The state government of Odisha (formerly know as Orissa) has established a dedicated public company to provide focused attention to developing small hydro power projects in the Indian state, according to its chief minister, Naveen Patnaik.
Power generated by renewable energy in China totaled to 968 billion kilowatt-hours in 2012, an increase of more than 30 percent according to the State Electricity Regulatory Commission.
The Chinese government reassured India this week that dams it is planning to build on the Brahmaputra River would not impact flood control efforts or the ecological environment in downstream regions.
Vietnam’s first run-of-the- river (RoR) hydro power plant, the Chiem Hoa hydropower station, is set to become operational within weeks after nearly three years of construction and a cost of VND1.7 trillion (US81.7 million).
Refuting objections from a wildlife expert committee, India’s environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan has approved a 1,750 MW lower hydroelectric project on the Lohit River in the state of Arunachal Pradesh, according to the Economic Times.
While Thailand is to benefit from a new hydropower plant in Lao financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), it is also getting its own loan of USD170 million for a new clean tech power plant in Thailand.
India's GVK Power and Infrastructure will commence work on its 690 mw hydro-electric power project at Kishtwar in Jammu and Kashmir by December, 2011, a company official has reported.
China's GD Power Development, a unit of State-owned Guodian Corp, said Wednesday it would issue 5.5 billion yuan (USD862 million) in convertible bonds to fund power projects across the country.
Traiton Global LLC of Germany is vying to build a desalination plant on India's Cooum river which could produce 600MW power and 75 million litres per day of clean water to the energy-hungry city of Chennai.
Two out of five hydroelectric dams being constructed in Cambodia by Chinese investors will begin to supply electricity from the end of this year onward, said Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday.
This report by the World Bank spells out what the world would be like if it warmed by 4 degrees Celsius, which is what scientists are nearly unanimously predicting by the end of the century, without serious policy changes.
Companies in Asia reveal expectations that regulations that could lead to rising costs for reporting and reducing GHG emissions will also be the main sources of climate-related business opportunities.
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