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Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has discussed ways to implement the civil nuclear deal with US President Barack Obama.

Australian Capital Territory is launching a new incentive scheme to promote large-scale solar in the state to help install projects totalling up to 210MW.

A circular has been completed to regulate the competitive power market including responsibility for all players.

Norwegian SN Power Company intends to buy big amounts of stakes of hydropower plants in Vietnam, which is believed to activate the hydropower merger and acquisition market.

China may resume construction of nuclear reactors that were stopped earlier this year following Japan’s Fukushima crisis.

India is a key strategic partner in the UK’s effort to promote renewable energy and tackle climate change, according to United Kingdom’s minister of state for climate change Gregory Barker.

Bangladesh wants to solve two problems with one solution.

Japanese utility Tohoku Electric Power Co said on Thursday it has lost 400 megawatts of power output due to extended work on a turbine at its gas-fired 1,700-MW Higashi-Niigata plant. The company said it expects the unit to resume full operations around Dec. 1, after it replaces a turbine wing at the No.4 series unit. Tohoku on Tuesday resumed getting surplus power, totalling 700 MW, from neighboring utilities Tokyo Electric Power Co and Hokkaido Electric Power Co for the first time since the summer, as power demand spiked due to chilly winter weather. The northern utility has been struggling to secure enough power supplies on its own after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami damaged several nuclear and fossil-fuel fired plants. here  

HCMC will set aside an amount of VND1 trillion for renewable energy projects following approval from the Ministry of Industry and Trade for the city’s power development plan for the 2011-2015 period.As part of this plan, HCMC will build a plant producing power from garbage in Hiep Phuoc Waste Treatment Complex in Cu Chi District with a maximum capacity of 40MW. The city will also focus on generating energy from garbage, wind, solar power not only to produce energy but also to solve environmental problems. Besides, HCMC will need up to around VND21 trillion to invest in its power grid, including low- and medium-voltage power cables, 110-kV and 220-kV power lines, to serve the demand for its socioeconomic development. Under the plan, the maximum capacity of the city’s power system will reach 4,800MW in 2015 with a commercial electricity output of around 28.3 billion kWh and an annual growth rate of 12.9%. In this period, HCMC will also put underground medium-voltage cables in new urban areas and industrial parks, including all power cables in districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10 and 11. Meanwhile, Go Vap, Tan Binh, Binh Thanh, Phu Nhuan and Thu Duc districts will have 85% of cables underground and the ratio for other districts is 20-40%.  

Ho Chi Minh City will set aside an amount of VND1 trillion for renewable energy projects for the 2011-2015 period.

A national consultation workshop on the environmental and social impact assessments of the Nam Ou 2 dam in Luang Prabang province was held in Vientiane last week.

This is part of the country's road map to grab 10% share of the world's clean energy market by 2020.

Goldwind partners with Powercor Australia to connect 13 Goldwind 1.5 MW turbines to the Australian grid.

Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd and the Universiti Sains Malaysia signed an MoU aimed at increasing energy efficiency via lower cost methods.

Thailand's Electricity Generating Pcl or EGCO has submitted a bid for a stake in GS Power, a subsidiary of South Korea's GS Caltex, as part of an expansion drive.

Thailand's Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding will build power plants in Myanmar.