Power Utility

Winning bid in India's 2GW wind power auction hit $3.8c/kWh

Torrent Power, ReNew Power, and Green Infra Wind Energy were amongst the winners.

Why thermal projects are getting hot in Malaysia's power pipeline

78% of the 12.3GW capacity in planning or construction stages are conventional thermal plants.

India eyes massive natural gas expansion by 2022

It targets doubling natural gas share in energy mix to 15%.

Kansai Electric loads Ohi-3 with fuel ahead of planned restart

It is now predicted to resume operation by midyear.

What you need to know about utility-scale solar+storage in Southeast Asia

Utility-scale solar PV continues to grow at a breakneck pace, driven by continually falling prices, including 19.7 USD/MWh in the recent Mexico...

Australian power suppliers to pay $3.9m in compensation over outages

Around 50,000 homes lost power, with some up to 30 hours, on 28 January.

Korea delays completion of Shin Hanul-1-2 nuclear reactors

Construction will be pushed by another eight months.

KEPCO inked $320m deal for 4GW transmission project

The project will link power to Seoul metropolitan area.

China gives approval for merger between two state-owned nuclear firms

A US$100b nuclear giant will be formed if this pushes through.

Sun's out, guns out: India's installed solar capacity hit 20GW

20GW capacity was initially set as a 2022 target.

Southeast Asia predicted to be more emissions intensive

This is despite wanting to achieve 23% renewables in the energy mix by 2025.

Karnataka's 860 MW solar PV tender is largely oversubscribed

26 bidders submitted a total capacity of 3.3GW.

Enel Green Power's 55MW geothermal project kicks off exploration phase

The project by the Italian firm with local partner PT Optima Nusantara Energy will operate by 2022.

GIP finishes $5b acquisition of Equis Energy

It now holds a capacity of 11,135MW in the Asia Pacific region.