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South Korea's power consumption to slow due to pandemic
South Korea's power consumption to slow due to pandemic
This may cause the country’s coal generation to decline.
Australian state to push 17.7 GW green energy into grid
The renewable energy zones in three regions aim to drive $14.11b of investments.
Strained discoms, weak competition drag India's power sector
Discoms are curtailing power received from energy generators.
India's rooftop solar to grow to 15-16 GW in 2020
The government will introduce new programmes to incentivise usage of rooftop solar.
Australia's electricity prices to hold firm amidst oil price crash
Domestic gas prices are high enough that LNG firms are eyeing to import gas.
India allots $55m for municipal solid-waste based projects
The guidelines were revised to promote biomass gasifiers.
India's thermal coal imports rose by 13% in 2019
Indonesia accounted for 60% of India's coal supply from April to December 2019.
Project rush boosts VPower Group's capacity by 70%
It secured utility-like projects in Myanmar and Sri Lanka over a few months.
JERA buys majority stake in Taiwan's Formosa 3 offshore wind project
It now holds 43.75% of the project.
Sri Lanka tenders 150MW of solar capacity
The Ceylon Electricity Board eyes building 20 solar power projects under a build-own-operate model.
China's wind power curtailment dipped to record-low in 2019
The rate for 2019 dropped to 4% from 7% in 2018.
Oversupply looms over Indonesia as power demand slows down
Java and Bali may be oversupplied by 41.5%.
Investors greenlight 140MW offshore wind farm in Japan
The $930m project is the country's first large-scale offshore wind complex.
CNNC finishes hot testing of Fuqing-5 nuclear reactor
It will be commissioned in 2020.
China's power deal activity surged 109.1% in Q4 2019
46 deals were announced during the quarter.
Japan's coal consumption to decline even with lacking climate action
The existing coal fleet will reach their end-of-life by 2030s.
Philippines mulls adding nuclear energy to power mix
It previously inked a deal with Russia’s Rosatom for a pre-feasibility study.
Commentary
Supply chain efficiency, skilled manpower are key for India’s renewable energy