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India misses targets for capacity addition and electricity generation

India's power sector only achieved 60% achievement of the capacity addition targets set by the Ministry of Power for 2010-11.

India misses targets for capacity addition and electricity generation

India's power sector only achieved 60% achievement of the capacity addition targets set by the Ministry of Power for 2010-11.

ADB to provide $150M guarantees for India's solar sector

ADB will provide up to $150 million in credit guarantees to help India scale up its use of solar power as a major renewable energy source.

TEPCO to stabilise Fukushima plant in 6 months

TEPCO unveiled plans to stabilise the quake-hit Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan, within six months.

CLP to expand gas power plant in India

The Central Electricity Authority has approved China Light and Power's proposed expansion of the 1,200MW gas-based power plant in Gujarat, India.

Madhucon to build Indian thermal plant for $1.34B

Madhucon Projects will construct a 1,320MW thermal power plant in Ranchi, India.

China Datang to use Vestas wind turbines

Vestas has secured an order from China Datang to supply 25 units of V90-2.0MW wind turbines. The wind turbines will be installed near the city of Hulunbeier in the north-eastern part of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China.

UAE, Russian firms to manufacture nuclear equipment in India

Dubai-based Dodsal and Russia's Atomenergomash will construct a nuclear power equipment manufacturing plant in India.

GE ships advanced gas turbine equipment to Greece

The equipment will help the country's energy and environmental goals.

Metso modernizes power plant automation for Xcel Energy

The multiphased automation project in Becker, Minnesota, USA will span six years.

Construction starts for Korean module plant

Hyundai-Avancis has started building work on South Korea’s largest CIGS thin-film solar module plant in Chungcheongbuk-do.

Areva to boost Aussie power station by 44MW

Areva will construct a $110.17 million solar thermal addition to CS Energy's coal-fired Kogan Creek power station.

Malaysian firm undertakes China-funded Vietnam power plant construction

Malaysian firm Janakuasa Sdn Bhd expects to complete a US$1.5 billion power station in Vietnam by 2014.

Korean PV sector anticipates sales increase

South Korean makers of solar energy materials are expected to see their sales nearly double this year amid aggressive corporate investment.

Two Indonesian power plant projects to get JBIC funding

The  JBIC is ready to finance the development of two power plants in Central Java and North Sumatra with a total value of more than US$1 billion.

ABB wins $120-million power transmission order in China

ABB won a $120 million order to engineer and supply key equipment for the Jinping-Sunan 800 kV UHVDC power transmission project of the SGCC. The order was booked in the first quarter.

Japan utilises 58.3% less nuclear power

The nuclear power plant utilisation rate in Japan fell to 58.3% in March from 66% last year.

Trash-burning power plant in China prepares for operation

The Hangu Power plant in north China's coastal city of Tianjin will begin operating before June.