Tokyo Electric Power Co. may suspend power supply to companies and factories that are refusing to accept the utility’s higher electricity rates, which it has increased since last April by an average of 14.9 percent, a company official said Wednesday. The utility, which is struggling because of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant disaster that started in 2011, has been unable to renew around 1,100 contracts, a ...

The State Grid Corporation of China, the country's largest energy distributor, on Wednesday announced plans to facilitate the use of distributed power generation. Households and individual companies will not only be allowed to use small-sized power generation stations to provide themselves with power, but will also be given permission to sell extra power to the State Grid, the company said. Distributed powe ...

China Huaneng's Group started operations at their $2-billion coal- fired power plant on Jurong Island last week, the plant represents one of the largest investments by a Chinese company in Singapore. The Tuas Power plant, called the Tembusu Multi-Utilities Complex, is fully owned by Huaneng Power International. It will be completed in 2017. The facility's opening comes at a time when foreign direct investme ...

The World Bank is discussing plans to add 120 MW of electricity in Myanmar - enough to provide power to five million people - in support of the Southeast Asian country's reforms after debt arrears were cleared, a senior bank official has recently said. "Unfortunately only 25 percent of the population have access to electricity, so clearly there is an enormous challenge and our medium-term agenda is to turn ...

An Apple Supplier has been penalised by Chinese Authorities for turning a nearby river in Shanghai “white” after dumping pollutants during the nation’s Spring Festival holiday. Authorities first became aware of the problem after residents had reported that the river’s water had turned white, a local environmental protection bureau reported. The water was then traced back to RiTeng’s facilities in the area. ...

The Gillard Labor Government are set to invest revenue from the carbon price to support Western Australia’s Carnegie Wave Energy Limited in trialling a project utilising Wave Energy to power Desalination Plants. This world-first project will use the power of ocean waves to directly drive high pressure desalination pumps at a pilot-scale desalination plant, substantially reducing emissions and electricity co ...

Taking an initiative for low cost power generation, Burj Power Corp (Burj) is developing the first phase of a 500 (4x125) MW power plant at Port Qasim Karachi with Harbin Electric. Burj Power is a UAE based power project development and advisory firm developing projects in key markets of Middle East, Asia and Africa. It is also developing three wind power projects in Pakistan. The Company is a part of the B ...

ITaiwan Power Co (Taipower) chairman Hwang Jung-chiou yesterday said the company plans to submit its proposal for the last additional budget allocation for finishing the construction of the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant — the Lungmen Nuclear Power Plant in New Taipei City’s Gongliao District — to the Legislative Yuan in June.nu At Taipower’s group offering event for the arrival of the Lunar New Year yesterday, ...

NTPC Ltd has informed the government that it cannot accept the fresh terms set by the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) for its proposed 500-MW project in Sri Lanka. Indicating its willingness to withdraw from its maiden overseas venture, the state-owned power generator has sought permission to pull out two of its top functionaries from the island nation. NTPC and CEB had inked an agreement in 2011 for jointly ...

China's State Grid Corp, the country's largest power distributor, will invest over 300 billion yuan ($48 billion) in power grid construction in 2013, of which around 52 billion yuan will be allocated to the construction of ultra-high voltage (UHV) transmission lines, the company said in a statement released Thursday.
Total investment in power grid construction in 2013 will remain the same as in 2012. Howeve ...