Staff Reporter

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.

China is advocating an “energy club” with former Soviet Union states to open new sources of energy for its ravenous economy.

Perusahaan Listrik Negara will need 65 million metric tons of coal per year in 2014 to generate electricity steam.

Indonesia will raise the price of electricity from three types of renewable energies to encourage the country's overall renewable energy production.

Malaysia's Tenaga Nasional Bhd has been selected by the Bangladesh Power Division for the installation and operations of a 1,320MW coal-fired plant in that country.

Gamesa will supply turbines for a proposed 48MW wind farm project being built by the Longyuan Group at Jiangkou, in China's Fujian Province.

Japan needs to invest at least ¥50 trillion or US$637 billlion in renewable energy by 2030 in order to phase out nuclear power.

A new national strategy will increase Japan's renewable energy capacity by a massive 555%.

Japan will announce its new national energy policy next week that will confirm its inability to wean itself from nuclear power.

Wika Jabar Power is looking for a partner for its 40-megawatt geothermal power plant project in Sumedang, West Java.