Staff Reporter

China is quietly starting the construction of four new nuclear power plants placed on hold following the Fukushima nuclear disaster of March 2011.

The rotor of the sixth and last turbine of the Son La hydroelectric power plant has been installed.

AT Systematization Berhad and China’s Maoming Jiacheng Industrial Co., Ltd will form a joint venture company to produce renewable energy products.

China National Offshore Oil Corporation is on the verge of completing the biggest foreign corporate acquisition in Chinese history.

The International Chamber of Commerce, Bangladesh reietrated that the cheapest option for the country to meet its increasing energy need is to use local coal forpower generation.

Perusahaan Listrik Negara has appointed HSBC as a transaction adviser for two mine-mouth power plant projects in South Sumatra worth a combined $2 billion.

Tonga’s first and largest grid-connected solar park is ready to go online this July.

China Sunergy announced that it had recently signed a 7.8MW solar modules sales contract with the energy unit of Urban Group Australia, Urban Group Energy. The solar modules are scheduled to complete delivery by the end of August. China Sunergy noted that during Q1 2012, Australia accounted for 18% of its total shipments.

SPX Corporation has announced that its joint venture with Shanghai Electric has won equipment supply contracts worth $40m for power plants in China.

Finland has awarded an Indonesian consortium US$218,000 to develop green energy generation facilities.

Indonesian coal producer PT Indika Energy Tbk will use a US$110 million loan to finance its expansion plans this year.