope.

Goldwind mines South America

 State-owned Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Company or Goldwind has gone to Chile.

Chinese solar panel maker receives funding for advanced technology

Trina Solar, a Chinese solar panel maker, has received bank funding to allow it to continue development of a technology it claims outperforms...

Petition made to redesign Indian tunnel hydropower projects

A petition was made to redesign all running, under construction and proposed tunnel-based hydropower projects in India.

China to build six nuclear power plants in Pakistan

Nuclear energy continues to find favor in two of Asia’s most militarily powerful countries.

China curtails polysilicon production to boost prices

A 60% plunge in world prices sees China artificially curb supply to boost demand—and prices.

Low-cost carbon capture technologies from China to soon find use in the USA

Thanks to a 3-year agreement between China and US companies for a research cooperation.

Restart of idled Japanese nuclear reactors crawl along

With practically all its nuclear reactors offline, Japan faces a serious power crisis this summer.

Russia reassures Vietnam on nuclear reactor safety

Vietnam has nothing to fear about the safety of the Russian-made nuclear reactors to be used in its first nuclear power plant.