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 March 2011 Is nuclear power safer than other energy: We need the power, but with scrutiny – Leena Srivastava The Economic Times
15 March 2011 Japan accident shows dilemma over atom plant sites World Environment News
14 March 2011 REEEP to spend €4,5m on clean energy projects in 2011 Engineering news
14 March 2011 TERI gets Wipro's supercomputer for climate modelling Business Standard
13 March 2011 India: Japan's post-quake energy import surge will give a boost to Reliance The Financial Express
11 March 2011 North Korea registers power plants with UN for carbon credit Reuters
11 March 2011 Solarium to install solar power unit in Bangladesh AZO Cleantech
8 March 2011 India: CLP to build wind power projects in Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh Mint
7 March 2011 Pakistan: PPAF sets up wind turbines, solar panels for power generation Business Recorder

 
India: Supercritical tech set to be made mandatory for coal power plants
The Financial Express, 27 December 2010

The government may soon make it mandatory for power companies to switch to energy-efficient supercritical technology for their upcoming coal-fired power projects as it looks at playing a major role in global efforts to fight climate change by cutting down emission of greenhouse gases. The coal-based power projects have been identified as major contributor to environmental pollution. They contribute over 65% of the country's total installed power generation capacity at present. Coal-fired power plants based on supercritical technology are less polluting than conventional plants. The energy efficiency of these plants is 45% against 30–32% for conventional plants. It is expected that the government may announce a new policy soon for mandatory use of supercritical technology based power projects. As adoption of new technology for all projects is a time-consuming process, the government wants this to start from the 13th Five-Year plan period starting from 2017.  Read full story...