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Unit 1 of Heimifeng Pumped Storage Power Plant passed a 30-day test run, which signaled that this unit is ready for commercial operation.

The 2×600MW expansion project of Yanshanhu Power Plant is right on schedule for its planned 2011 operations.

Sinohydro Corporation and Electricite Du Laos will construct two hydro-electric power plants and a power transmission line, according to China Daily. The projects have a cumulative worth of about $559 million.

Datang generated 61.3 billion kilowatts electricity in the first half of this year, representing a decline of 1.5 percent year on year.

ABB declared that it will continue to honor its commitment against desertification despite the challenges posed by the economic crisis.

Unaudited profit after tax for the first half of 2009 attributable to shareholders of CKI amounted to HK$3,885 million. The figure is a 67 percent improvement over the corresponding period in 2008.

China WindPower raises US$74.7 million through share placement at the placing price of US$.1097 per share for 700 million shares.

China WindPower has agreed with Baicheng group for the exclusive right to develop 1500MW wind power resources. The Baicheng wind power exploitation leading group is authorised by municipal government to manage the wind resource exploitation and the local wind power industry development.

China Energy Recovery won a contract to design and manufacture a waste heat recovery system for the Wuxi Zhenyu Chemical. The 300,000 ton annual capacity sulfuric acid plant is a joint venture between Marubeni, a Japanese Fortune Global 500 company, and Wuxi Sulfuric Acid, a leading sulfuric acid producer in Jiangsu Province. The contract value amounts to RMB4.98 million or approximately US$0.73 million.

A Syndicated Loan Agreement totaling US$5.3 million has been provided for the Shandong Haiyang Nuclear Power Project Phase I.

China Resources Power's total net generation in June 2009, on a consolidated basis, increased by 2.9 percent to 5,612,935 MWh.

China WindPower signed an exclusive agreement with Fuxin Municipal Government in Liaoning Province to develop wind power electricity projects with 500MW capacity. The group earlier secured similar agreements with Fumeng County and Zhangwu County, Fuxin City.

China Resources Wind Power Co., Ltd. Phase II Shalong Wind Farm is now supplying electricity to the Guangdong provincial power grid.

The National Development and Reform Commission approved the 2x600MW thermal plant project of Yanshanhu Power Plant aimed to expand the coal-electricity market in east Inner Mongolia.

Plans to equip Xinchang Power Plant with 2x1000MW ultra-supercritical coal-fired units with efficient de-dusting have been approved by the Jiangxi Development and Reform Commission.

Emerson Process Management was selected to install a digital plant architecture with expert control system at the Pakistan Engro Qadirpur Energy Power Plant.