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Geothermal plant 'triggered earthquake' in South Korea
Geothermal plant 'triggered earthquake' in South Korea
The city of Pohang was rattled by a 5.4-magnitude earthquake in November 2017.
India's renewables push to boost Asia's wind capacity by 12.2%
But its target compliance is likely to bifurcate the next decade’s outlook due to 2020 target challenges.
China's State Development & Investment Corporation quits coal
Coal investments have been one of its largest profit contributors for a decade.
PTT power arm buys 69.11% of ENGIE's Glow Energy for $2.94b
Authorities approved the sale after Glow sold one of its power plants.
2GW of solar PV projects to be tendered under Phase II of India's CPSU programme
Minimum project capacity is 10 MW whilst maximum capacity is 2,000 MW.
Bidder group with Chubu Electric wins 30km UK offshore transmission link
The 660MW transmission link will connect with the Walney Extension offshore wind farm.
China and Russia ink deals to build reactors for Tianwan and Xudabao nuclear plants
Russian state nuclear corporation firm Rosatom will construct four VVER-1200 units for the two Chinese plants.
Expansion of Snowy 2.0 to push hydropower capacity to 11.8GW by 2028
The project has already signed construction contracts and began exploratory works.
Taiwan inks offshore wind deal with the UK
The UK eyes export growth of offshore wind products to Taiwan.
Restarting Taiwan's No.4 nuclear power project could cost up to $2.26b
Construction of its two reactors began in 1999 but was suspended in 2014 and 2015.
Proposed Shikoku Electric nuclear reactor shutdown rejected by court
The 890MW reactor is the company’s sole reactor in operation.
China eyes mechanism for distributing profit from hydroelectric dams
It will share the benefits of dam development to migrants, locations, and enterprises, it said.
South Korea greenlights biofuel oil for power generation
The government is pushing for the use of cleaner energy sources.
Solar to contribute the most to India's capacity expansion in 2020: analysts
But concerns around land and transmission connectivity could disappoint expectations.
India's electricity generation slipped 1.5% to 100.4 billion units in January
The decline was attributed to a 1% YoY decline in thermal generation.
India's GST drove up solar costs by 6%: report
The tax implicitly favoured coal power relative to solar PV and incentivised greater take-up of domestic coal sources.
India's ReNew Power raises $375m with green bond issue
The proceeds will primarily be used to refinance its outstanding external commercial debt.
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