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Korea is dead serious on finishing IPOs for 8 public energy firms by 2020
Korea is dead serious on finishing IPOs for 8 public energy firms by 2020
The move is to improve the companies' financial condition.
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. to pocket $603m from restart of 4 reactors
Approval for restart finally came after 3 months.
Asian thermal power producers to brace for medium to long-term headwinds in 2017
No thanks to lower dispatch volume and higher investment on meeting new environmental policies.
Asia is getting sick of using subcritical power plants
Ultrasupercritical plants will contribute 21% to new coal-fired gross capacity additions.
India now home to world's largest solar power farm
The $679m facility was built in just eight months.
Hong Kong tycoon Li offers $5.4b cash for Australian energy firm
He offered A$3 per share for Duet Group.
Power & utility megaprojects run 35% over budget at US$2b
And they're behind schedule by two years on average.
Adani Group to shell out $300m on 2 solar farms in Australia
It's part of the company's goal to hit 1,500MW of solar power in Oz.
China's new thermal capacity nosedived by almost 50% to 29GW
The government is dead serious about trimming dependence on coal-fired power.
Vietnam votes a final no to building multi-billion dollar nuke plants
Russian and Japanese corporate partners took the blow.
Singapore IPP Nexif Energy ups stake in Viet Hydro
Figures have not been disclosed yet, but Viet Hydro eyes using the proceeds to boost shareholding in another project.
India's total installed solar capacity crossed 10GW mark
It is a whopping 137% jump in capacity growth.
Japan's Mihama nuclear reactor gets 20 years operating extension
It will be 60 years old by the time of its retirement in 2036.
Chinese policies expected to support a medium-term thermal coal price of US$73/tonne
This level balances break-even prices among coal mines and coal-fired power plants.
Vietnam slashes 471 small hydro plants in power development plan
It would have had a combined installed capacity of 2,059MW.
Thermal coal prices losing steam as China output rises: Citi
Newcastle coal prices dropped 11% at $101/mt FOB.
Sudden plant outages trigger power interruptions in Manila, Philippines
More than 20% of the power was shaved off the grid.
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