Staff Reporter

So how much will each company finance out of that amount?

India expressed confidence in generating surplus power for export as more power equipment firms prepare to set up units. “We had only Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. Now, six big companies are coming in joint ventures and the country will not face any power problem. I am confident that the country will export power to other countries,” said Union Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde. He pointed out that while the government of India has kept a huge target of adding power generation capacity of 78,777 megawatt for the 11th Five Year Plan from 2007 to 12, there are not many equipment manufacturing companies.

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina proposed a cooperation with Myanmar to produce hydropower during bilateral talks between two countries.

Bangaldesh aims to ensure electricity supply for 60 % of its citizens by 2013.

Camco International has signed contracts with China's largest cement maker to assess and develop energy efficiency projects.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will build a 1,600MW gas turbine combined-cycle power generation plant in Thailand.

The $100m loan is being arranged by Mizuho Corporate Bank.

Tata Power and SN Power are scouting for hydroelectric projects in India and Nepal.

The project will have a capacity of as much as 600 megawatts.

The company said it would buy an extra 3.3 million metric tons of LNG a year through 2035.

Calgary-based AltaLink is Canada’s only fully independent transmission company operating approximately 12,000 km of transmission lines that serve 85 percent of Alberta’s population.

Securing cleaner energy to achieve better air quality is a cornerstone of CLP’s operations. Our Energy Vision is for a greener Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta (PRD) region for now and in the future.

In its 2010 Outlook Update, the Asia Development Bank commented as follows on the Asia Pacific Region, “Despite the sluggish global recovery, the region’s growth and momentum has sustained itself in 2011, and prospects are bright for most regional economies.

Moser Baer is investing $1 billion in solar projects with a cumulative capacity of 300 MW in the country and abroad in the next nine months.

Pacific Hydro has reduced the number of turbines for the proposed Keyneton wind farm to be located in the eastern Mt Lofty Ranges in Australia.

GAIL floated an ICB e-tender for Lump Sum Turn Key contract for setting up u. A total of three bids were received to set up commercial wind energy generation project of 24 MW with comprehensive O&M in the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.