Myanmar has agreed to build two hydropower plants aimed at exporting around 575 MW of electricity to energy-starved Bangladesh, top officials said.

China plans to boost its installed hydroelectric power capacity to 300 million kW by 2015 from the current 200 million in an effort to cut carbon dioxide emissions, according to wire reports.

A newly-released report on the World Bank Group's water strategy calls for support for hydropower in developing countries, while urging a more integrated approach to water resources management.

FERC and Colorado signed a memorandum of understanding to simplify procedures authorizing development of small-scale hydropower projects.

Hydropower generator Run of River Power Inc. has appointed Richard Hopp president and chief executive officer, wire services reported.

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

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.

The Chilean minister of Energy, Ricardo Raineri has been quoted as saying by El Mercurio that his government's energy policy will seek to secure around 20 per cent of the country’s power production from renewable energy sources by 2020.