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The average cost of Chinese Tier-2 crystalline PV modules dropped to US$0.96 per watt in January.

Rajahastan has invited bidders for setting up fifty 1 MW solar power plants in the state.

City dwellers in Bangladesh will experience load-shedding in summer due to insufficient electricity to support irrigation pumps across the country.

The Arunachal Pradesh government has favored the accordance of clearance to the 1,750 MW Demwe Lower hydro electric project (HEP), despite serious concerns raised by Dr. Asad Rahmani, a member of the special team constituted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), over the possible impact of the project on biodiversity and area downstream.  8Both team members, namely-- Asad Rahmani, Director of the Bombay Natural History Society and Pratap Singh, Arunachal Pradesh chief conservator of forest (wildlife) have submitted separate contrasting reports on the feasibility of the project after conducting a site inspection study.  8In response to Rahmani's report, the representatives of the state government have clearly stated that the impact of the water level variation due to the Demwe Lower HEP peaking, on the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park (DNP), is hypothetical and alarmist in nature. 8In support of this claim, they have highlighted the fact that the WAPCOS simulation study has not indicated any adverse impact on DNP due to its distance of 100 km from the dam site. Further, the flow at all times remains below the lowest point of the national park and there is no grassland within the adjoining river bank that would be affected.

For the first time in Bangladesh, BPDB is implementing a pilot project of 0.90 MW capacity of the Grid Connected Wind Energy in the Muhuri Dam areas.

Kerala Chief Minister, Oommen Chandy, seeks concessional naphtha to power its 360 MW NTPC's plant at Kayamkulam.

The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission has exempted small and medium industries from paying power factor correction charge.

The Chandpur 150 Megawatt gas fired Power Plant Project is expected to be copmpleted by June, 2012, with the rapid progress of its contruction.

India ordered its monopoly coal miner to guarantee long-term supplies or face penalties.

Electricity of Vietnam has an unsettled loss of VND15 trillion or US$723.2 million due to exchange rate fluctuations, says the State Audit.

JinkoSolar has opened a new office in Queensland, Australia that will serve as a sales and delivery centre, housing approximately 4-5MW of modules for the region.

A levelised tariff of Rs 3.057 per unit for 450 MW power to be procured by the the state electricity board from Essar Power Jharkhand Limited.

Kokusai Kogyo and Orix Corp will each build a 2MW solar power plant in western Japan.

A scare over temperatures rising near danger level in a reactor at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant could be a false alarm.

Jhabua Power Limited has invited bids for the Boiler-Turbine-Generator package for its 1x660 MW coal based JPL Seoni Project in Madhya Pradesh.