Tenaga Nasional Bhd has been awarded the "Edison Electric Institute (EEI) Asian Utility Award 2014" for the category of large capitalisation, gold level performance on the sidelines of the Asian Energy Financial and Investment conference held in Singapore. The award is based on Tenaga Nasional’s achievements in posting the second highest shareholder returns in the category of large capital among Asian utili ...

Hydropower, the renewable technology that sets gravity to work and harnesses the energy of rivers, is about to double its output. The growth will be mostly in the developing world—but the construction of new dams on rivers in South America, South-east Asia and Africa comes at a cost. Around a fifth of the world’s largest remaining free-flowing rivers will be dammed, which presents yet another threat to the ...

A massive nationwide power blackout hit Bangladesh on Saturday after a transmission line failed, leaving homes, businesses and shops in the densely-populated country without electricity. Power was restored in some parts of the capital Dhaka after several hours, and authorities said they hoped to have electricity back on across the nation of 155 million by Saturday evening. Local media said the problem stemm ...