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Experts are complaining that Mongolia was selling the coal too cheaply to China during the Tavantolgoi forum held at the Civil Hall at the Presidential Office in Ulaanbaatar. At $US 70 per ton, they say Mongolia’s profit is only USD 10 per ton.

The website caries here, an account of 47 thermal power plants (TPPs) that have exhibited more than 100 million units (MU) worth of shortfall vis-a-vis their targets during April - July, 2011.Various issues, such as low system demand, miscellaneous forced shortages, etc. have contributed to a cumulative shortfall of 11,970.8 million units (MU) in targeted power generation for 47 stations, worth combined capacity of 37,359.25 MW.   NTPC Limited was faced with low system demand at its 830 MW Dadri combined cycle power plant (CCPP), and 663 MW Auraiya CCPP; while the 2340 MW Kahalgaon TPS suffered from fuel shortages, reflected in maximum generation losses worth 1068 MU. Further, Talcher STPS, Udupi TPP, Peguthan CCPP and Jalipa Kupurdi TPS  recorded shortfalls of 567.94 MU, 465.95 MU, 450.86 MU and 390.03 MU respectively, among others.

India surpassed its energy generation target for July by 3,065 million units, generating 74,104 million MU during the month. The country also registered an impressive double digit growth rate of 12.49% over the electricity generated from the same period last year.

Energy firm PTT has signed an agreement with IRPC to invest THB6bn ($200m) in a solar power plant in Thailand. The company will take six months to study the prospects of investing in the project, which will have a capacity of 50-90MW, reports Reuters. PTT plans to increase its power generation capacity from its current 700MW to 6,000MW in the next ten years.  

Karachi's water supply was reduced to half when pumping of water from the Dhabeji pumping station came to a halt due to a major power breakdown.

A 10-member delegation from Turkey comprising three experts from three prominent government organizations  arrived in Pakistan to assist in developing new energy projects.

Shikoku Electric Power Co shut the gas-fired 296-megawatt No.1 unit at Sakaide plant due to worries over a steam leak from a boiler tube.

Hydro projects worth in Nepal with a total capacity of 2,007 MW capacity are in the pipeline.

The government of Bangladesh in a joint venture with Bahrain will install a 750MW power plant at Kodda in Gazipur by 2014.

The government of Vietnam asked the local authorities to create favourable conditions for the Pleiku to Cau Bong  transmission line project’s investors.

What would be India’s biggest solar park will receive a 250 million euros or $356 million loan from KfW Entwicklungsbank of Germany.

The third turbine of Son La hydropower plant with designed capacity of 400 MW had been put into idle operation successfully.

THDC India's 444MW hydro power project on Alaknanda River in Uttarakhand, India will get a $648 million loan from the World Bank.

Growing exports by the South Korea's chemical, machinery and steel sectors increased its industrial electricity sales  steadily last month.

Japan and five Mekong River countries will focus on cross-border energy security cooperation in light of power shortages in some parts of the Southeast Asian region.

China is expected to face a power shortage up to 70 million kilowatts in 2013, according to an official with the China Electricity Council.