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Chugoku Electric Power Co would restart the 820-megawatt No.2 reactor at its sole Shimane nuclear plant around Dec. 2. Power generation is then expected to resume on Dec. 6.

Taiwan will have its first offshore wind farm in Changhua County, central Taiwan by 2013.

Energy Matters will sell 20 megawatts of solar panels in one of the largest single solar supply agreements in Australia.

AES Corporation will develop a 150MW wind project worth US$375 million in Pakistan’s Gharo Corridor.

Huadian Power has secured approval from the Development and Reform Commission to build two wind power projects in Hebei.

A contract has been signed for the construction of the second phase of the Tianwan nuclear power plant.

World Bank has allocated loans partly to help Indonesia build power plants.

TNB has been ordered to pay SEV US$11.6 million , the latter claimed as outstanding capacity payments. Segari Energy Ventures Bhd or SEV is a subsidiary of Malakoff Corp. Berhad.

Construction at the second unit of the Changjiang nuclear power plant in the province of Hainan has officially started.

TeaM Energy Corp. is in talks with San Miguel Aboitiz for a US 1.5-billion expansion program for the Sual and Pagbilao coal facilities.

Electro Zavod has set up a new integrated manufacturing facility in West Bengal.

NTPC will hold on to its projects in Uttarakhand despite a series of setback.

The total output for Ca Mau 1 and Ca Mau 2 power plants has reached 7.94 billion KW. It exceeded Ca Mau Petrovietnam Power Company’s 7.6 billion KW target by 4 per cent with revenues has reaching US$337.8 million.

The construction site of Son La hydropower plant has officially been put into no load operation.

For RMB48mln, REA Group will acquire Nantong Huaishuo Investment Co Ltd which owns 49% of the wind farm developer, Datang Baotou Asia Electricity Co Ltd.

IBM has signed a research collaboration agreement with IIT Madras and IIT Kharagpur to develop open system designs for smarter power grids.