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The 49.5MW Huadeng Wind Farm Phase II in Kezuohou League may now be connected to the northeast grid of Inner Mongolia.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and EGAT will provide repair services for gas turbine components that are exposed to high temperatures.

TNB will purchase electricity from KUB-Berjaya Energy for a period of 21 years at around  US$596.9 thousand annually.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade has instructed Vinacomin to ensure power plants have an adequate amount of coal to run their facilities.

Cavico Hydropower has successfully completed all construction activities at the Dong Nai 3 hydropower plant.

Vietnam needs $10 billion for power grid development in the 2010-2015 period. The figure is five and seven times more than the investment for the past five years.

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.

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.

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

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

GE will supply $750 million worth of equipment and services for a 2,400-megawatt expansion of the Samalkot power plant.