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South Korea mulls renewable energy investments in Vietnam
19 Jun 19
The government’s tax relief for renewable projects and national power development plan are making it a hot investment destination.
Qinghai province attempts to use only renewable power over 15-day period
19 Jun 19
Its clean power consumption reached 78% in 2018.
China's coal consumption surged by 100 million tonnes in H1 2018
11 Jun 19
Terminated hydropower generation projects and a natural gas shortage fuelled demand.
Singapore's iSwitch forms partnership with ES Power
10 Jun 19
ES Power’s customers existing contracts worth $15m will be novated to iSwitch.
China's hits roadblock in ambitions to cut coal reliance by 2020
31 May 19
Solid demand from its mills are expected to stoke coal consumption to about 4.49 billion tonnes.
Vietnam to ramp up electricity imports from China and Laos
31 May 19
Its domestic supply is running low as its power projects run behind schedule.
Japan fires up first large-scale geothermal power station after 23 years
29 May 19
The Wasabizawa Geothermal Power Plant has a total power generation capacity of 46MW.
Philippines' non-hydro renewable power capacity to grow 11.2% by 2030
29 May 19
Its non-hydro renewable power capacity accounted for 16.9% of its total energy mix, led by geothermal.
China retains crown as most attractive renewable energy market
24 May 19
It accounted for 35% of global solar capacity with 172GW in 2018.
India could fall short of 227GW renewables target by 2022
24 May 19
Developers are struggling with cost increases, import tariffs and grid-connection issues.
China's energy storage market to exceed $6b by 2024
24 May 19
A growing ancillary service industry and smart-grid infrastructure investments will drive demand.
Singapore turns on another large-scale solar roof installation
23 May 19
Over 7,000 PV panels will generate 3.5GW hours of energy enough to power 1,000 three bedroom flats for a year.
Japan's solar capacity to boom amidst FiT scheme phase-out
22 May 19
Installation may become more attractive at the residential and commercial level as consumers look to cut their electricity bills.
Thermal coal prices to dip to $85 per tonne as demand dwindles
22 May 19
South Korea’s government is raising taxes on thermal coal by 27% in 2019.
Gulf Energy declares coal doomed as banks pull out financing
21 May 19
It is aiming to triple its installed capacity to about 6.7GW by 2024.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group to cease coal financing
21 May 19
The banking group added forestry, palm oil and coal mining to its restricted transactions list.
Japan and Thailand to lead biomass investments in Asia: report
17 May 19
Their biomass capacities are projected to hit 6.9GW and 5.9GW by 2028, respectively.
Non-hydro renewables in Vietnam to grow 22.4% annually: report
15 May 19
The government looks to expand its energy mix as its coal reserves gradually deplete.
India's energy generation up 2.1% YoY in March
14 May 19
A total of 12.1GW of generating capacity was added in FY 2019.
Australia's Ascham School inks renewable corporate PPA with Flow Power
10 May 19
The school aims to be powered by at least 90% renewable energy.
India turns to coal to meet power demand
10 May 19
It saw the world’s largest absolute increase in coal use in 2017.
Australia's solar generation soared by 700MW in Q1
10 May 19
Five new solar farms totalling 326MW capacity started generation during the quarter.
Indonesia could surpass the US as world's largest geothermal market by 2022
9 May 19
It currently trails behind US with 2GW in operational capacity in 2018.
Rapid renewables growth could push Japan to surpass government targets
8 May 19
The government’s 22-24% renewables penetration target by 2030 falls short of the grid’s actual potential of at least 40%.
India's solar capacity hit 30GW in Q1
8 May 19
Solar accounted for 38% of the 80GW renewable installed capacity in Q1.
India's power losses up 62% to $3.4b as costs skyrocket
7 May 19
Average coal prices during the period grew 11.6%.
METI's Surya Darma seeks to accelerate renewable energy in Indonesia
3 May 19
He will shed light on METI’s target and plans for the energy sector.
Thailand's largest wind farm enters commercial operations
2 May 19
The 260MW Hanuman Wind Farm is composed of five sub-projects.
India's wind capacity to fall short of 60GW target by 2022
2 May 19
Land availability hurdles, grid access bottlenecks and concerns over the viability of low tender bids could hamper its ambitious target.
India needs $37.26b to meet 234GW peak load by 2022: report
30 Apr 19
The private sector is expected to play a vital role as competitive bidding gains momentum.
China installed 5.2GW of solar power capacity in Q1
30 Apr 19
Centralised solar accounted for 2.4GW of installations.
Asia's energy policies largely untouched by effects of electoral season: study
30 Apr 19
There is little scope for a new government to depart from policies in Thailand, Indonesia, India, and Australia.
Tanjung Bin power plant unaffected by fire at conveyor belt: Malakoff
25 Apr 19
The incident is not expected to affect its operations as it is undergoing a scheduled outage from 30 March to 9 June 2019.
China's relaxed coal plant ban still won't spur construction flurry: report
24 Apr 19
Incentives to build more coal-fired power plants are almost non-existent.
Global concentrated solar capacity to triple to 22.4GW with China and Middle East backing: report
24 Apr 19
CSP in China grew after the announcement of 20 projects with a feed-in tariff of $0.172/kWh.
Heatwave-hit Australia lost 1.6GW of thermal generation in January
24 Apr 19
The consequent load shedding impacted more than 200,000 Victorian consumers across two hours on 25 January.
Philippines' Luzon grid on red alert after major quake
23 Apr 19
Some areas in Luzon may experience rotational power cuts following a reserve shortage.
JERA to raise investment share of renewables and LNG to 70%
23 Apr 19
It aims to double profits up until March 2026.
China turns to wind energy to power heating systems
22 Apr 19
Local authorities will be given less than two months to set annual targets for generating heat using wind farms.
Dieter Billen takes the stage to discuss his forecasts on solar energy
17 Apr 19
He will discuss the potential growth areas in Southeast Asian markets.

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