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• 12 remote villages of Ziarat electrified through solar energy
  Jul 12, 2010 - Asia Pulse Data Source
  
  International Union for Conservation of Nature (ICUN) and Pakistan Council for Renewable Energy Technologies (PCRET) have collaboratively installed 12 solar energy panel systems in ten different remotely located villages of Ziarat district of Balochistan.
  
  
• Egat urges new power plant, Asean grid
  Jul 12, 2010 - Yuthana Praiwan - Bangkok Post - McClatchy-Tribune
  
  Power reserves for Thailand over the next five years may be at critical levels unless a new power plant can be built on schedule as described in the Power Development Plan, says the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand.
  
  
• ADB plans to build wind power projects in 5,000 villages nationwide
  Jul 12, 2010 - Asia Pulse Data Source
  
  The Asian Development Bank plans to put up small wind power projects in about 5,000 villages in the country.
  
  
• Troubled by power cuts, Indians go green with solar energy
  Mai 3, 2010 - Xinhua
  
  As rising mercury began scorching India this month, frequent electricity cuts are making the situation worse.
  
  
• Solar power grid to kick off in June
  Apr 16, 2010 -- Asia Pulse Data Source
  
  The first rural, solar-power grid in the central province of Quang Binh will be installed under an agreement signed earlier this week by Schneider Electric Vietnam and the province.
  
  
• Indonesia to double geothermal capacity
  Mar 17, 2010 - renewableenergyfocus.com
  
  A new climate investment fund plan will double the capacity of geothermal energy in Indonesia.
  
  
• Solar Industry Will Grow to $77 Billion in 2015
  Mar 9, 2010 - luxresearchinc.com - The Associated Press
  
  Reeling from a stormy 2009, the solar market will soon see lopsided supply and demand rush back into parity, according to a new report from Lux Research.
  
  
• Asia's first sea wind power plant completes installation in Shanghai
  Feb 27, 2010 - Xinhua
  
  Asia's first sea wind power plant completed the installation of its 34 windmills Saturday afternoon in Shanghai.
  
  
• ADB grants Laos 20 mln USD for building power transmission facilities
  Feb 25, 2010 - Xinhua
  
  The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will grant 20 million U.S. dollars to Laos to help the country build power transmission facilities in the northern part, Lao newspaper the Vientiane Times reported Thursday.
  
  
• Seeds of discontent: the 'miracle' crop that has failed to deliver
  Feb 15, 2010 - Cahal Milmo and Andrew Wasley - Teh Independent
  
  A "miracle" plant, once thought to be as the answer to producing renewable biofuels on a vast scale, is driving thousands of farmers in the developing world into food poverty, a damning report concludes today.
  
  
• VYING FOR WORLD'S GREENEST CITY: SEOUL, KOREA
  Feb 1, 2010 - Negawattcinsult.com
  
  Cities account for only 2% of the world's land mass but 80% of the global greenhouse gas emissions. Planning for climate change and new environmental initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is key to the goal of Seoul, capital city of the Republic of Korea, to become the world's greenest city.
  
• World's biggest tidal power plant to be built in South Korea
  Jan 21, 2010 - BBC Monitoring
  
  The world's largest tidal power station will be constructed off the coast of Inchon. GS Engineering and Construction signed a memorandum of understanding with state-run Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) on Wednesday and will begin construction later next year with a view to completion around 2017.
  
  
• Alternative energy gains momentum: Incentives likely to be extended
  Jan 18, 2010 - Energy Central
  
  Investments in alternative energy this year are likely to grow rapidly for this year given growing concern about climate change and the environment, says Krairit Nilkuha, director-general of the Department of Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency (DEDE).
  
  
• Philippines doe to award more renewable energy contracts next month
  Nov 30,2009 - AsiaPulse - Manila
  
  More renewable energy contracts will be awarded next month, Philippines Energy Assistant Secretary Mario Marasigan said.
  
  
• Japan accelerates purchase of surplus solar electricity at homes
  Nov 1, 2009 - The Associated Press
  
  The government launched Sunday a new program that enables power companies to purchase at higher rates surplus electricity produced by solar power generation systems installed in homes, schools and hospitals.
  
• Cambodia installs over 500 solar energy electricity generations in rural areas
  Jul 14, 2009 - Xinhua
  
  More than 500 solar energy electricity generations have been installed in Cambodia's rural areas to help improving the living standard of poor people, local media reported on Tuesday.
  
  
• South Korea to Invest a Whopping $85bn on Green Technology in ‘Green New Deal’
  Jul 6, 2009 - Andrew Williams - CleanTechnica.com
  
  South Korea yesterday announced plans to invest a staggering Won107,000bn ($85 billion) on ‘green growth’ industries over the next five years.
  
• Sri Lanka to develop renewable energy
  Jun 28, 2009 - Xinhua
  
  The Sri Lankan government said Sunday that it has designed a national energy plan for the development of wind and bio mass energy resource, making the renewable energy to meet 10 percent of the island's energy needs by the year of 2016.
  
  
• Asia set to become biggest climate change driver
  Jun 16, 2009 - Teresa Cerojano - The Associated Press
  
  Asia's share of global greenhouse gas emissions could rise to more than 40 percent by 2030, making it the world's main driver of climate change, experts warned Tuesday.
  
  
• American Innovation, Chinese Transmission, Australian Clean Energy: The Ideal Match
  May 9, 2009 - Stewart Taggart - Desertec
  
  It's a combination that could dramatically reshape Asia for the better.
  
  
• Taiwan pledges $1.3 billion green investment
  Apr 23, 2009 - The Associated Press
  
  Taiwan will invest 45 billion New Taiwan dollars ($1.3 billion) to expand and upgrade the island's solar and wind energy industries and help reduce the use of fuel, the Cabinet said Thursday.
  
  
• Indonesian utility PLN to build several geothermal power plants
  Apr 17, 2009 -- Asia In Focus
  
  JAKARTA - Indonesia's state-owned power utility company PLN will build a number of geothermal power plants (PLTPs) in the second phase of its 10,000-MW capacity development program, a PLN executive said.
  
  
• A Renewable Energy Plan for Asia
  Apr 5, 2009 - Stewart Taggart - Desertec-Australia
  
  Imagine an Asian electricity grid anchored by China at one end and Australia at the other. The grid would distribute solar, geothermal, wind and wave energy. The vision is big. So's climate change.
  
  
• Indonesian govt to offer 15 geothermal power projects
  Feb 17, 2009 - AsiaPulse
  
  Tenders will be held soon for development of 15 geothermal fields expected to generate a total of 1,500 megawatt of electricity, the Indonesian energy and mineral resources ministry said.
  
  
• China keen to harness power from rivers covering India, Nepal
  Feb 16, 2009 - Asia Pulse Data Source
  
  China has said it favours bilateral partnership with Nepal and India to harness power from transnational rivers that cover the three countries.
  
  
• Renewable energy law comes into force
  Dec 17, 2008 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - Euan Paulo C. Anonuevo - The Manila Times
  
  Philippines - The President said the new legislation is the "first and most comprehensive renewable energy law in Southeast Asia" that would enable the Philippines to capture a part of the soaring investments in renewable energy development worldwide pegged at $71 billion last year.
  
  
• Bangladesh gov't approves first renewable energy policy
  Dec 03, 2008 - Xinhua
  
  DHAKA - The Bangladesh government Wednesday approved its first renewable energy policy, encouraging investment in this sector to generate electricity from renewable sources to meet an ever-growing demand, private news agency UNB reported.
  
  
• Nagpur to have Asia's biggest solar thermal power plant
  Sep 2, 2008 - Asia Pulse Data Source
  
  Nagpur - Asia's biggest solar thermal power plant will be set up here to generate 10 MW electricity for the national grid.
  
  
• Central Highlands to Become Vietnam's Largest Hydropower Centre
  Aug 18, 2008 - BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific
  
  The Central Highlands is expected to become the country's largest hydro-power centre by 2010, as it will have hydro- power plants of a combined capacity of 5,000 MW, equal to one third of the current capacity of the national power grid.
  
  
• Government initiates new scheme to tap wind energy
  Aug 17, 2008 - Asia Pulse Data Source
  
  New Delhi - Government today said it has initiated a new scheme for wind power generation in a bid to tap the 45,000 mega watt power potential of the non-conventional resource.
  
  
• KEPCO, Sharp to build solar plant
  Jul 3, 2008 - The Yomiuri Shimbun - The Associated Press
  
  Eco-friendly facility to be first of its kind to power nation's homes, factories
  OSAKA--Kansai Electric Power Co., the nation's second-biggest electricity producer, and Sharp Corp., the consumer electronics giant, recently announced plans to set up a solar power plant in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, that will be one of the world's largest.
  
  
• Bangladesh to make installation of solar panels mandatory
  Jun 6, 2008 - Xinhua
  
  The Bangladeshi government has decided to bring changes in the country's existing building code to make installation of solar panels on top of high-rise buildings mandatory, aiming to reduce dependency on conventional power.
  
  
• Experts say Asia needs Investment in Clean Energy to ease Climate Change, Oil Price Burden
  Jun 3, 2008 - TERESA CEROJANO - The Associated Press
  
  Energy experts on Tuesday called for massive investment in clean energy in Asia, warning that delays will hasten climate change and make the region more vulnerable to oil and coal price spikes.
  
  
• ADB to help create funds for clean energy projects for Pakistan, other Asian countries
  Apr 18, 2008 - Asia Pulse Data Source
  
  The Asian Development Bank will help establish five private sector funds targeting investments of up to $1.2 billion (750 million euros) for clean energy projects in Asia, the bank said Thursday. The Manila-based bank said it will provide $20 million (euro12.56 million) to each of the five private equity funds, for total seed money of $100 million (euro63 million).
  
  
• Japan's Mitsubishi Electric plans major solar cell investment
  Mar 19, 2008 - Thomson Financial
  
  Japan's Mitsubishi Electric Corp. said Wednesday it planned to invest 7 billion yen to boost production of solar cells as global demand rises on high oil costs and environmental awareness.
  
  
• Kansai Electric succeeds in injecting large amount of CO2 into coal beds
  Jan 28, 2008 - McClatchy - Tribune Regional News - Kyodo News International, Tokyo
  
  Kansai Electric Power Co. said Monday it has succeeded in an experiment to inject a large amount of carbon dioxide into deep coal beds by using nitrogen for the first time in the world.
  
  
• Japan PM to announce aid for poor nations to fight global warming
  Jan 10, 2008 - BBCMonitoring
  
  Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda will announce a five-year 1 trillion yen package to help developing countries combat global warming when he attends a World Economic Forum meeting in Switzerland later this month, government sources said Thursday.
  
  
• Inner Mongolia Installs Wind Generators with 1000MW Capacity
  Sep 28, 2007 - SinoCast
  
  Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, a pioneer of clean energy development in China, announces that the combined installed capacity of all wind power generator sets in the region exceeds 1000 megawatts, the biggest in the country.
  
  
• Taiwan to Expand Its Wind Power Capacity
  Sep 28, 2007 - International Herald Tribune
  
  Taiwan may spend more than 100 billion New Taiwan dollars, or $3 billion, during the next three years to increase wind power capacity tenfold and cut coal and gas imports. "Renewable energy can help us reduce dependence on overseas resources," Wang Yunn-ming, the deputy director general of Taiwan's energy bureau, said Thursday.
  
  
• Renewable energy can save Southeast Asia 2 trln usd in fuel costs - Greenpeace
  Aug 23, 2007 - Thomson Financial - AFX News
  
  SINGAPORE - Shifting to renewable energy could save Southeast Asian countries as much as two trillion US dollars in fuel costs over the next 23 years, or more than 80 billion dollars annually, environmental group Greenpeace said Thursday.
  
  
• Inner Mongolia Plans 33,000 MW of Installed Wind Power
  Aug 9, 2007 - MARKET WIRE
  
  Inner Mongolia is one of the provinces (regions) with the richest wind resources in China. However, utilization of wind power is quite limited.
  
  
• Indonesia to build 33,000 more solar power generators
  Jun 29, 2007 - AsiaPulse
  
  The Indonesian government is planning to build 33,000 more solar power generators for 33,000 households living in remote areas, an Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry official said.
  
  
• South Korea to build world's largest tidal power station
  May 4, 2007 - AsiaPulse
  
  South Korea's Incheon City said Thursday that it plans to build the world's largest tidal power station on Ganghwa Island by 2014.
  
  
• Wind energy cuts Taiwan CO2 emissions by 250,000 tons a year
  Apr 22, 2007 -- BBC Monitoring
  
  The number of wind turbines along Taiwan's west coast now surpasses 100, and the renewable energy generated by these units is sufficient to prevent the emission of 250,000 tons of carbon dioxide a year, energy officials said Sunday.
  
  
• Asia-Pacific Partnership Yields Renewable Energy and Efficiency Projects
  Nov 8, 2006 EERE Network
  
  Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Dr. Paula J. Dobriansky today announced that the United States and the other five Partner nations of the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate have endorsed detailed Action Plans and nearly 100 collaborative projects and activities to implement this initiative. The announcement was made in remarks to experts from all Partner nations gathered in Columbus, Ohio, to attend a week-long series of site visits organized and hosted by American Electric Power, one of the private sector partners.
  
  
• Bangladesh lights up!
  
  When Bangladesh gained independence in 1971 it turned to an international co-operative association to help supply electricity to its rural areas. Three decades on the programme begun by the National Rural Electric Co-operative Association (NRECA) is recognized as one of the most successful rural electrification projects in the developing world. It has also proved one of the most effective development initiatives in the whole of Bangladesh.
  
  
• Viet Nam pursues renewable energy to avoid power shortage
  
  Viet Nam is accelerating the drawing up of a strategy to develop renewable energy, considering this to be a solution to escape from the "hunger" for energy in the near future, a senior industrial official said.
  

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