South Korea's nuclear regulator approved on Thursday the restart of three reactors that were shut in late May to replace cables supplied using fake certificates. Asia's fourth largest economy has been striving to secure stable power supply ahead of peak winter demand in January in the wake of cuts in nuclear power supply following the nuclear safety scandal. South Korea has 23 nuclear reactors, which genera ...

Solar photovoltaic (PV) demand in 2014 will be dominated by the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, which will account for approximately 50% of all new solar PV demand next year. According to findings from the latest NPD Solarbuzz Asia Pacific PV Markets Quarterly report, almost 95% of new solar PV capacity in the APAC region in 2014 will come from just five countries: China, Japan, India, Australia, and Thailand. ...

Stretching east to west over 2,000km and comprising over 60,000 sq kms of ice, the Hindu Kush-Karakoram-Himalayan glaciers are a source of water for the quarter of humanity that lives in South Asia. Glaciers are natural reservoirs and regulators of water for rivers for domestic and industrial consumption, and for irrigation and hydroelectric dams. Glaciers are melting faster in the Himalayas than anywhere e ...