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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28 January 2011 Pakistan, ADB ink US $242 million to improve power distribution system Associated Press of Pakistan
27 January 2011 China: Fuel reserve project moves into new phase China Daily
27 January 2011 India: Eight sectors to pump Rs300 billion into green technology The Indian Express
27 January 2011 NTPC eyes Maldives for solar energy generation news Media Syndicate
25 January 2011 Indonesia offers sops to ADAG for coal mining The Economic Times
25 January 2011 R-Power to invest $5billion in Indonesia The Times of India
23 January 2011 Pakistan: IPDF, GIZ ink MoU for promotion of renewable energy Daily Times
21 January 2011 Bangladesh: Rahimafrooz to assemble solar panels soon Financial Express
21 January 2011 China: 12m barrels of oil added to reserves in '10 China Daily

 
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...