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Taiwan inks offshore wind deal with the UK
The UK eyes export growth of offshore wind products to Taiwan.
Taiwan inks offshore wind deal with the UK
The UK eyes export growth of offshore wind products to Taiwan.
Restarting Taiwan's No.4 nuclear power project could cost up to $2.26b
Construction of its two reactors began in 1999 but was suspended in 2014 and 2015.
Proposed Shikoku Electric nuclear reactor shutdown rejected by court
The 890MW reactor is the company’s sole reactor in operation.
China eyes mechanism for distributing profit from hydroelectric dams
It will share the benefits of dam development to migrants, locations, and enterprises, it said.
South Korea greenlights biofuel oil for power generation
The government is pushing for the use of cleaner energy sources.
Solar to contribute the most to India's capacity expansion in 2020: analysts
But concerns around land and transmission connectivity could disappoint expectations.
India's electricity generation slipped 1.5% to 100.4 billion units in January
The decline was attributed to a 1% YoY decline in thermal generation.
India's GST drove up solar costs by 6%: report
The tax implicitly favoured coal power relative to solar PV and incentivised greater take-up of domestic coal sources.
India's ReNew Power raises $375m with green bond issue
The proceeds will primarily be used to refinance its outstanding external commercial debt.
India to revive stressed thermal coal plants
Projects with 1,320MW capacity would also be set up in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
Indonesia's new RUPTL fails to address last year's loopholes: analysts
Mega coal projects such as the Java-3 and PLTU Java-9 have resurfaced despite previous plans to ditch them.
Top shareholders demand HSBC to halt policy enabling coal finance in Asia
The bank continues to finance coal power projects in Bangladesh, Vietnam, and Indonesia.
China accounted for 78% the world's new pumped storage hydropower installations
PSH development is being driven by China’s growing need for energy system flexibility.
Thailand to build world's largest solar farms
It plans to install 16 of these facilities with a combined capacity of 2.7GW.
IPPs push projects into Vietnam's open electricity market
More players want to ride on the open market and growing electricity demand which could rise 8-9% annually.
China's market-trade share in power generation could hit 50% in 2019
Major IPPs are developing integrated energy business and expanding to downstream retail.
China National Nuclear Corporation joins competition to construct Belene NPP
It will go up against US’ GE, France’s Framatome, and Russia’s Rosatom.