Regulation

Restart of reactors to pull down Japan's oil demand by 3.9%

Japan's total oil product sales are expected to fall 3.9 percent starting April if the nation's nuclear plants are allowed to resume operations from...

Restart of reactors to pull down Japan's oil demand by 3.9%

Japan's total oil product sales are expected to fall 3.9 percent starting April if the nation's nuclear plants are allowed to resume operations from...

Bangladesh hikes electricity prices by 21%

Bangladesh approved hikes in electricity prices for retail consumers by an average of 21.3 percent in two stages by February. This move is designed...

KITEX allowed to sell wind power to Kerala for 20 years

KITEX Limited has been allowed to sell power from its two wind energy plants to the Kerala State Electricity Board.

Tepco to raise electricity rates as fuel costs escalates

Tepco announced it will raise corporate customers' electricity rates in April due to hefty fuel costs.

Rajasthan raises tariff for newly-commissioned wind plants

Rajasthan has raised the tariff for wind power plants commissioned during fiscal years 2010-11 and 2011-12.

China increases PV capacity target to 15GW

China has increased its solar power development target for 2015 by 50% to 15 GW.

Electrification now reaches 91% of Indian villages

According to India's Central Electricity Authority, a total of 5,40,469 villages have been electrified as part of the ongoing rural electrification...

S. Korea's industrial electricity sales rise in Nov

Electricity consumption by increased by 5.2 percent in NOvember compared to the sawe period last year.

Gansu tightens hydropower regulations on environmental concerns

West China's Gansu Province is regulating small-scale hydropower projects to protect fresh water resources.

India's transmission sector puts up credible show in November

India's transmission sector has shown a credible performance, achieving much more than the targeted stringing of transmission lines, for the month of...

Energy high on Indian PM’s agenda in Russia

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said India would enhance ties in a host of areas such as energy with Russia.

Nuke shortfall forces Japan to burn more fuels

Japan's utilities burned 200,000 bpd more crude and 136,000 bpd more low-sulphur fuel oil in October than a year earlier to compensate for the loss...

India to increase energy use with growth targets: PM

Increased energy consumption can be expected for India to reach its target of 9% economic growth.

India confident of generating surplus power for export

India expressed confidence in generating surplus power for export as more power equipment firms prepare to set up units. “We had only Bharat Heavy...