India

GE will supply $750 million worth of equipment and services for a 2,400-megawatt expansion of the Samalkot power plant.

The Indian state of Bihar will receive $132 million from ADB for electricity system upgrades.

To achieve development, Sri Lanka must nurture capable youthful leaders to head state institutions such as the Ceylon Electricity Board. This was emphasized by Power and Energy Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka in his keynote address at the 136th birth anniversary celebrations of D.J. Wimalasurendra who pioneered hydro power in Sri Lanka.

NDPL will produce up to 40 MW of clean renewable energy using SAIP’s patented plasma gasification bio-energy solution. It will be used in North Delhi Power Limited’s distribution network of North and Northwest Delhi.

Suzlon Energy is in talks to buy the remaining nine percent stake in German unit REpower Systems AG.

India plans to add 18,600 MW capacity in 2011/12 from the 20,359 MW it has in the current year.

Environmentalists oppose Sri Lanka’s plans to set up a nuclear power plant, saying it is too small.

The first consignment of a 320 MW Duel Fuel power plant gifted by United Arab Emirates arrived in Pakistan. The entire plant is scheduled to reach Pakistan in three phases by the end of October 2010.The plant comprises 5 frames each of 16 MW and 8 frames each of 30 MW. The late Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al-Nahyan had promised to donate a power plant to help efforts of the Government of Pakistan to increase power generation in the country. The power plant has been donated by the UAE Government on the request of the President of Pakistan. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed on April 2, 2009 between Pakistan Electric Power Company on behalf  of Government of Pakistan and Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority on behalf of UAE Government envisaging the commissioning of the 320 MW power plant in Pakistan. This MoU was signed by Raja Pervaiz Ashraf Minister for Water and Power, Govt of Pakistan and His Highness Diab Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan on behalf of the Govt of UAE. PEPCO has decided to install the plant to the gas turbine station Nishatabad Faisalabad where enough land and necessary infrastructure is already available. General Electric Company, the manufacturers of the power plant, have been approached to install the power plant. The plant will start generation of electricity after civil works and erection are completed, by the end of 2011. PEPCO is also planning to install another 120 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant which will be fueled by the exhaust of this 320 MW power plant. This would increase efficiency and the total generation to 440 MW. The installation of the power plant is part of the efforts of PEPCO to increase power generation in the country and would help ease power shortage.

PEPCO’s managing director urged for the completion of the Guddu Power Project within the stipulated period or earlier.

Suzlon has crossed 5,000 MW of cumulative wind turbine generators operated for 1,500 customers set-up in India.

Suzlon Energy received a US$ 251 million order from Kolkata based Techno Electric Group, for over 202.2 MW wind power projects.

IFC may lend US$15 million to the North Delhi Power Ltd to develop 5.7 megawatts of roof-top solar projects.

India will accord a $72.55 million loan to Laos for two hydro power projects.

Sonia Gandhi congratulated NTPC for completing Stage-II of the Dadri project long before the Commonwealth Games 2010.

Unit-2 of Narora Atomic Power Station has recently been synchronized to the grid.

A Gujarat delegation is in the US to showcase investment opportunities in the state's renewable energy sector. It will also discuss cooperation in the fields of healthcare and IT.