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Nepal to co-develop two hydropower projects with China
Nepal to co-develop two hydropower projects with China
The projects will have a total capacity of 919GW.
Indian utilities join list of global solar giants
ACME Group and Adani have solar capacities of 2.3GW and 1.94GW respectively.
Total builds third solar plant in Japan
The 52MWp solar park in Miyagi prefecture is its biggest yet.
WEnergy Global develops microgrids in Southeast Asia's rural communities
Microgrids could serve 100 million people in the region who still have no electricity.
AC Energy, UPC to jointly develop 1GW of renewable capacity
The joint venture will first target India, South Korea and Taiwan.
Yoma Strategic and AC Energy to co-develop 200MW of renewables in Myanmar
The two made a joint investment of $30m in line with the development.
C&I projects take up 22% of India's solar installations
6.5GW of solar capacity in this segment has already been installed.
JERA buys 49% stake in 376MW Formosa 2 wind project in Taiwan
The project will have 47 turbines and will start operations end-2021.
Indonesia's largest coal plant could start operations in 2020
The plant is already 83% completed.
JERA buys 22% stake in Bangladesh's Summit Power for $330m
JERA will get its hands on 1,941MW of Summit’s assets.
Japan risks $71b of stranded power assets over coal push
The country still has 11GW of under-construction coal capacity.
Sembcorp and EMA award university grant to develop Singapore's first virtual power plant
It will act as a single utility-scale power station.
Taiwan's non-hydro renewables capacity could hit 21.3GW by 2028
Renewables are expected to take up 26% of the energy mix by 2030.
Vietnam's DHD bags $37m loan to install 47.5MW solar plant
It will be installed on DHD’s existing 175MW Da Mi hydropower plant.
Active fault lines may hinder opening of Taiwan's No. 4 nuclear power plant
The power plant has been stalled since 2014 due to public opposition.
German investors look to boost Taiwan's offshore wind market
Local FiT rates were reduced to $0.18 (NT$5.516) per kWh for 2019.
Vietnam's proposed new FiT rate to boost solar energy investment
Rates for floating solar power and ground-mounted projects will be reduced to $0.769 and $0.709, respectively.
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