India's Finance Commission has told the power ministry that its proposal to award utilities 835 billion rupees ($11.6 billion) in incentives to install equipment to curb emissions is "unviable," a senior official at the ministry told said on Tuesday. The ministry submitted its proposal to the Finance Commission, which reviews government spending, in February. The proposal was intended to help plants comply ...

Australian energy-tech company GreenSync has integrated Enphase battery technology into its Decentralised Energy Exchange (deX), GreenSync’s market-enabling software platform designed to connect and coordinate millions of distributed energy resources (DER).  The integration allows Enphase customers to support development of and participate in grid services to more effectively balance the supply and dem ...

Spanish electric utility company Iberdrola is set to expand its presence in the Asia-Pacific region by developing new 320MW hybrid wind and solar plant in South Australia. The facility will be built at a site located near Adelaide and is expected to commence commercial operations by 2021. Iberdrola renewable energy director Xabier Viteri said that there is ‘tremendous potential’ for growth in renewable powe ...

As part of HIMOINSA’s global expansion, the strategic alliance allows combined, experience, resources, and diversity to strengthen the company’s competitive advantages, and to encourage its growth in Australian market. HIMOINSA announces its 13th global subsidiary after alliance with Australian company Generator Power. Representatives from Yanmar and HIMOINSA, distributors, customers, end users, have joined ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a 300 million dollar loan for a project to expand power transmission lines in Greater Dhaka and western zone of Bangladesh. Besides ADB's loan, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is considering 200 million dollars in co-financing to fund transmission lines, substations and an enterprise resource planning system. The assistance also comprises a 750,000 doll ...

Laos has dismissed fears that its next hydropower dam on the Mekong River would devastate downstream communities after neighboring countries and rights groups raised their doubts at a regional forum in the capital last week. The tiny landlocked country announced its intentions to go ahead with the 1,460 MW Luang Prabang dam in July, making it the fifth of nine dams it has planned for the waterway to move fo ...

How can utilities cut blackouts during disasters? How can governments ensure reliable electricity access in even the most remote regions? And how can countries secure the future of their energy resources while tackling climate change? Energy pioneers from across the region are tackling and thinking about these challenges every day. We bring to you a roundup of case studies, ideas and experiments from utilit ...

Japan's northeastern prefecture of Fukushima, devastated during the 2011 earthquake and nuclear disaster, is looking to transform itself into a renewable energy hub, Nikkei has learned. A plan is under way to develop 11 solar power plants and 10 wind power plants in the prefecture, on farmlands that cannot be cultivated anymore and mountainous areas from where population outflows continue. The total cost is ...

Vietnam and the U.S. signed memorandums of understanding on major business deals worth $2.7 billion on Friday as the two countries seek to reduce the latter's climbing trade deficit. The signing ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh, U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and US Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel Kritenbrink. U.S.-based AES Corporation ...

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