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The localized ML-B control rod drive mechanism has been produced successfully.

China has finished assembling its first nuclear power plant refueling machine that it completely claim to have intellectually independent property right

Unit 3 at Qinshan Phase II Nuclear Power Plant recently started commercial operations.

CLP’s first wholly owned wind farm in Mainland China – Phase I of Qian'an Wind Farm in Songyuan City, Jilin Province—hase been commissioned. The project was developed and constructed by CLP. Phase I of the project has a generation capacity of 49.5 MW.

A worldwide boom in new power plant construction is putting a strain on engineering resources, says Invensys VP Paul Dacruz. And worldwide some 30 % of power plants are more than thirty years old which means that many of them are now at half life and facing obsolecense in parts.

UNITEN has taken an initiative to collaborate with TERI to work on common solutions of the energy resources issues. The first step is the establishment of Centre for Energy and Environment Studies, known as Institute of Energy Policy and Research or IEPRe in the Universiti Tenaga Nasional or UNITEN. IEPRe is expected to undertake interdisciplinary research on issues related to energy and environment, which would aid the government, corporate, and other stakeholders in making informed decisions. It would also create and disseminate knowledge related to energy and environment through short-term courses as well as through postgraduate and doctoral courses. The aim of IEPRe would be to enrich the existing knowledge base on a number of aspects of energy and environment such as energy economics, renewable energy, climate change, energy security, energy efficiency, energy-poverty linkages, energy sector reforms and regulations, and others.

Bhutan is receiving fresh ADB assistance in providing electricity to all rural households. Asian Development Bank's Board of Directors has approved a grant of almost $21.6 million for the Bhutan Rural Renewable Energy Development Project.

Chubu became the first Japanese electric power company to agree on a long term purchase of LNG derived from CBM.

Saint-Gobain is interested in putting up a plant in India but wants government support.

Acciona Energy has started constricting the 56 MW Tuppadahalli facility, its third wind park in India. It will come on stream in 2011. According to the Construction and maintenance News, the wind park represents an investment of US$81.3 million. The wind park will increase the company's wind power capacity in the country to 85.8 MW.

China will be a future wind energy hotspot, according to Tulsi Tanti, chairman of Suzlon Energy. Wind energy, one of the worst affected sectors of the industry during the economic turmoil of the last two years, is seen to make a revival by 2011.

Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited's large capacity addition program will be financed by the Power Finance Corporation.

A platform will encourage expansion of proven business models that supply low-cost solar products to consumers living 'off grid'.

The initiative will test and evaluate new applications and technologies aimed to deploy a smart grid throughout Singapore.

Wartsila has been awarded an operations and maintenance agreement by Liberty Power Tech for its power plant in Pakistan.

Mitsubishi Corp. will conduct a feasibility study to help address global warming by popularizing energy-saving Japanese home appliances in Vietnam.