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But revenues will decline from $64.4b in 2010 to $56.9b in 2012 before recovering to $65.4b in 2016.

 Coal India Limited refuted charges pertaining to supply of poor quality coal to Kota and Suratgarh thermal power plants, as alleged by Lalit Kishore Chaturvedi, MP.

NHPC will set two hydro projects of total 400 Mw capacity in Uttarakhand.

Mandatory safety inspections of existing nuclear power plants in the China has been completed by the China Nuclear Energy Association.

The Nam Theun 2 Power Company or NTPC remains unsure when its plant will resume electricity generation as the level of the Xebangfay River remains high.

LDK Solar and Datang International Power Generation will build a 20MW solar power plant in Qinghai, China.

Reliance Power's parent company, the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, will invest INR15bn or $333.2 million in a 200MW wind power plant in Vashpet, in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

Tamil Nadu will implement a state government scheme to utilise 100 MW wind power generated at nights for supplying to industrial units.

India will buy electricity from 35 out of 37 solar projects that were able to submit evidence they had arranged funding.

Vestas will supply 26 V100 1.8MW wind turbines for the Vandiya Power wind farm project in Gujarat, India.

Bangchak Petroleum is eyeing expansion of three solar power projects in Thailand with investments of THB12bn or $401 million.

NTPC will invest about Rs 1 lakh crore to set up India’s largest hydropower project in Arunachal Pradesh. The Siang Upper Project will have a generation capacity of 9,500 MW, enough to light up two cities like Delhi. “We are in talks with the Arunachal Pradesh government for setting up the project,” NTPC’s chairman and managing director Arup Roy Choudhury said. “The state has raised a few issues, which we are trying to address.” The company is preparing a detailed report for the project, he said. The Siang valley on the Brahmaputra river has 17,000 Mw of hydel power potential, according to some estimates. The 1,500-Mw Nathpa Jhakri project is the largest operational hydropower project in India.

South Korea's clean energy sector grew significantly over the last three years with both its sales and exports jumping roughly seven fold.

Japan decided exporting nuclear power generation technology after reviewing its policy.

Fuel inside one of the reactors at the nuclear complex in Fukushima Prefecture has possibly breached the vessel after melting again at the bottom, according to a study.

The US has rejected a claim that it had agreed to provide nuclear technology assistance to Sri Lanka.