News Update

Asia's significance and contribution to global issues of energy, climate change and sustainable development has been steadily growing. The update highlights some of the major news stories from various Asian countries offering an overview of the issues, prospects and challenges in the region.

 

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18 October 2012 4000 to 5000 MW new geothermal for Indonesia by 2015 Clean Technica
18 October 2012 India to invite private firms to build strategic crude oil reserves Mint
16 October 2012 Malaysia: Push for liquefied natural gas Oxford Business Group
15 October 2012 Sri Lanka hikes renewable energy tariffs by over 20-per cent Lanka Business Online
11 October 2012 Malaysia wants over 5 per cent renewable energy by 2015 Bikya Masr
9 October 2012 MNRE targets 45,000 sq m of solar collectors, identifies five user industries The Hindu Business Line
5 October 2012 TERI to light up rural lives in Pakistan; promote bilateral peace India Education Dairy
2 October 2012 24.9 GW of renewable energy capacity for Japan by 2016? Clean Technica
30 September 2012 Solar, windmill research project to be launched by Virginia Tech in India Newstrack India

 
China to raise coal output capacity
China Daily, 23 March 2012

China aims to boost its coal production capacity to 4.1 billion tons annually by 2015, the National Energy Administration (NEA) said. The country plans to form 10 coal companies with an annual capacity of 100 million tons each, and another 10 with a capacity of 50 million tons each by 2015, according to a coal industry development plan for the 2011-2015 period released by the NEA. The 20 companies are expected to account for over 60 percent of the nation's total coal output, the NEA said.  Read full story...