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Plant will start supplying gas to Beijing by yearend.

Will also be India’s first light-water nuclear reactor.

Will develops a national wind map next year.

Plants will be will be fueled by rice husks.

Will be the world’s first 1 MW device.

More private capital to exploit oil and gas resources. Wang Zhen, deputy director of the institute of energy strategy at the China University of Petroleum, claims monopolies in China's energy sector are coming to end. He noted that reforms will no longer stress state-ownership but will instead focus on competence and willingness to carry out national industrial policy. Reforms will prioritize the needs of the whole oil refining industry, he said. Analysts expect higher imports of refined oil products, allowing more private investors into the business.

Projects located in North Cape Province. China Longyuan Power has been awarded bids for two wind power projects totaling 244 MW by the Department of Energy, South Africa under the third round of the South African government's Renewable Energy Procurement Program.

Both will develop new nuclear reactors. U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said both countries will also encourage joint bids for projects elsewhere. He said Westinghouse Electric Company (Toshiba), one of the world's leading nuclear firms, was prepared to bid for reactor tenders in Britain with the China National Nuclear Corporation and the State Nuclear Power Technology Company.

Launches first cleantech incubator. The Sustainable Energy Association of Singapore (SEAS) and six industry leaders have established the first cleantech incubator and accelerator in Singapore.

Solar farm will be located in Negros Occidental province. German solar firm Conergy AG has won a contract from San Carlos Solar Energy to build a 22 MW solar power plant in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental in the Visayas region south of Manila.

Displaces state-owned ONGC in global rankings. Reliance Industries, Ltd improved eight positions to grab the 19th position on Platts Top 250 Global Energy Company Rankings for 2013. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) retained its 22nd place ranking, the position it had in 2012. RIL improved from 27th place.

Solar accounts for over 2 GW. India’s renewable energy capacity grew from 3.9 GW in 2003 to 27.3 GW by January 2013. Solar power in India comprises 2 GW of India’s electricity generation capacity. Reaching the 2 GW milestone means India can provide enough energy for some 278,000 homes.

That’s compared to just 3% today.

Higher charges could come in November.

Projects will be located across Japan. Japan’s Solar Frontier, a supplier of thin-film PV technology, has supplied 86 MW of its CIS solar panels to a subsidiary of industrial engineering firm, the Chiyoda Corporation. Chiyoda is developing 18 individual solar power projects throughout Japan and will perform engineering, procurement and construction work on each of their plants.

Construction could begin by mid-2014. London-based Advanced Plasma Power Ltd., a waste-to-energy developer, intends to build a US$323 million waste-to-energy power plant at a still undetermined location. The plant will have a capacity of 60 MW. The company is negotiating with the operator of a landfill site.