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BPDB formed a three-member committee to look into the explosion at Raozan Power Plant in Chittagong.

Ex-Im Bank of the US became the first international financing institution to support PV projects under India's National Solar Mission and the State of Gujarat's Solar Power Policy.

Bangladesh will add another 800 megawatts of rental power to the national grid within the next two months.

China will increase its wind power capacity to 13GW in Inner Mongolia, the country's top wind power region, by the end of this year.

Tetra Tech will help the Indonesia expand its domestic energy supply to provide power to 90 per cent of its population by 2025.

Tepco will scrap reactors 1 to 4 at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

Tepco sought assistance from French nuclear power authorities to address the crisis at the Fukushima power plant.

Investment in China's electricity sector is expected to reach $114 billion for 2011, according to The People's Daily.

ABB has won a deal to build a $900 million ultrahigh-voltage transmission system for Power Grid Corporation of India's north-east Agra transmission project.

ADB is extending $200 million in loans partly to assist Indonesia embark on major energy efficiency improvements in export industries.

There were 89 nuclear reactor malfunctions in South Korea over the past 10 years that cost the country US$299 million.

Nepal will launch new power projects and purchase more electricity from India to address the power crisis within the next five years.

State Grid Corporation of China will expand its smart grid construction in fields such as electric-charging stations and wind-power installations in 2011.

China will not let Japan’s nuclear crisis derail its plan to develop the nuclear power industry.

Finnish company Moventas wants harness India's economic potential by setting up a base in Chennai.

The North-West Power Generation Company is set to install 810 MW power project in the northwestern part of Bangladesh.