ADB to fund hydropower project in Himachal Himachal Pradesh will soon get another tranche of a multimillion-dollar loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the construction of a hydropower project, a minister said here Tuesday. "ADB has agreed in principle to finance the 48 MW Surgani Sundla hydro-electric project in Chamba district," Power Minister Sujan Singh Pathania told reporters here. The state- ...

A government panel proposed additional measures to lessen the radioactive water crisis at Japan’s crippled nuclear power plant, saying Tuesday that current plans are not enough to prevent the risk of a disaster. Officials on the Industry Ministry’s contaminated water panel also said that the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant could run out of storage space for contaminated water within two years if current plans are ...

Sarawak Energy Bhd (SEB) yesterday inked an agreement with globally renowned power transmission experts, Toshiba Transmission & Distribution System Asia Sdn Bhd (TTDA) and China Xian Electric Engineering Co Ltd (a member of XD Group), which is one of China’s leading and biggest power transmission and distribution engineering contractors. This agreement will set the wheels in motion to deliver the much a ...

KUALA LUMPUR - Consumers should brace themselves for a 10 per cent-20 per cent hike in electricity tariffs next year. "The quantum (of increase) is not finalised … but anything below 20 per cent is reasonable," said Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister Datuk Seri Dr Maximus Ongkili. The final decision on the increase has yet to be made by the Cabinet, but the hike could happen anytime in 2014, he tol ...

Analysis from Frost & Sullivan says competitiveness of solar photovoltaic power due to continuous technological innovations and efficiency improvements leading to lower costs per watt spurs the Asian PV materials market. This market earned revenues of $1.94 billion in 2012 and estimates this to reach $4.80 billion in 2018, the report says.   "Japan and China are likely to surpass European countries ...

A bomb blast near India's biggest nuclear power plant killed six people, police said Wednesday, sparking a probe into whether the explosion was linked to protests against the facility. The home-made bomb accidentally exploded overnight in a village near Kudankulam power plant in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, destroying three homes and causing injuries, the district police chief told AFP.   "The bom ...

A "safety-related action" automatically shut down one of South Korea's 23 nuclear reactors on Thursday, the country's nuclear operator said, bringing the tally of those closed to six and hiking the chances of power blackouts this winter. Asia's fourth largest economy faces severe power shortages again this winter due to cuts in nuclear power use after a corruption scandal that started in late 2012. News of ...

During the last few decades, countries have shifted their focus to new and renewable energy sources to meet their soaring demands while capping greenhouse gases emissions. After hydropower, wind is their safest bet. The world today perceives wind power as an environment-friendly technology with the potential of solving problems of both energy and environment. Although the use of windmills by humans dates ba ...

Increasing price of non-renewable energy sources, growing energy consumption especially from emerging countries, pro-wind regulatory environment for wind projects and increase in utility scale wind energy generation farms have put the world at 197 GW installed capacity at the end of 2010. In, 2010, 37.6 MW of wind turbines were installed; mounted with 70,579 blades, valuing market size of $6.8 billion. Asia ...

Origination point
Geographically speaking, China controls Asia's water wealth (supply). Aside from the North and South Poles, the Great Himalayan Watershed is the world's largest freshwater reserve (that isn't frozen). Located in the Tibetan Plateau (China), the vast majority of Asia's water originates from this repository. From here, glaciers and rainwater eventually flow into river systems.   The pro ...