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Metso supplies technologies to Suzano Papel e Celulose S.A.

The greenfield pulp mill is to be built in the state of Maranhão, northeastern Brazil.

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Metso supplies technologies to Suzano Papel e Celulose S.A.

The greenfield pulp mill is to be built in the state of Maranhão, northeastern Brazil.

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Solar panels to be installed for 340,000 eastern Indonesians

PT PLN will install solar panels worth US$138.76 million for 340,000 new customers in eastern Indonesia this year.

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GE defends containment system at Fukushima plant

GE defended its Mark I containment system at the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant against safety issues raised against it.

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South Korea still pro-nuclear energy

South Korea will continue its atomic energy buildup despite the nuclear disaster unfolding in Japan.

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Four Fukushima nuclear reactors may now be damaged

A hydrogen blast hit the Fukushima Dai-Ichi plant’s No. 4 reactor, bringing the number of the complex's damaged reactors possibly to four. It has a total of six reactors.

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China starts operating world's first 660 KV transmission system

The world's first 660-kilovolt direct current power transmission system start6ed operating in China. It transmitted energy from northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region to the eastern Shandong Province.

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India to draft a geothermal energy policy

India's Ministry of New and Renewable Energy will draft a national geothermal energy policy by the end of March 2011.

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China electricity consumption growth rate to fall in 2011

China's nationwide electricity consumption is expected to rise nearly 12 percent to 4.7 trillion kilowatt-hours in 2011, reports cnr.cn, citing the China Electricity Council.

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Philippines has highest electricity rates in Asia

The Philippines has the most expensive electricity in the whole of Asia.

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China to invest $121B in nuclear power stations

China will give the go-ahead to ten nuclear power projects during its 12th Five-Year Plan, ending 2015.

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China’s power consumption up 14.6% in 2010

Power consumption in China totaled 4.19 trillion kilowatt hours in 2010. It represents aan increase of 14.56 percent year-on-year.

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Myanmar attracts big investments in hydropower

A third of the total foreign investment in Myanmar went into the hydropower sector during the first seven months of the 2010-2011 fiscal year. Hydropower also represented the second-largest investment sector.

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