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The construction of a dam across the Song Bac River for a hydropower plant in northern Ha Giang province is now underway.

The construction license has been granted to the An Khanh Thermal Power Joint Stock Company by the Thai Nguyen Provincial People’s Committee for the An Khanh 2 Thermal Power Plant.

German investors are most interested in developing renewable energy in Vietnam, a forum has heard.

TEPCO is likely to sell a 20 percent stake in wind power developer Eurus Energy Holdings to trading firm Toyota Tsusho to help raise funds to compensate victims of Japan's nuclear crisis, states a Reuters report quoting the Nikkei newspaper.

India's power minister Sushilkumar Shinde noted that his country is actively pursuing a low carbon growth strategy in power sector to address climate related issues.

Yingli says it is unfair to tar all Chinese companies with the same unfair-trading practice brush, and that it will “mount a vigorous defense”.

Elektroprivreda Srbije of Serbia has agreed to jointly build a 744 megawatt coal-fired unit at an estimated cost of more than 2 billion euros or $2.7 billion with a Chinease consortium.

A seven-hour emergency was imposed in Pakistan after heavy water leaked from a feeder pipe to the reactor of the 137-megawatt Karachi Nuclear Power Plant.

 China's 2020 nuclear capacity targets are likely to be scaled down as the country imposed a moratorium on new project approvals.

Officals of China's State Electricity Regulatory Commission expect the country's power shortfall in the coming winter and spring to  be less severe than during the summer.

Japanese nuclear experts are considering widening the evacuation zone in the event of a nuclear disaster, according to a Reuters report.

Tenaga Nasional Bhd wants to raise funds for a coal power plant by establishing a RM5 billion Islamic Securities Programme in nominal value through an independent special purpose company, Manjung Island Energy Bhd.

Capacity will fall somewhere between 60 and 70 GW, as some projects will have to be scaled back, says the China Nuclear Energy Association.

Trung Nam Power will sell emissions from its Dong Nai Hydropower Plant No 2 to Germany’s Deutsche Bank to for the first 10 years of its operation.

Vietnam Development Bank has been approved Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh to sign a credit commitment letter to borrow $1 billion for wind power development in the Mekong Delta region in 2011-2015 period.

The NPCIL is having a hard time obtaining a final clearance for units three to six of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Projectwith the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests.