International Power's 40.5 per cent owned Paiton Energy has signed the financing for an 815 MW, coal fired Paiton 3 plant in Indonesia.

Kosovo's energy ministry has selected four international consortia to build a 1000 MW coal fired power plant to begin construction in early 2011.

Pakistan Electric Power Company (Pepco) and Sindh Engro Coal Energy Company (SECEC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to build a 1200 MW coal fired power plant at the Thar coalfield in Pakistan.

India's Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has secured an order for setting up two coal fired power plant in Maharashtra, involving five new rating units of 270 MW each.

Philippino conglomerate San Miguel Corporation plans to put up a 300 MW coal power plant in Mindanao, a move that could shore up power supply in the island over the next few years.

Siemens is planning to build a 60 Hz gas turbine production plant at its existing facility in Charlotte to provide manufacturing and servicing functions for the supply of its gas and steam turbines and generators to 60 Hz markets globally.

11 March 2010 - UTC Power has announced that its new 400 kW fuel cell system, the ‘PureCell’ Model 400, has been certified to meet the latest emission standards of the California Air Resources Board (CARB), the strictest in the United States.

11 March 2010 - UK-based measurement technology specialist Testo AG has introduced a 4-gas emissions analyser, enabling efficiency and pollution measurements to be taken on burners or engine generator sets.

11 March 2010 - A new steam flow measurement device from US-based McCrometer is said to be ideal for campus district energy facilities and eliminates many of the common equipment layout problems associated with steam processes in HVAC and cogeneration systems.

11 March 2010 - Caterpillar has launched a new gas-fuelled generator set designed for maximum efficiency in extended duty distributed generation and CHP applications.