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South Korea and Turkey have signed an agreement to cooperate in nuclear projects. The former had been bidding to build for Turkish power plants and the agreement is seen as a step towards that direction. The plant is worth an estimated $10 billion.

Move pushes SLNG forward towards a full-fledged liquefied natural gas business enterprise.

China Wind Power and Jilin Power Share Co Ltd will set up a new company to operate wind power projects. A joint venture agreement has been approved and signed by board of directors from groups.

CLP labeled the report by Radio Free Asia claiming the occurrence of a leak at the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station as erroneous. In effect, the company contradicted the Hong Kong government’s confirmation that there was indeed a leak.

China Huaneng plans to spend around US$15 billion in coal, natural gas and power generation in Xinjiang.

A decrease in transmission and system loss charges will pull down Meralco electric bills this June.

ABB won a deal to increase the capacity and reliability of transmission lines to iron-ore mining facilities in Western Australia.

China Resources Power registered a total net generation 7,038,408 MWh in May 2010 on a consolidated basis. This is a 31.4 percent increase compared to 5,354,515 MW for the same period in 2009.

The experimental de-SOx plant of Yuanda Environmental Protection Co, Ltd passed the 24-hour test run impressively. The plant's operation indicators exceeded the design value with a de-SOx rate of over 97 percent.

After 15 years of construction Kepco's 765kV transmission line in Kyung-ki province finally began its commercial operation. The 80km transmission line with 154 pylons connects seven cities in Kyung-ki province including Yong-in and Kwang-ju.

Taiwanese engineering firm GIBSIN Engineers, Ltd. commissioned Chubu Electric to provide design support consulting services for its Taipower project. GIBSIN has been successful in its bid to conduct facility replacement work for Units No. 1 and 2 of Taiwan Power Company's Talin coal-fired thermal power plant.

Company also deploys more energy-efficient technologies in 3G radio and core mobile networks.

TEPCO will launch the "Experimental Study on Offshore Wind Power Generation Systems" in June.

Yamanashi Prefecture and TEPCO agreed to move the inauguration schedule for the mega solar power generation project to January 2012.

Seven unionised companies committed to roll out Workforce Skills Qualifications framework for workers in the energy utilities industry.

Verdant Power and CECEP will develop tidal energy power projects in China.