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Malaysia's Tenaga to build 1,071MW Penang power plant

Tenaga will build and operate a power plant in Penang valued at RM2.47 billion.

Malaysia's Tenaga to build 1,071MW Penang power plant

Tenaga will build and operate a power plant in Penang valued at RM2.47 billion.

New safety rules make reopening of Japan's nuclear plants difficult

Measures will be introduced to protect Japanese nuclear power facilities against natural disasters and terrorism.

Eni signs deal with PetroVietnam

Agreement will develop business opportunities in Vietnam and abroad.

Tata Power looks for growth abroad

Sees no “tangible business opportunities” in India.

New coal-fired plant for the Philippines

Palm Concepcion Power’s 270MW is located in the Visayas region.

Brunei to increase solar energy capacity

Considers different solar technologies and a feed-in tariff to boost solar energy production.

Vietnam to retire inefficient power generators

New regulations target coal-fired thermoelectric generators.

Russian contractors blamed for delay in Indian thermal project

NTPC blamed two Russian suppliers for for the delay in its 1,980 MW Barh I super thermal power project.

China to join IRENA

World’s largest energy producer is a latecomer to the agency.

China approves gas development plan in South China Sea

Joint project with Canada is one of China’s largest in recent years.

China expanding dominance in Iraqi oil industry

Chinese firms already produce over half Iraq’s total daily oil output.

Huaneng remains world's second largest power producer

China Huaneng Group, the country's leading power provider, remained the world's second largest producer in terms of installed capacity at the end of last year.

Bangladesh, Russia sign nuclear power plant

Dhaka and Moscow on January 15 signed three agreements and six memorandums of understanding (MoUs) on cooperation in different fields, including setting up of the much-awaited 1000-MW nuclear power plant at Rooppur in northern Bangladesh. Deputy Finance Minister of Russia Sergey Storchak and Economic Relations Division (ERD) Secretary of Bangladesh Md Abul Kalam Azad signed the agreement on the Extension of State Export Credit for Financing the Preparatory Stage Work of Nuclear Power Plant at Rooppur in Pabna and the Extension of a State Export Credit to the Bangladesh government. State Minister for Science and Technology Arhitect Yeafesh Osman and General Director of Russian State Atomic Energy Commission ‘Rosatom’ SV Kirienko penned the deal on the Establishment of a Nuclear Industry Information Centre in Bangladesh. Under an agreement Bangladesh will procure military equipment worth US$ one billion from Russia. The Prime Minister said this while talking to reporters at her hotel lobby after the signing of three agreements and six MoUs at Kremlin. Hasina said the friendship between Bangladesh and Russia would reach a new height through her visit, “They (Russia) are our friend of bad time…With this visit we renew our friendship, a new door of prospect has opened up with it.” The Prime Minister said the signing of the agreements and MoUs will help both countries enhance the bilateral trade volume. “The friendly relations and cooperation with Russia will increase a lot,” she added. Hasina also hoped that these agreements and MoUs would greatly help Bangladesh elevate its socioeconomic status, and recalled the help and assistance of Russia, the then Soviet Union, during the Liberation War and after the war. Hasina also said she invited Russian President Putin to visit Bangladesh and he accepted it. “He’ll visit at his convenient time,” she said. Ministers and officials concerned of the two countries signed the agreements and MoUs. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina led the Bangladesh side at the talks, while Russian side was headed by its President Vladimir Putin. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that they had constructive talks and hoped that the bilateral relations of the two countries will reach a new height. Beside the cooperation in the nuclear power plant, the Russian president mentioned that his country is interested to increase the cooperation in other energy sectors. In this connection, he mentioned the gas sector.

World's largest wind farm to rise in Japan

To be built off the coast of Fukushima.

Japan could import natural gas from Alaska

Alaska turns to Japan following a drop in demand in the USA.

WB report on India's Alaknanda hydropower project kept under wraps

Findings on possible adverse impacts of Vishnugad Pipalkoti hydropower project may not become public.