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FICCI has called for a higher priority in allocation of coal to the power sector.

Japan approved a plan to help TEPCO compensate victims of the crisis at its tsunami-crippled nuclear plant. It will also save TEPCO from financial collapse.

Tokuyama will make further inroads into the lucrative solar industry by more than tripling polysilicon production from its Malaysian and Japanese facilities.

A consortium of Mitsui and Daewoo E&C will construct a 700MW coal-fired power plant in Morocco.

Altona Energy will apply Rentech's technologies in gasification of coal and biomass at its Arckaringa project located in South Australia.

TEPCO will restart operations at two of its thermal power plants in Japan to remedy shortages during the peak season.

China Gezhouba Group plans to construct a $1bn hydroelectric power plant in Indonesia's Sulawesi Selatan province.

Security management in Chinese nuclear plants should be further improved with plans drawn up for extreme disasters, as well as secondary ones, said Zhao Chengkun, vice chairman of the China Nuclear Energy Association.

 Seventy-seven per cent of the work at Tata Power's 4,000 MW Mundra ultra mega power project has been completed.

Adani Power plans to double its power generation capacity to 3,960MW in the current fiscal year.

ABB won an order worth about $15 million from Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.

The government of Rajasthan has approved a new solar power policy aimed at encouraging construction of 3 GW of solar energy capacity in the next six years.

Chubu Electric Power Co held an inconclusive board meeting Saturday over whether to suspend the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture.

South Korea's oldest nuclear reactor is safe to operate, as a detailed inspection showed no problems with the unit that went into emergency shutdown last month due to an electrical glitch, the government said Friday.

Only 19,973 MW of the renewable energy potential of around 200,000 MW has been tapped in India, thus far.

The International Finance Corporation will be lending $50 million to PTC India Financial Services to push renewable energy in the country.