Staff Reporter

Indonesia's PLN will purchase between 50 and 70 megawatts from Sarawak to power some regions in West Kalimantan for five years.

Bangladesh will build another nuclear power plant in the Southern region after the Rooppur nuclear power plant.

First Solar will supply thin-film solar modules for a 25MW power project developed by Green Infra in the Indian state of Rajasthan.

Phasing out nuclear power plant is cheaper than having a 15 to 25 percent mix.

Hanergy launched a thin-film solar cell manufacturing base and a photovoltaic power station in Qinghai Province.

Tepco president Naomi Hirose said the utility can't afford to invest in alternative energy sources since the three reactor meltodown at its Fukushima nuclear power plant last year.

US financial services giant Morgan Stanley has invested US$300 million in Zhaoheng Hydropower Co Ltd, the largest foreign investment yet in China's renewable energy sector.

Son La hydropower plant will increase its capacity to 2,400MW when it final generator starts service on September 20.

Refrigeration Electrical Engineering Corporation will step up investment in hydropower and thermo-power companies, says the company's chairwoman and CEO, Nguyen Thi Mai Thanh.

Bangladesh's Rural Electrification Board will put up a Tk 54.13 billion mega project to bring 1.8 million more rural people under electricity coverage by 2015.

Indonesia's PTBA and China Huadian Corporation plan to set up a joint venture company to build and operate a a 2x620 megawatt coal-fired power plant in South Sumatra.