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BHEL to supply equipment to supercritical thermal project

BHEL will supply power equipment for setting up the 1,980 Mw thermal power project at Lalitpur in Uttar Pradesh. The deal worth Rs 5,450 crore came from a Bajaj group company.

BHEL to supply equipment to supercritical thermal project

BHEL will supply power equipment for setting up the 1,980 Mw thermal power project at Lalitpur in Uttar Pradesh. The deal worth Rs 5,450 crore came from a Bajaj group company.

Vietnam crafting renewable energy development strategy

Vietnam's Deputy PM Hoàng Trung Hải wants an early promulgation of a strategy and Master Planning Scheme for renewal energy development by 2030.

Vestas gets 48MW China wind power deal

Vestas has signed its first wind power order in 2011 with China Longyuan Power Group for 48 MW. The order consists of 24 wind turbines V80-2.0 MW which will be installed in Fujian.

PLN to build wind power plants in Aceh

PLN announced it would buy electricity from a 30 MW wind farm run by Viron Energy in Sukabumi, West Java.

China approves 10 wind farm projects in Inner Mongolia

The NDRC announced that it has approved 10 large wind farm projects in Inner Mongolia, Jiangsu, and Hebei provinces.

Inner Mongolia tops wind energy capacity in China

The installed wind farm capacity of the grid-connected wind power in Inner Mongolia reached 10.9 GW by February 2011. It became the first region in China to possess 10 GW of grid-connected installed wind energy.

Siemens to install Bangladesh-India grid interconnection

A sub station would link about 30 kilometers grid interconnection between Bangladesh and India to import 500MW electricity by 2012.

China to replace nuclear power with solar

China’s National Development and Reform Commission revealed the government was planning to cut its 2020 target for nuclear power capacity.

Radiation continues to leak at Fukushima plant

Radioactive water continues to leak at Fukushima plant bringing radioactive iodine levels at 4,385 times the limit.

Committee to probe Raozan Power Plant explosion

BPDB formed a three-member committee to look into the explosion at Raozan Power Plant in Chittagong.

Indian solar projects get US financing

Ex-Im Bank of the US became the first international financing institution to support PV projects under India's National Solar Mission and the State of Gujarat's Solar Power Policy.

Bangladesh to add 800MW to national grid in 2 months

Bangladesh will add another 800 megawatts of rental power to the national grid within the next two months.

Inner Mongolia wind power to be raised to 13GW

China will increase its wind power capacity to 13GW in Inner Mongolia, the country's top wind power region, by the end of this year.

TetraTech to assist Indonesia's domestic energy expansion

Tetra Tech will help the Indonesia expand its domestic energy supply to provide power to 90 per cent of its population by 2025.

Fukushima reactors to be scrapped

Tepco will scrap reactors 1 to 4 at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

Tepco seeks French aid to contain nuclear crisis

Tepco sought assistance from French nuclear power authorities to address the crisis at the Fukushima power plant.

Chinese electricity investments to reach $114B

Investment in China's electricity sector is expected to reach $114 billion for 2011, according to The People's Daily.