India

 A Chinese consortium will set up a 300-megawatt dual-fuel peaking power station at Ghorashal.

The ministry of New and Renewable Energy has gotten a 20 per cent increase in budget allocation.

Sri Lanka's requirement of sovereign immunity waiver has a created a major hurdle for the proposed Trincomalee project.

The Summit Group won the bid for a 100 MW power plant project in Syedpur under Nilphamari district.

India Finance Minister Mr. Pranab Mukherjee  increased the budgetary support for the power sector to US$1.945 billion for 2011-12.

The Bangladesh government has asked the Power Development Board to supply uninterrupted electricity to the rural areas  for irrigation pumps during Boro season. The solution proposed was through rationing in urban areas.

Sri Lanka will utilize small hydropower plant projects to add 350MW of electricity to the national grid by 2020.

The Maldives asked India to take a lead in developing clean and green energy-based development.

Bangladesh signed a primary deal with Russia for installing a 2000 MW nuclear power plant at Rooppur in Pabna.

The first project expected under that Pakistan's initiative to medernize power plants is a 750-megawatt combined-cycle plant in Guddu. It would feature advanced technology F-class gas turbines from GE.

Bangladesh Commerce Minister Faruk Khan urged Canadian businessmen to invest more in the power sector to help alleviate the country's energy crunch.

The Himachal Pradesh government would set up two hydro power engineering colleges in Shimla and Bilaspur districts.

Pakistan is expected to complete a pilot project, which will generate electricity from the Thar Coal project through gasification this year.

Russian ambassador to Bangladesh Gennady P. Trotsenko said Russia is keen to support Bangladesh to develop its power sector.

Bangladesh is planning to frame a separate policy to protect poor peoples' right to energy.

Bangladesh government has awarded a Spanish firm over US$14.08 million project to build transmission line from Baharampur of India to Bheramara. It will be used to import electricity from India.