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Electricity of Vietnam will start the construction of Lai Chau hydropower project at the end of December 2010.

Provincial authorities approved Ningdong Wind Power’s plan to build a 49.5-MW wind power field in Ningxia province. According to reports by yicai.com, maximum investment in the project is US$72 million.

Indonesia plans to more than double coal production to 560 million tonnes per year by 2025. Out of that number, 300 million tonnes per year will be allocated to the domestic market and the remaining 260 million tonnes per year will be exported, ArgusMedia reported.

Gansu will buy power coal from Xinjiang and Ningxia, to ensure supply to power plants inside the province.

India's Environment Ministry has given in-principle clearance for Naveen Jindal-led Jindal Power's US$2.9 billion expansion project in Raigad.

Charanaka in north Gujarat is destined to become the state’s hub of solar power generation. Solar panels will be laid on close to 3,000 acres of land in this village , where the state government is going to set up a ' Gujarat Solar Park . at an investment of US$1.77 billion. Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd or GUVNL, is currently in the process of entering into long term power purchase with agreements with 80 solar power project investors to commission almost 1,000 MW of generation capacity. This capacity will help procure 1,700 million units of environment friendly electricity per annum. Many of these 80 developers will set up their generation facilities ranging from 1-45 MW units at Gujarat Solar Park. In first phase, developers will commission 500 MW of generation capacity at the park. The Centre's National Solar Mission aims to install 1,000 MW of grid solar power by 2013, and 20,000 MW by 2022. Interestingly , Gujarat is the lone state which is in the process of inking power purchase agreements to procure 965 MW of solar power from 80 project developers to attract investments of US$3.32 billion in the next couple of years. The state government has already acquired 2,500 acre of land for the park. It is expected to have basic infrastructure in place by December, just ahead of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit, 2011.