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Ørsted pauses Taiwan offshore wind projects amidst permit woes
It failed to get an establishment permit for projects Changhua 1 and 2a in time.
India launches 7.5GW solar tender in Jammu and Kashmir states
Selected bidders will get a 35-year PPA and will need to start operations by 2023.
India halts 5.9GW of hydropower projects over financial stress
The government is forced to set up a new hydropower policy as soon as possible.
Sembcorp inks deal with Singapore logistics firm for 7.9MWp of rooftop solar
One of the facilities will house Singapore’s largest rooftop solar facility with 6.2MW peak capacity.
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Medco Energy and SMI eye financing for geothermal projects in exploration phase
One of the projects to benefit is Medco Power’s exploration of Blawan, Ijen.
India extends timeline for tenders of 18 coal blocks
The submission date for technical bids has been transferred from 19 December to 2 January.
Royal Dutch Shell sets up electricity trade desk in Japan
It eyes optimisation potential in consumers amidst "volatility in the power system".
Cambodia's 400MW Lower Sesan-2 hydropower dam starts production
It is expected to produce 1.9TWh a year.
EU and the Philippines ink seven clean energy contacts
The official launch of the seven projects is scheduled in January 2019.
Chinese solar farm owner postpones IPO in Hong Kong
It cited a broader equity selloff in the country.
China's power generation climbed 6.9% from January to November
The growth of coal-fired generation outpaced hydropower and solar due to unfavourable weather.
Vietnam coal firms ink deal to power EVN's power projects
EVN is trying to address a possible coal supply shortage in 2019.
Australia's Clean Energy Finance Group invests $71.82m in renewables fund
The fund focuses on large-scale wind and solar as well as energy-from-waste and battery storage.
140MW solar farm in New South Wales gets the nod
The $85.61m project is expected to power over 52,000 homes.
Taipower shuts down reactor in Taiwan's third nuclear plant
Lubricant oil levels for the cooling pump motor were too low.
Commentary
Supply chain efficiency, skilled manpower are key for India’s renewable energy