Regulation

Climate Policy

Serbian Parliament Passes Law on Climate Change

Climate change is an issue uniting the world, Minister of Environmental Protection Irena Vujović said and added Serbia is continuing to contribute to the globa…

Electricity Reform

Coal Plant Restriction to Reform S Korea’s Power Market

The South Korean government is considering an annual cap on coal-fired generation from 2022 and a new spot and forward auction system to enable utilities to bid…

Biden Administration To Enforce Trump-Era Sanctions On Iran Oil Shipments

A key tenet of the prior Trump administration's crackdown on China and Iran was to punish those Chinese companies caught transferring sanctioned Iranian oil,

Personnel Appointment

GWEC India Announces New Policy Director

The Global Wind Energy Council India announced today that Martand Shardul, previously a Fellow at The Energy and Resources Institute, has joined GWEC India as i…

Energy Transition

MAURITIUS: Strategy Paper 2021-2025 will Speed up Energy Transition

The African Development Bank (AfDB) publishes the Mauritius Strategy Paper 2021-2025.

Energy Security

South African Municipalities to Launch R69m Energy Security Project

In South Africa, the Western Cape Minister of Finance and Economic Opportunities, David Maynier through a media statement announced the six municipalities that …

Nuclear Power Plant

UK's Hinkley Point B Approved for Restart

The UK's Office for Nuclear Regulation has today provided EDF with permission for Reactors 3 and 4 at the Hinkley Point B power station in Somerset, England, to…

China

Vice Premier Stresses Good Start of 14th Five-Year Plan Period

Vice Premier Han Zheng on Tuesday stressed an accurate understanding of the new development stage and full application of the new development philosophy to ensu…

Personnel Appointment

Scottish Renewables Elects New Chair

Moray West offshore wind farm project director Adam Morrison will hold the role for three years

Nuclear Power Plant

Russia’s Leningrad-II Unit 2 Ready for Commercial Operation

Russian regulator Rostekhnadzor on 10 March issued a conclusion on the compliance of unit 6 of the Leningrad NPP with the requirements of technical regulations …

Electric Car

Delhi Govt Calls on Corporates to Promote EV Policy

Stressing on the need to include Delhi's corporates in the 'Switch Delhi' campaign, the AAP Minister said the corporates can put their resources to the best use…

Hydropower Plant

Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan Sign Roadmap for Implementing Hydropower Project

Minister of Energy and Industry of Kyrgyzstan Kubanychbek Turdubayev met with an Uzbek delegation headed by Uzbek Minister of Energy Alisher Sultanov.

Nuclear Power Plant

Ohio Senate Strips Subsidies from Nuclear Power Plant Bailout Law

Ohio Senators have unanimously approved a bill that strips out a key provision of the sweeping energy law that’s at the center of a federal corruption scandal.…

Energy Taxation

Basic Customs Duty Expected to Increase Solar bid Tariffs by up to 50 Paise per Unit: ICRA

Basic customs duty of 25 per cent and 40% on imported solar cells and modules, respectively, is likely to result in an increase in solar tariffs.

Personnel Appointment

Senate Votes to Confirm Regan as EPA Administrator

The U.S. Senate on March 10 voted 66 to 34 to confirm Michael Regan as administrator of the U.S. EPA. Representatives of the biofuels and bioenergy industries h…