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CR Power's total operational attributable capacity as at 30 October 2009 has increased to 16,490 MW. This is partly due to the recent commissioning of plants at Tangshan City, Bayannur City, Guangzhou City, and Lianyuan City.

UN will meet with carbon traders in China for feedback on project registration process and updates on developments. It is their last chance to meet before the Copenhagen climate negotiations determine a successor to the current treaty. It will expire in 2012.

The National Development and Reform Commission approved the 2x600MW extension project of Jiangxi Jingdezhen Power Plant.

According to China’s National Energy Administration (NEA), the country is likely to continue reducing investment into coal fired power plants as the lower than normal economy may result in a power glut this year. However, with the future in mind, China will build more nuclear reactors and wind farms to improve its energy mix.

John Goss speaks exclusively to Alan Chan, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Meiya Power Company in Hong Kong about IPP’s and the difficulties faced by setting up power plants in China and building and operating IPP’s outside of China.

China Energy Recovery completed two waste heat recovery systems for Hubei Yangfeng Group for US$1.42 million. About US$1.22 million will be recognised by CER in Q3 2009, according to US GAAP.

Two AP1000 plants will be delivered at Haiyang as the first pour of basemat structural concrete has been completed.

ABB's first locally designed and manufactured 3-phase shunt reactor is now rolling off the production line of ABB Chongqing Transformer Co. Ltd.

China Energy Recovery won a US$5.05 million Engineering, Procurement and Construction contract for a heat recovery system for Hubei Sanning Chemical. The latter is a fertilizer and coal chemical subsidiary of Jincheng Coal Group, a top-10 coal producer and one of the 200 Largest Companies in China.

Net generation from China Resources Power's clean energy for six months ending 30 June totaled 1,109,775 Mwh. This accounts for 2.4 percent of total net generation in the first half.

With an initial investment of €50 million, AREVA will construct its transmission and distribution technology center for Chinese clients. Located in Shanghai's Caohejing Pujiang High-Tech Park, China, it will be the first Research and Development center of its kind to be built by an international T&D company in China.

Eco-tech Environmental Power Co., Ltd. passed the 2008 environmental credit examination conducted by Dongguan Environmental Protection Bureau, and was graded as Environmental-creditable enterprise.

Unit 1 of Heimifeng Pumped Storage Power Plant passed a 30-day test run, which signaled that this unit is ready for commercial operation.

The 2×600MW expansion project of Yanshanhu Power Plant is right on schedule for its planned 2011 operations.

Sinohydro Corporation and Electricite Du Laos will construct two hydro-electric power plants and a power transmission line, according to China Daily. The projects have a cumulative worth of about $559 million.

Datang generated 61.3 billion kilowatts electricity in the first half of this year, representing a decline of 1.5 percent year on year.