China

China Huadian eyes closing down 14 coal-fueled plants

Overall power generation of the facilities is around 1.86 TWh annually.

China's solar PV installations to drop by 10GW in 2018

But it will still grab almost half of the global demand this year.

China eyes firing up 5 new nuclear reactors this year

It forecasts a 6GWe boost in nuclear installed capacity.

China's wasted wind power drops to 41.9b kwh in 2017

This was an impressive 7.8b kwh plunge versus 2016.

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

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

Southeast Asia predicted to be more emissions intensive

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

China's total energy consumption grew by 2.9% in 2017

Its installed power generation capacity grew by 137 GW to over 1,800 GW.

China dominates clean energy investment at $132.6b

The 24% surge in investments smashed previous records.

China could beat Japan as the largest natural gas importer in 2018

It has surpassed Korea as the second importer in 2017, and is on its way to pulling Japan down.

Here's how badly CGN was hurt by the delayed launch of reactor units in Taishan

Expected commercial operation has been moved to 2018 and 2019.

China is building the world's biggest floating solar plant for $151m

Part of the 150MW project is now connected to the grid.