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India comes second to China in Asian ranking of wind power capacity
It has nabbed the fourth spot on a global scale.
Thai court rules 90MW Thep Sathit Wind Farm project illegal
Building a wind farm in Chaiyaphum was deemed "misuse of land".
Why China's gas demand needs to surge 14% per year
As it aims for natural gas to supply 10% of energy by 2020.
Vietnam's renewables capacity to jump to just 850MW in almost a decade
This is just less than 1% of total electricity generation.
Indian state Karnataka pushes solar target to 6,000MW by March 2021
40% will be allotted to rooftop installations.
Japan nears finding lost nuclear fuel in Fukushima disaster
Tepco has revealed new photos of suspected melted nuclear fuel.
Thailand's BCPG buys 40% stake in Philippine wind energy firm
BCPG eyes expanding its capacity to 1,000MW by 2020.
Equis Energy to develop two large-scale solar projects in Australia
The projects will be worth US$302.5m.
Aboitiz Power backs out of geothermal project in Indonesia
It was supposedly for the development of 2x55MW geothermal plants.
ADB to lend $109m for Muara Laboh geothermal project in Indonesia
It's expected to generate 80MW of electricity.
Toshiba to withdraw from nuclear plant construction business
It will cease taking orders on nuclear station construction.
China to be the largest nuclear market by capacity in 2026
Capacity will hit almost 100GW, beating that of US.
Hokkaido Electric could struggle to retain customers without nuke restarts
Lowering tariffs will be difficult if restarts aren't granted.
Japanese regulators still supportive of Kansai Electric's nuclear restarts
Five in nine reactors have been given preliminary approvals.
India's Jharkhand renewables agency predicted to fail in hitting 1,200MW target
Tariffs will likely be renegotiated.
Indonesia is dead set to hit 23% renewables share in energy mix by 2025
It eyes effectively decreasing emissions as well.