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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1 March 2011 China: Carbon intensity targets unveiled China Daily
1 March 2011 China: Carbon intensity targets unveiled China Daily
1 March 2011 India: Rs 2000 million for clean energy fund The Tribune
1 March 2011 New Malaysian JV to build biogas plant Bioenergy Insight
25 February 2011 India: Trading in renewable energy certificate launched The Hindu
24 February 2011 India: PM council on climate change okays Green India Mission The Financial Express
22 February 2011 India: BP inks mega deal to pick up 30% in RIL oil, gas blocks for $7.2 billion The Hindu
22 February 2011 Pakistan's waste to energy industry gains UN approval Waste Management World
19 February 2011 Pakistan: Indigenous wind energy resources potential at 350,000 MW Trading Markets

 
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...