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The Joint Secretary of India's Ministry of New and Renewable Energy believes that solar power will attain grid parity by 2017. Sec. Tapun Kapoor based his assessment on the response from the Solar Manufacturing Industry to levelize cost that is equal to or less than the price of purchasing power from the grid. Kapoor said this while presenting the Solar Power Scenario in India during the recently concluded 27th Meeting of Forum of Regulators. Reaching grid parity is an important point in the development of new sources of power, such as solar power, as it is the point at which it becomes a contender for widespread development without subsidy support.

The Orissa Electricity Regulatory Commission announced that 30,000 MW solar thermal power projects could be set up in 10% of wasteland in the state were to be made available for solar power installation.

Nepal will import additional 150MW from the Indian electricity market despite the latter's power deficit.

China intends to increase the electricity it derives from wind power by 25 times to 1,000GW.

 Azure Power has commissioned its third solar plant, located in Rajasthan, in just under two years.

Vietnam Electricity Group estimates it suffered a VND3.5 trillion loss in 2011.

The Three Gorges Power Plant generated 78.29 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity in 2011.

PN expects to generate an additional 135 megawatts of electricity from its three geothermal power plants that are set to go online this year.

Operation of nuclear reactors will be limited by the Japanese government to 40 years, although there would be exceptions if certain requirements are met.

A decision over antidumping penalties against Chinese solar module imports into the US has been delayed by a month.

Power crisis in Andhra Pradesh is expected to worsen with an average power shortfall of 1,180 million units from January-May 2012.

Power plants to be installed in Bangladesh by 2015 may not get adequate gas supply.

Beijing, China’s pollution capital, has just issued its first plan for new and renewable energy.

ABB has booked an order worth more than Rs. 4000 crores from Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd., to deliver UHVDC transmission system.

NTPC has signed a PPA with Madhya Pradesh Power Trading Company for supplying electricity from a 50MW solar plant, based in Rajgarh. It is expected to be commissioned by 2013.

China boosted its offshore wind power by launching its largest intertidal wind farm at the end of 2011.