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India to revive stressed thermal coal plants
India to revive stressed thermal coal plants
Projects with 1,320MW capacity would also be set up in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
Indonesia's new RUPTL fails to address last year's loopholes: analysts
Mega coal projects such as the Java-3 and PLTU Java-9 have resurfaced despite previous plans to ditch them.
Top shareholders demand HSBC to halt policy enabling coal finance in Asia
The bank continues to finance coal power projects in Bangladesh, Vietnam, and Indonesia.
China accounted for 78% the world's new pumped storage hydropower installations
PSH development is being driven by China’s growing need for energy system flexibility.
Thailand to build world's largest solar farms
It plans to install 16 of these facilities with a combined capacity of 2.7GW.
IPPs push projects into Vietnam's open electricity market
More players want to ride on the open market and growing electricity demand which could rise 8-9% annually.
China's market-trade share in power generation could hit 50% in 2019
Major IPPs are developing integrated energy business and expanding to downstream retail.
China National Nuclear Corporation joins competition to construct Belene NPP
It will go up against US’ GE, France’s Framatome, and Russia’s Rosatom.
Renewables growth to slow down to over 20% in South and Southeast Asia: report
Indian and Indonesian utilities will likely lead revenue growth amidst their attempt meet electrification goals.
Chinese coal IPPs' margins to stabilise amidst falling prices
Price discounts in electricity trade may rise to 50% of generation of many IPPs.
China's total energy consumption rose 3.3% in 2018
Coal's share in the primary energy consumption declined to 59%.
China eyes biogas as coal alternative in rural areas
It aims to produce 30bcm of biogas from agricultural waste and manure by 2030.
India added 8.26GW of solar in 2018
Solar accounted for over half of India’s capacity additions for the first time.
SECI to tender 1,000MW of solar projects for Northeastern India
The ceiling tariff will be set at $0.042/kWh.
Philippine competition watchdog rules out threat of Aboitiz Power's AA Thermal acquisition
Aboitiz Power bought a 49% voting stake and 60% economic stake in Ayala Corporation’s thermal assets.
China's nuclear capacity could hit 55-56GW by 2020
The first pilot Hualong One reactor, designed on China’s own G-III technology, is likely to be put in service in 2020.
Japanese banks to raise $270m for overseas offshore wind fund
The fund will buy Sumitomo’s UK assets as seed assets.
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