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Kansai Electric Power has started commercial operation of its 10MW PV plant in Sakai City, Osaka.

Realforce Power has completed work on a 2.5MW PV array on the roof of a technology institute in Shandong province.

The Talcher-II and North Karanpura transmission projects habe been deferred due to the ambiguity in the commissioning schedules.

Haryana Power has received environmental clearance for the construction of a 1,500MW gas-based power project in Haryana, India.

Kerala has asked NTPC to develop a 1000 MW power project as a expansion of the central power developer`s Ramagundam power plant utilizing the coal blocks allocated the state in Baitarani, Orissa.

Transformers and Electricals Kerala Ltdis now in talks with a Chinese and a Ukrainian company for a technical partner so as to be able to upgrade the existing technology to 765 Kv level.

 NTPC`s naphtha fired Kayamkulam power plant may be removed after Tamil Nadu and Kerala refused to draw power from it due to the sharp price increase of its power.

The underground coal gasification project in Tharparkar will undergo its first test burn on September 19 in the presence of four experts from Uzbekistan.

Its total power capacity is set to reach 1,430GW by 2015.

And uncertain energy policy continues to pose a significant risk as it is in a continued state of flux in many regions worldwide.

BHEL has been unable to conclude the trial operation completion for the two 125 MW units of the project of the Barsingar thermal power station.

Pakistan failed to obtain a stay order from the International Court of Arbitration against India’s construction of the Kishanganga Hydroelectric Power Project.

BGR Energy Systems bagged Rs 444.48 crore worth of orders from Nuclear Power Corporation of India.

NTN Corp.expects sales of the devices used in wind-power generators to exceed target after the Fukushima disaster spurred demand for alternative energy sources.

Jindal Powerwants to acquire thermal power plants with a minimum capacity of 1,000MW to double its generation capacity in India.

The power ministry has notified the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) about issue of share of power from the Tehri hydro electric plant (HEP) in place of equity participation in the undivided state of Uttar Pradesh (U.P), raised by the Government of Uttarakhand. Earlier, the state government had pointed out that assets and liabilities of Tehri dam should have been transferred to the state of Uttarakhand in accordance with the provisions of Uttar Pradesh reorganization act. The Ministry of Power (MoP) and the Government of India have given their consent to the claims of Uttarakhand and thus, requisite approval from MHA is to be obtained on these pending issues. 8Notably, Uttarakhand is entitled to 25% share in power from Tehri Hydro Development Corporation Limited (THDC), which as of now is not being given. The transfer of power from THDC includes 12% free power and the rest 13%, which has been allocated by the Centre, according to the Central Electricity Authority`s intimation. Further, the state needs to be compensated for non-supply of about 2,000 MU of power from THDC, out of a total 9,000 MU being generated since 2007-08. Also, the share of profit from THDC, amounting to Rs 72 crore, allocated to U.P so far is required to be transferred to state of Uttarakhand.