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Wuhan has a new "green" transformer factory, designed in accordance with the principles of energy saving and CO2 emission reduction.

Westinghouse Electric and the State Nuclear Baoti Zirconium have agreed to build and operate a nuclear grade zirconium sponge plant. It will be located at Nantong in the Jiangsu Province.

Jianxsi Nuclear Power can now proceed with the construction of Units 1 and 2 of Jiangxi Pengze NPP Phase I following the approval by two government agencies.

The first pour of basemat structural concrete for the nuclear island at Sanmen has been completed. This will be the site of the first of four Westinghouse AP1000™ nuclear power plants to be built under a contract signed in 2007.

Wärtsilä has been awarded operations and maintenance contracts by two manufacturing companies in the Philippines. The two contracts were signed during the first quarter of this year.

Meralco reduced its generation charge by US 0.0126 cents from US 0.1057 cents per kWh last April to US 0.0931 cents per kWh this month. This translates to cheaper electricity bills for Manila Electric Company or Meralco consumers this May.

HK Electric is persuading caterers to switch to electric cooking. In the biennial HOFEX 2009 Exhibition, HK Electric is putting on its "Five-star Green Electric Kitchen" demonstration, showing how electric cooking equipment helps the catering industry save energy and operating costs, while improving efficiency and productivity.

Napocor and its partners has placed its imprimatur on the manual of the Ambuklao and Binga power complex’s non-power components. The National Power Corporation, the Power Sector Assets & Liabilities Management Corporation, and SN Aboitiz Power-Benguet, Inc. has formally signed the documents approving the manual.

China Energy Recovery has an order for three sets of waste heat recovery systems for a large nickel mine project in Papua New Guinea. The total contract value is approximately US$4.85 million and the corresponding revenue to be recognised in Q2 2009 would amount to roughly US$3.7 million.

The Energy Regulatory Commission has approved Meralco's rate translation under Performance-Based Regulation.

China Energy Recovery, Inc. revealed a record backlog orders valued at US$32.7 million. This represents an 86 percent increase compared to the backlog orders of US$17.6 million at the same time in 2008. These orders are expected to be completed in the next 12 months with the majority to be completed by the end of 2009.

China Energy Recovery, Inc. has secured a US$1.76 million contract to design and manufacture a set of waste heat energy recovery system for Dongsheng Chemical.

The consolidated gross generation of China Power’s power plants amounted to 8,593,368 MWh for the first quarter of 2009. The number represents a year-on-year increase of 0.66 percent. Meanwhile its consolidated net generation of 8,011,887 MWh represents a year-on-year increase of 0.48 percent.

Many organizations in the country do not factor in the cost of electricity and utilities in their IT budgets, according to a research from IDC China. "The main priority of most IT managers is to ensure that their system is reliable and secure for their organizations. In general, these IT decision makers are not concerned with increases in power usage as a result of including new features and functions in their IT processes. In fact, what they are most concerned about is the costs and risks involved in implementing a green datacenter," said the IDC. Results from IDC's 2008 green poll conducted with IT decision makers in the Asia/Pacific region reveal that when green requirements are specified in a request for proposal, only 9.7 percent of the respondents in China say that they are mandatory. Asia/Pacific countries that participated in IDC's green poll garnered a 35.3 percent average response to the question. "Clearly, there is room for improvements in order for China to enhance its commitment towards sustainable development," says Raphael Phang, Vice President, Government Insights, IDC Asia/Pacific. Phang adds, "As global demand for a lighter carbon footprint grows, the public sector needs to be more responsive to public pressure. The government in China should seize the opportunity to maximise the unique position it has in influencing and effecting real changes by setting up more regulatory mandates to promote the green movement."

Until 15 August, schools may submit project proposals in renewable energy through the HK Electric Clean Energy Fund. The Fund has $1 million.

The decrease in electricity sales due to lesser power demand for heating forced Kansai Electric to revise its financial forecasts.