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Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., has awarded Areva and DAELIM Industrial Co. a contract to replace the six steam generators on the Ulchin 1 & 2 NPPs. These will be implemented during outages planned for 2011 and 2012.

Century Concord Wind Power Investment Ltd signed an agreement with China Power Investment Baiyinhua to undertake wind farm projects in the country.

The feasibility study for a 200MW wind farm in the southeastern waters of Hong Kong is now subject to public scrutiny.

China Resources Power's generation in May decreased by 8.32 percent to further reduce its numbers by 1.66 percent for 2009.

AREVA won four orders worth approximately US$69.9 million to supply Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd. 765 kV substations.

The Tokyo Electric Power Company will pursue mutual exchange and cooperation with Saudi Electric Company in the field of electricity business.

Westinghouse hopes to ink a deal with the NPCIL for it to deploy AP1000 nuclear power plants in India.

China Resources Power has obtained approval from the PRC Government to operate Qiaowan Phase I Wind Farm and Dahao Wind Farm.

Siemens seeks to triple production capacity for industrial steam turbines in India by 2010 for approximately US$57.2 million. The expansion will be through a new gas turbine production facility with a surface area of 14,000 square meters in the state of Gujarat.

AREVA won an order worth over US$112.9M from KEPCO to supply the converter stations for a 400MW High Voltage Direct Current bipole scheme. The converter stations will transform alternating current into direct current, linking the South Korea’s Jeju Island to the mainland.

China Energy Recovery closed a financing transaction and issued a two-year 9.5 percent Unsecured Convertible Promissory Note of $5 million. The note may be converted into common stock at a conversion price fixed at $1.80 per share, to an accredited private investor.

GE Hitachi Nuclear signed a nuclear plant development agreement with India's Larsen & Toubro Ltd. for its future ABWR projects.

American Superconductor Corporation, a leading energy technologies company, has announced that its wholly owned AMSC Windtec subsidiary has licensed its proprietary 2 megawatt (MW) doubly-fed induction wind turbine design to Inox Wind Limited, part of India’s Inox Group of Companies (Inox). The license provides Inox with the right to manufacture and sell the wind turbines globally. Inox plans to begin series production of the 2 MW wind turbines in 2010.

The first 300MW generation unit of Hunan Lianyuan Power Plant commenced commercial operations after passing a 168-hour full load pilot run.

The celebration on commissioning of first units of Laxiwa Hydropower Station was recently held at the site of Laxiwa Hydropower Station.

Siemens is investing more than US$83.88 million for a wind turbine plant production facility in Lingang New City, Shanghai. This new facility is scheduled to take up operation in the second half of 2010, initially with 400 employees. The wind turbine plants produced in Shanghai will be for the Chinese market and for export. The new production site will have a total space of 180,000 square meters and be situated at an excellent location with regard to shipping and traffic facilities, being in the direct vicinity of the Yang Shan deep-sea harbor. "Siemens is expanding its commitment to environmentally-friendly energy technology in China with this new wind turbine production facility in Shanghai,” declared Wolfgang Dehen, CEO of the Siemens Energy Sector and member of the managing board of Siemens AG. "China could soon become the largest wind energy market in the world and with our new production facility in Shanghai we are establishing an excellent starting position for meeting the growing demand of this exciting market. In addition, we are also rigorously advancing the internationalisation of our manufacturing network for wind turbines to optimally meet the needs of our customers in Asia, Europe and America," he added. Siemens will initially produce blades for 2.3 and 3.6 MW wind turbine plants. These blades will be produced using the IntegralBlade process patented by Siemens, without any glued joints that are susceptible to damage. Wind turbine plant nacelles will also be produced at this new plant. The production capacity for the new facility is initially planned at 500 MW annually. The first wind turbine blades and nacelles are scheduled to leave the plant in time for the EXPO 2010 international exhibition in Shanghai. Siemens has already reserved additional space in Lingang for potential expansion of this production facility.