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China mulls hiking nuclear capacity to 40% by 2025
The country’s installed nuclear capacity grew 9% in 2019.
China mulls hiking nuclear capacity to 40% by 2025
The country’s installed nuclear capacity grew 9% in 2019.
Japanese policy still focussed on long-term energy security
No formal change to existing policy has been announced.
Over $13b of wind turbine capacity ordered in Q1
Wind turbine orders for the global onshore market made up 85% of Q1 capacity.
Long recovery ahead for India's power generation
The relaxation of lockdowns failed to drive power demand.
Australia approves Iberdrola's acquisition of Infigen Energy
The Spanish energy group raised its bid by 3.5%.
Transmission investment boosts New South Wales' green push
The call for projects for its renewable energy zones saw 113 registrations of interest.
Adani Transmission to buy power line operator for $172m
This could bring the company’s cumulative network to 15,400 circuit kilometres.
China's mega-hydro construction boom hits end
The industry has been shifting towards smaller projects.
Japan eyes 10 areas for offshore wind development
Six were selected as promising for future developments.
Australia's carbon capture and storage plan doomed to fail: report
Existing examples around the world were expensive projects with little revenue.
Floating solar farms make waves in Southeast Asia
They can help insulate coal-importing ASEAN countries from volatile fuel prices.
Japan mulls suspending 100 ageing coal plants by 2030
These make up nearly 90% of the country’s power plants built before the mid-1990s.
Laos plans new 1.4GW hydro project on Mekong River
The Luang Prabang project will be Laos' third and largest dam on the river.
China's 10.2GW hydro project begins operations
It is expected to become fully operational by end-2021.
Asia's annual offshore growth to rise to 9GW in 2030
Almost 1,500GW of technical offshore wind potential have been identified.
ADB inks $200m loan to improve Nepal's power supply
It will fund the reinforcement of Kathmandu Valley’s supply system.
Andhra Pradesh's integrated renewable project gets greenlight
This involves 1GW of solar and 550MW of wind.