Villagers in the northern Indian state say they have been left out of a crucial decision on the second and third stage of a hydropower project with huge environmental risks

Chinese and Japanese investors have lost interest in funding coal projects due to high costs, pushing the country towards natural gas – which will do little to solve problems of overcapacity, expensive power and carbon emissions

The solar tender has been marked by rushed land deals and a push for quick delivery, with Chinese companies winning almost all the sites

A new CPEC Authority aims to centralise decision-making and take autonomy away from the provinces where the corridor’s key projects will be built. This makes the future of CPEC and its environmental consequences even more opaque

Experts wonder why a bill riddled with errors has been tabled in the upper house of parliament

Myanmar’s first wind power project in the doldrums after the government changes direction on how it backs projects

A combination of low costs, savings in fossil fuel consumption and useful secondary products has made biogas increasingly popular in rural Bhutan

A huge shake-up of the Bangladeshi energy sector may be afoot, but the government must be clearer about its plans

Companies owned by the Indian government stop buying Chinese solar equipment, while private firms face higher tariff; domestic manufacturing too small to make a difference

The Baglihar dam in Jammu and Kashmir bears testimony to the enormous human costs associated with hydroelectricity projects