India

Acquisition of renewable energy technology from China is a priority for Pakistan.

A South Korean firm will help ease power shortage in a Pakistani province.

Also needs more renewable and nuclear energy.

Mr. P. Uma Shankar, Secretary, Ministry of Power, Government of India, is leading a high-level delegation of Indian power sector experts to Bangladesh from 29th January to 1st February 2013. During his visit, Mr. P. Uma Shankar will co-chair along with Secretary, Power Division of Bangladesh, the 5th meeting of the India-Bangladesh Joint Steering Committee on Power Cooperation. This meeting will be preceded by the first Board meeting of the “India-Bangladesh Friendship Power Company”. The India-Bangladesh Friendship Power Company is a joint venture between NTPC Limited of India and Bangladesh Power Development Corporation, that has been formed to build the 1320 MW thermal power project at Rampal in Khulna. In addition to reviewing the progress on the Rampal project, Indian Power Secretary will also discuss the progress in the procurement of 500 MW power from India, and initiatives to expand cooperation in the sector between India and Bangladesh.

The Korea International Cooperation Agency (Koica) has installed 20 solar-powered irrigation pumps and 1,250 solar home systems to provide electricity to neglected, poor farmers and villagers of various remote areas in Bangladesh. Koica, the Korean government’s developmental instrument, initiated the project to promote the use of environment friendly, green, renewable energy which will cope with electricity shortage and address climate change problem as part of its efforts to fulfil its social responsibility and climate change mandate. The Koica-supported project - ‘Solar Powered Irrigation Pumps and Solar Home Systems’ - was inaugurated on Monday at Modonhati, Rajshahi, said a press release. Koica and the Rural Electrification Board (REB) jointly celebrated the completion. Rajshahi City Mayor AHM Khairuzzaman Liton, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Bangladesh Lee Yun-young, Resident Representative of Koica Bangladesh Office Kim Bok-Hee, Joint Secretary of ERD Mohammad Asif-uz-Zaman, Chairman of the REB Brig Gen Moin Uddin, Koica’s and the government high officials, and over 200 farmers and villagers benefiting from the project were present.

SAARC co-operation in energy, hydro-power stressed

Chinese engineers will repair the second unit of 300MW capacity of Yamuna Nagar power plant.

Karnataka Power will convert a 128 MW diesel generating power plant to gas-fired station.

India's Central Electricity Authority has asked all generation firms to evolve a crisis management plan. 

There is an urgent need to increase power generation for industrial growth as well as overall development of

An agency from Jammu & Kashmir has invited bids from consulting firms in selecting IPP developers for 100 Mini/Micro Hydro projects.

Sees no “tangible business opportunities” in India.

NTPC blamed two Russian suppliers for for the delay in its 1,980 MW Barh I super thermal power project.

India's BHEL will provide electro-mechanical equipment package for a 720MW hydropower project in Bhutan.

Tripura will soon be supplying surplus power from two of its projects to the rest of India through Bangladesh.

Dhaka and Moscow on January 15 signed three agreements and six memorandums of understanding (MoUs) on cooperation in different fields, including setting up of the much-awaited 1000-MW nuclear power plant at Rooppur in northern Bangladesh. Deputy Finance Minister of Russia Sergey Storchak and Economic Relations Division (ERD) Secretary of Bangladesh Md Abul Kalam Azad signed the agreement on the Extension of State Export Credit for Financing the Preparatory Stage Work of Nuclear Power Plant at Rooppur in Pabna and the Extension of a State Export Credit to the Bangladesh government. State Minister for Science and Technology Arhitect Yeafesh Osman and General Director of Russian State Atomic Energy Commission ‘Rosatom’ SV Kirienko penned the deal on the Establishment of a Nuclear Industry Information Centre in Bangladesh. Under an agreement Bangladesh will procure military equipment worth US$ one billion from Russia. The Prime Minister said this while talking to reporters at her hotel lobby after the signing of three agreements and six MoUs at Kremlin. Hasina said the friendship between Bangladesh and Russia would reach a new height through her visit, “They (Russia) are our friend of bad time…With this visit we renew our friendship, a new door of prospect has opened up with it.” The Prime Minister said the signing of the agreements and MoUs will help both countries enhance the bilateral trade volume. “The friendly relations and cooperation with Russia will increase a lot,” she added. Hasina also hoped that these agreements and MoUs would greatly help Bangladesh elevate its socioeconomic status, and recalled the help and assistance of Russia, the then Soviet Union, during the Liberation War and after the war. Hasina also said she invited Russian President Putin to visit Bangladesh and he accepted it. “He’ll visit at his convenient time,” she said. Ministers and officials concerned of the two countries signed the agreements and MoUs. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina led the Bangladesh side at the talks, while Russian side was headed by its President Vladimir Putin. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that they had constructive talks and hoped that the bilateral relations of the two countries will reach a new height. Beside the cooperation in the nuclear power plant, the Russian president mentioned that his country is interested to increase the cooperation in other energy sectors. In this connection, he mentioned the gas sector.