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The U.N. atomic agency still expects significant growth in the global use of nuclear power over the next two decades after  Japan's Fukushima accident.

The Bangladesh-India cross border electricity trade is set to be delayed as the power purchase deal was not inked during the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Bangladesh.

China is predicted to face a widening power gap in the years to come, which may be worse than the situation at the end of the 11th Five-Year Plan period from 2006 to 2010.

Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has agreed with Iranian President Mehmoud Ahmadinejad to expedite  the import of 1000MW electricity from Iran.

Indonesia’s production of thermal and coking coal is forecasted to increase by 5.5 percent to 380 million tons in 2012, according to Supriatna Suhala, the executive director of the Indonesian Coal Mining Association.

Japan's nuclear reactors will be restarted once safety is confirmed and local communities give their approval, according to the country's new trade minister Yukio Edano.

This brings India closer to its target of 15% capacity addition through renewable energy by the year 2020.

First Solar has signed an agreement with Reliance Power (RP) to supply 100MW of solar modules for its project in Rajasthan, India.

Japan's Marubeni has secured an engineering, procurement and construction contract from Perusahaan Listrik Negara to build a geothermal plant in West Java, Indonesia.

Indowind Energy is buying fourteen 2MW turbines from Shanghai Electric Group for its next project.  

Tokyo Electric Power Co used a record amount of LNG for power generation last month as the No.1 and No.7 units at its sole online nuclear plant in Kashiwazaki-Kariwa were shut for maintenance. It left only two reactors in operation.   TEPCO used 2.079 million tonnes of LNG in August, exceeding the previous monthly record marked in August 2007.

Masayoshi Son  said wind and geothermal power will likely be key components of his new power generation business, along with solar power.   The billionaire founder of Japanese telecom firm Softbank Corp , Son placed 1 billion yen of his own money to create the foundation in the wake of Japan's nuclear crisis, said Softbank will invest 10 to 20 billion yen or $129-$257 million in the new business that it aims to set up by the spring of 2012.

International donors will meet in Dhaka on September 20 to discuss the Bangladesh government’s target to generate 500 MW renewable energy from solar system and other sources by 2015 in the country.

The Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest water control and hydropower project, started collecting water early Saturday in an effort to reach full-capacity by the end of October, said an official with the project.

Mitsui and Toshiba are jteaming up to build Japan’s largest PV system.

The winning bid involves supplying 26 wind turbines of 3.6 MW  each, according to a Bloomberg report.