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China's Shenhua, Guodian merger to create world's largest power utility company
Their total installed capacities will sit at 225GW.
China Three Gorges Corp kicks off construction of 16GW power station
The Baihetan hydropower station will have 6 generating units of 1000MW each.
Chinese coal-fired plants' utilisation hours to drop to 4,000 hours in 2017
This is despite a slight recover in 1H17.
China's wind power capacity to grow 40% to 290GW by 2020
Whilst solar capacity is predicted to more than double.
China's 1,087MW Fuqing-4 gets plugged in to the grid
It's the 37th Chinese operational power reactor.
China installed 24.4GW of solar in 2017's first half
A whopping 13.5GW of this was installed in June.
China's Fuqing-4 nuclear plant achieves first criticality
Fuel loading began in June 2017.
China's massive solar ambition dimmed by transmission challenges
Its ambitious target of 110GW by 2020 is achievable, but it won't be lighting up a lot of homes.
China Three Gorges Corp inks deal for 2.1GW hydropower project in Zhejiang
Voith will supply two 350MW units for the US$1.5b project.
China's State Power Investment Corporation targets 170GW of installed capacity
The goal is set for 2020.
These are the coal kings of the world
And China is still among the giants who keep building.
ABB preannounces launch of SYNCHROTACT® 6
Sixth generation of the world’s most popular synchronizer keeps power plants and substations safe and productive.
China is still king in Asia's nuclear sector
Its new build activity is about 50% of global capacity additions.
MAN Diesel & Turbo wins 2 orders for cogeneration plants in China
This is in partnership with EPC firm Liyu.
Chinese province ran on purely renewable energy for a week
Qinghai province generated 1.1b kWh of energy.
China's State Grid Corp completes buying 24% stake in Greek grid operator
The stake was worth US$356m.