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Lanco Infratech has commissioned the second unit of its 1,200 MW Udupi Thermal Power Plant.

The associated transmission system of unit-2 of the Koderma thermal power plant, the 222 CKM long 400kV D/C Koderma-Biharisff line is now complete. The line capacity is enough for both units of the TPP.

Cansolv Technologies has signed an agreement with Beijing Guodian Longyuan Environmental Engineering to license a CANSOLV SO2 scrubbing system for a new 1.2GW coal-fired power plant.

The inauguration ceremony of Xiangbiling Hydropower Project was recently held in Weining County, Bijie of Guizhou, to offically start the construction phase.

Peabody Energy has teamed up with Arcelor Mittal to offer US $5 billion for Australia’s Macarthur Coal, the world’s bigger producer of pulverised coal.

The last electrobath of 400KA potline in the hydropower-aluminium joint operation project of Huanghe Hydropower Development Co., was successfully put into operation.

The free trade pact with the European Union that went into effect this month is expected to fuel growth for South Korea's renewable energy industry, a report by a local think tank said Sunday.

PetroVietnam has awarded two contracts worth a combined $1.2 billion to two subsidiaries to build a 1,200-megawatt coal-fired power plant. These will eventually boost its thermal coal imports from Indonesia and Australia, the government said.

Adani Power's board has approved the merger with Growmore Trade and Investment. The company did not provide further details about Growmore.

The Malaysian government has approved the electricity tariff restructuring for Sabah and the Federal Territory of Labuan with effect from July 15.

Vietnam's Ministry of Industry and Trade has proposed amending the Electricity Law so as to apply different power prices to each region.

A seminar was organized in Vietnam to promote the propagation and make a change in perceptions and actions of people on enhancing the efficient use of energy resources. It also intends to raise awareness of environment protection and in contributing to the implementation of the National Program on Energy Efficiency and Conservation.

The National Energy Administration (NEA) said on Friday that six energy-intensive industries accounted for 42.7 percent of the country's power consumption growth during the first five months of this year. China's overall power consumption increased by 12 percent year-on-year, reaching 1.85 trillion kilowatt-hours (kwh) in the first five months of 2011. The electricity, steel, building material, non-ferrous metal mining, chemical engineering and petroleum industries contributed 5.1 percentage points to the increased consumption rate, the NEA said in a statement on its website. The six industries consumed 887.3 billion kwh during the first five months of this year, the statement said. The government should put a cap on power consumption in order to force energy-intensive industries to use less electricity, an unnamed NEA official said.

Petrovietnam awarded two contracts worth $1.2 billion to its subsidiary units to build a 1.2GW coal-fired plant in northern Vietnam.

CEM predicted that Macau's total power consumption will rise up to 5%.

A 30MW solar plant in Tibet has commenced commercial operations.