Energy company, Fenix Power, is set to invest $700m in the construction and operation of a 520 MW thermal power plant in Peru.

Xstrata PLC, (LSE: XTA, SIX: XTAN) the world's largest thermal-coal exporter by volume, may sell part of its proposed six billion Australian dollar (US$6.44bn) Wandoan project in Australia, which aims to be a key supplier to Asian power generators.

Porto do Pecem I coal fired power plant has obtained the green light from the Brazilian energy sector watchdog Aneel to commence test operations of its first unit.

France’s EDF has confirmed it is to construct a EUR1.8bn ($2.4bn), 900 MW supercritical coal fired power plant at its existing Rybnik facility in Poland.

Ameren Corp has set a fresh challenge for the FutureGen clean coal project by pulling out of the initiative, which has received $1bn in government funding.

A court in Alberta, Canada, has denied the application from two environmental groups to appeal a decision by the Alberta Utilities Commission to approve the construction of a new coal power plant near Grande Cache.

China’s largest independent power producer has had an $800m plan for two new 600 MW coal fired units approved by the government’s regulator.

ProInversion, Peru's investment promotion agency, expects to award the construction and operation of two back-up thermoelectric power plants by mid-December of this year.

Australian energy company HRL is taking its fight to build a new power station to a tribunal this week as it faces increasing opposition from environmental groups.

The Philippines' energy secretary has warned that opposition to new coal fired plants could cause a 600 MW national power shortfall in three years’ time.

Australia’s Intra Energy Corporation (IEC) has announced that it plans to invest $236m in Tanzania’s first privately funded coal mine and a coal fired power plant to reduce the nation’s reliance on hydropower.

Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Power and Energy and India’s high commissioner in Colombo, Ashok Kantha, have announced that an agreement has been reached regarding construction of a coal power plant in Eastern Province.

Vietnam’s state-owned oil & gas company Petrovietnam (PVN) has awarded its subsidiary a contract to build a 1200 MW coal fired power plant in the south of the country.

The Peruvian authorities have awarded a 20-year concession contract for the design, construction and operation of a 200 MW thermoelectric plant in Eten, in the northern region of Lambayeque.

Taiwan Cogeneration Corporation (TCC) has reached an agreement with two Philippine companies – Meralco Power Generation Corporation (MPGC) and Therma Power Inc (TPI) – to jointly invest $1bn in constructing a power plant in Subic Bay in the Philippines.