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Siemens Energy has been entrusted by Petro Vietnam Power to provide maintenance service to Nhon Trach 2 Joint. This came five months after Siemens was awarded the Nhon Trach 2 Combined Cycle Power Plant project. It consists of two gas turbines, one steam turbine, the generators, the main electrical and instrumentation and controls equipment.

Project implementation for Jilin CPI New Energy's Changling Yaojinzi Wind Farm and 30th wind farm has been approved by NDRC.

Guangzhou Zhongdian Lixin Power's US$424.9 million Lixin 2×300 megawatt co-generation project is expected to start operation in 2011. This was announced by the company during its kickoff ceremony in Xintang, Guangzhou.

A New Zealand project will be the first in Asia-Pacific to be installed with the Siemens SWT-2.3-101 wind turbines.

KEPCO seeks to address false reports blaming it of power failures caused by customers' faults.

Electricity has never been safer. Senoko Power has set a new safety benchmark performance in terms of safety by achieving three million man hours without any lost-time injury on the 22nd of October. The firm is Singapore’s largest power generation company with a licensed capacity of 3,300 megawatts which provides about 28% of the nation’s electricity needs.

China Power New Energy will start generating electricity from its two new wind projects by end of 2010. The Gansu Guazhou Beidaqiao 5th Wind Power Project and Qiaowan Sannan Wind Power Projects further consolidate the company's scale and strength of wind power. The company has vigorously promoted the strategic development of new energy and made remarkable achievements.

AboitizPower will supply renewable energy to San Fernando Electric Light and Power Company for three years starting 26 December 2009. Cleanergy, the AboitizPower brand of clean and renewable energy, will be sourced from AboitizPower's Tiwi-Makban geothermal facilities, as well as from its Hedcor-Irisan hydroelectric plant in Benguet.

Siemens will modernise and increase the capacity of the existing HVDC link between New Zealand's North and South Island. It received the order from Wellington-based Transpower New Zealand Limited, the national grid operator.

China Wind Power registered a net profit of US$13.79 million for the six months ending 30 September.

CLP is also set to meet its target of having 20 percent of its generating capacity coming from non-carbon emitting sources by 2020, including nuclear and renewable energy.

The Asian Power Awards IPP of the Year honors was once again conferred to Meiya Power Company Limited.

Vietnam now has an atomic energy research facility for use between domestic and international universities. Located at the the Hanoi-based Army Central Hospital 108 where the center, the facility, a cyclotron 30 MeV center, will also produce radiopharmaceuticals for both medical scans and cardiovascular and cancer treatment.According to the Vietnam Atomic Energy Commission, Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung instructed the Ministry of Defense to closely monitor the operation of the center to ensure its safety and effective use.He also directed the hospital to work closely with research institutes, education facilities and other agencies to make the most of the center.

Twelve exciting ideas that encourage students to make creative and good use of renewable energy were awarded by the HK Electric Clean Energy Fund. It includes one which harnesses solar energy to power an organic farm of Chinese herbs.

TEPCO has restarted Unit No. 7 of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station after refueling and replacement of its assemblies. The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc. shut it down on September 26, 2009 due to fuel leakage. After conducting minute investigation, 100 fuel assemblies were replaced, including the one found to be leaking. There were also those found without debris filters that also had to be replaced. Major inspections and restoration works and nonconformances are ongoing at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station after the 2007 Niigata-Chuetsu-Oki Earthquake.

CEM held a seminar to educate customers to save energy, enhance home safety and environmental protection.