India

An additional 13,000 MW electricity would be added to the national grid from 2012 to 2016, according to State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources M Enamul Haque.

The Bangladesh Power Division will place a country paper on renewable energy’s needs and prospects in the country at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development.

The government of Azerbaijan expressed its willingness to invest in Pakistan's power sector, particularly in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.

Saudi Arabia is interested to invest in Bangladesh, including its power sector.

Westinghouse will construct AP1000 nuclear power plants at the Mithivirdi site in Gujarat, India.

Reliance Power plans to establish 300 MW of new wind capacity in India within a year.

Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd will award the R&M work packages for three of its hydel projects by endof September.

NHPC`s recent hydro project monitoring report revealed that preconstruction activities take more than a decade tocomplete.

Welspun Energy will develop twin wind power projects in Karnataka within the next five years.

Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar, Pakistan's new Federal Minister for Water and Power, has removed Rasul Khan Mehsud as managing Director of the National Transmission and Dispatch Company.

Confederation of Nepali Industries and Alternative Energy Promotion Centre have signed an MoU to promote renewable energy.

A pre-feasibility report is being prepared by the World Bank to assess the viability of Pakistan importing power from India.

Germany is setting the pace in grid compliance and gen set manufacturer Cummins are the first to market with a code compliant gen set, say the firm’s managing director Willi Vogtner and executive director Vikrant Aggarwal. The new laws come into place from January 1, 2013 and stipulate the requirements for generating units feeding into the grid. Other countries such as France will soon follow, and it is likely that these standards will likely become global ones.

The Sri Lankan government has handed over the contract to construct the Moragahakanda dam to the Sinohydro Corporation.

A controversial Indian nuclear power moves closer to becoming operational.

The open bidding of Pakistan's National Power Construction Corporation is expected to take place in June.