Syria wants international companies to set up the country's first private power generation plant north of the capital Damascus at a cost of about $300m as it seeks to open up more of its economy to foreign investment.

The Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) is endorsing Tucson Electric Power’s (TEP) plan to purchase the output of eight solar power systems, a landfill gas generation project and a New Mexico wind farm expected to generate nearly 150 MW all together.

A study by UNIP has revealed that Chile currently has around 140 energy projects that will cost in the region of EUR26.5bn ($38.9bn) and at the same time increase the country’s electricity generation capacity by 20 GW.

South Korea's Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction has cut by 2.1bn Saudi riyals ($560m) a proposal it made for the construction of a 2400 MW oil fired power plant in Saudi Arabia, an industry source said.

The Department of Energy selected 15 projects to develop technologies aimed at safely and economically storing carbon dioxide (CO₂) in geologic formations.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said 97 of the nation’s 104 operating commercial nuclear power plant units were performing in the two highest categories.

Analysis shows average wind speeds over parts of the UK during the past year have been at or close to historical lows. Conversely, a number of factors in the U.S. caused noticeably intensified domestic wind speeds across much of the Western U.S. compared to the first quarter of 2010.

RWE Innogy and German Pellets have inaugurated RWE's biomass-fuelled cogeneration station and the neighbouring pellet plant at the Wittgenstein industrial estate in Germany.

Spanish company Iberdrola Engineering & Construction has secured a contract for two electricity power lines, each 220 km of length in the western Mexican state of Jalisco, as well as two substations associated with the 750 MW La Yesca hydroelectric plant.

FuelCell Energy has announced the sale of a 1.4 MW DFC1500 fuel cell power plant to G3 Power Systems for installation at the Olivera Egg Ranch, a poultry farm located in French Camp, California, US.