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The construction of the 1,000MW Sagardighi thermal plant in West Bengal, India, is expected to commence in two months.

Russia is ready to assist Indonesia in building its own nuclear power plant.

WAPDA received a $20 million grant from the USAID  for the construction of the Gomal Zam Dam project. It is the first tranche of payment

Neo Solar Power posted its 10th consecutive month of increased revenue, reaching a new record high of approximately US$84.1 million for January.

Australia will have high growth in wind and solar energy projects across the nation.

Tenaga Nasional Berhad is looking for other sources of coal due to the flood-induced shortfall in Queensland, Australia.

Australian power producers may issue as much as $13.2 billion in debt to finance new gas-fired plants and wind farms.

Glow Energy is planning to invest $300 million in two wind turbines with a combined capacity of 100MW in Chaiyaphum, Thailand.

The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development has signed an agreement with the Government of the Bangladesh to provide a loan of US$51 million.

The CERC will not penalize TNEB for failure to maintain grid discipline on several occasions during March-April 2010. It was a violation of the provisions of the Indian Electricity Grid Code.

India will add a total of 10 hydroelectric plants with an aggregate capacity of 2,894 MW.

Two projects hydroelectric projects conceived for the state of Sikkim with a total capacity of 530 MW, are hindered due to agitation from local inhabitants. NHPC's 370 MW Shamnot HEP, in Jammu & Kashmir, and Tehri Hydro Development Corporation's 60 MW Gohana Tal HEP in Uttarakhand are also held up due to environmental and policy related issues.

Vogt Power will supply the heat recovery steam generators for the Amata Nakorn: ABP3 combined cycle co-generation plant.

Initial work for the construction of the Diamer-Basha dam with a reservoir capacity of 32,374 million square metres, has begun.

The MoU will strengthen cooperation in such clean energies as wind power and solar energy, advanced aluminium and high-end aluminium processing.

In the coming five years China's adjustment for the power source structure of the corporation would focus on accelerating the development of clean energy. These include hydraulic power, nuclear power, wind power, and solar power generation. and continuously increasing the use of clean energy to eventually realize a low-carbon and clean development.