In Focus
EC hits China for “massive illegal” subsidies to Chinese PV makers
But will not impose punitive duties.
India to push ahead with 18 power projects
Needed to jumpstart economic growth and restore investor confidence.
Japan boosts commercial solar capacity target
Part of incentive program for clean energy.
World RE capacity to hit 2,252.3 GW in 2020
More countries now support renewables.
Malaysia, Korean and Japanese consortium to build Malaysian power plant
Plant to be operational in October 2017.
Danger from radioactive groundwater contamination at Fukushima worsening
UN International Atomic Energy Agency ready to intervene.
India, Australia to invest significantly in RE
Will they be able to beat China?
India power firms oppose mandatory equipment sourcing
Firms tagged the proposal as 'retrograde' and 'anti-competition.
Solar boom threatens to overwhelm Japan’s power grid
More solar developers being denied access to grid.
South Korea bans air conditioning to cope with worsening power crisis
And this amid a scorching heat wave.
India restores wind farm subsidy
Expected to help wind turbine makers recover losses.
Mumbai plans to build 10 waste-to-energy power plants
Each will process 1,000 metric tonnes of garbage.
South Korea running short of power amid heat wave
Rolling power outage a possibility.
JX Energy to build three solar power plants in Japan
Plants will have a combined capacity of 17 MW.
“Super battery” could be game changer for Japan’s electricity grid
Battery trial to begin in Hokkaido by 2015
Chinese firms claim world record in multi-crystalline silicon PV cells
JA Solar says its product has 18.3% efficiency.