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ABB’s hybrid switchgear technology enabled Tata Power to increase the capacity and reliability of 10 substations in Mumbai.

Moog Industrial Group will provide 400 electric pitch control systems for Sewind’s 2 MW wind turbines and variant models including on-shore and intertidal models.

NPCIL stated that there is no situation that can cause potential radioactivity release at the Tarapur Atomic Power Station.

EECA introduced an interactive tool in their website called Energy Leader that helps businesses reduce their energy bill. After answering a few simple questions, businesses will receive a tailored action plan that will help focus energy saving efforts, measure progress and motivate staff to get on board.“We have found that one of the biggest barriers to businesses reducing their energy bills is they just don’t know where to start. This new web-based tool will help point people in the right direction, and make it easier to start to take action,” said Mike Underhill, Chief Executive of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority.In some cases, government funding is available to help consumers and businesses invest in ways to be more energy efficient, including grants for insulation, heating, solar water heating and business energy audits.Starting July, the New Zealand energy sector entered the Emissions Trading Scheme pushing up electricity prices by about US$0.0107 per kilowatt hour. “It is the same for businesses. Obviously the actions are different depending on the size and the sector, but in our experience many businesses can save 20 percent - often more - off their annual energy bill through energy efficiency and renewable energy initiatives.”“Not only can businesses and households offset any prices increases, they have the opportunity to go further and significantly reduce their energy bills,” Underhill pointed out. “Using timers and thermostats for appliances such as heat pumps and heated towel rails can save several hundred dollars a year,” he added.

The rehabilitation of the civil and electro-mechanical components of the 75-MW Ambuklao Hydroelectric Power Plant is now 75 percent complete.

The World Bank will help Indonesia meet its growing electricity demand through a newly approved financing package worth US$ 225 million.

South Korean companies have pledged to contribute US$83 million to complete designs on the Smart reactor.

ADB will invest $15 million to support clean energy projects in the Greater Mekong Subregion and South Asia.

Clean energy is one of the broad range of fresh opportunities for collaboration between ADB and BoC.

Meridian Energy welcomed New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully’s support for a solar power plant in Tonga.

Tenders are being invited for the supply and installation of a renewable energy system on Wellington's Matiu/Somes Island.

World Bank discussed a new Country Poverty Strategy for Pakistan that will also address the country’s unreliable energy supply. To realise the objectives of the CPS, the World Bank endorsed a proposed lending program of up to US$6.2 billion for fiscal years 2010-2013.

Australia's residential sector leads the electricity consumption growth in 2008-09, with a 3.5 percent rise from the previous year.

Origin Energy completed final commissioning of its 630MW Darling Downs Power Station in Queensland.

SN Power and the IFC signed a Joint Development Agreement in Washington D.C.

Sri Lanka wants to have energy audits for all state organisations to save electricity and minimise wastage.