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India will add a total of 10 hydroelectric plants with an aggregate capacity of 2,894 MW.

Two projects hydroelectric projects conceived for the state of Sikkim with a total capacity of 530 MW, are hindered due to agitation from local inhabitants. NHPC's 370 MW Shamnot HEP, in Jammu & Kashmir, and Tehri Hydro Development Corporation's 60 MW Gohana Tal HEP in Uttarakhand are also held up due to environmental and policy related issues.

Vogt Power will supply the heat recovery steam generators for the Amata Nakorn: ABP3 combined cycle co-generation plant.

Initial work for the construction of the Diamer-Basha dam with a reservoir capacity of 32,374 million square metres, has begun.

The MoU will strengthen cooperation in such clean energies as wind power and solar energy, advanced aluminium and high-end aluminium processing.

In the coming five years China's adjustment for the power source structure of the corporation would focus on accelerating the development of clean energy. These include hydraulic power, nuclear power, wind power, and solar power generation. and continuously increasing the use of clean energy to eventually realize a low-carbon and clean development.

The plan  to ramp-up the capacity of the Dabhol power plant by another 2,200 MW may be nipped in bud.

Sri Lanka has called for certain changes in the draft power purchase agreement  for the 2x250 MW coal-based Trincomalee power project.

ADB will be providing a loan to help fund the first privately owned and financed wind farm in Pakistan.

Indonesia is interested in getting power supply from the Bakun hydroelectric dam now being built in Sarawak. This was revealed by Second Finance Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah.

TEPCO concluded a trustee agreement with Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry to produce a master plan for a power supply project in Vietnam, as announced on October 4, 2010.

NTPC plans to become a 75-GW company by 2017 and with an installed capacity of 128 GW by 2032. It also eyes a well diversified fuel mix comprising 56 per cent coal, 16 per cent gas, 11 percent nuclear energy, 9 percent renewable energy and 8 per cent hydro power-based capacity.

An environmental impact assessment report for Sinohydro Corporation's US$1.17 billion Angu Hydropower Station was approved by the Ministry of Environmental Protection in Beijing.

Almost all of the electricity to be generated by hydropower dams now under construction in Burma will be sold to China and Thailand.

China is ready to start building a series of controversial hydropower plants on the Nu River in Yunnan.

Kyushu Electric Power registered total electricity sales volume of 6,843 million kWh for December 2010. It is up 3.1% from December 2009.