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Spire wins turnkey module line business with Rahimafrooz

Rahimafrooz Renewable Energy has ordered an advanced module manufacturing line with a capacity of 20MW from Spire Corporation. The modules made at the new facility will be used for rural applications.

Spire wins turnkey module line business with Rahimafrooz

Rahimafrooz Renewable Energy has ordered an advanced module manufacturing line with a capacity of 20MW from Spire Corporation. The modules made at the new facility will be used for rural applications.

L&T to build gas-based power plant for GSECL

 L&T will build a gas-based power plant in Gujarat under a US$240 million EPC contract for Gujarat State Electricity Corporation.

Sinovel to unveil China's first 6MW wind turbine

Sinovel Wind Group will finish production of the country's first independently-developed 6-megawatt wind turbine in June.

Wind farm connected to grid in Tianjin

The largest wind farm project in north China's Tianjin Municipality has been connected to grid. It now supplies enough power for 247,500 households a year.

Showa Shell unit begins production at solar cell plant

Japan's Showa Shell unit, Solar Frontier has begun commercial production at its third solar cell plant in southwestern Japan.

Azure Power to construct solar plant in India

Azure Power plans to construct a 10MW solar facility in the state of Meghalaya, India. It has identified West Garo Hills and Ri-Bhoi districts as potential sites for the project.

Moser Baer to procure solar modules from First Solar

Moser Baer selected First Solar to supply 25MW DC of advanced thin-film modules for its solar power generation projects in India.

CR Power to invest in New Energy In Chongqing

CR Power is investigating the feasibility of wind farms in the cities of Wulong, Yuyang, Wuxi, and Chongqing.

Marubeni to construct Bangladesh combined cycle power plant

A US$370 million contract was signed by Marubeni with Electricity Generation Company of Bangladesh.

India's installed generation capacity swells to 170.23 GW

India's installed power generation capacity of the country has surged to 1,70,228.86 MW.

India's power utilities import only 18 MT of coal

Against a coal import target of 35 million tonnes for the current fiscal, the power utilities have imported 18.144 MT as of January 2010.

India power generation clocks 5.04% growth

A cumulative growth of 5.04% in Indian energy generation was recorded during the first 10 months of the financial year 2010-11.

NTPC yet to meet Kayamkulam gas supply prerequisites

NTPC sought another six month-extension to comply with the gas supply agreement for stage II of the Rajiv Gandhi combined cycle power plan.

Aboitiz earmarks $1.5B for plant expansion

Aboitiz Power will spend $1.5 billion for the expansion of its Subic and Davao coal-fired facilities over the next three years.

Indonesia to force PLN to buy more geothermal power

The Indonesian government will soon issue a ministerial decree ordering state electricity company PT PLN to buy power produced by geothermal power plants across the nation.

China power generation tops 4.14T KWH In 2010

National power generation volume rose 13.3 percent year-on-year to 4.141 trillion kilowatt hours in 2010. This was announced by the National Development and Reform Commission at its website.

China power consumption hits 4.19T KWH in 2010

China’s power consumption totaled 4.192 trillion kilowatt hours in 2010.