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Shikoku Electric Power eyes 40-year decommissioning for Ikata-2 nuclear reactor

Restarting was considered uneconomical due to the scale and costs of required changes.

Shikoku Electric Power eyes 40-year decommissioning for Ikata-2 nuclear reactor

Restarting was considered uneconomical due to the scale and costs of required changes.

Green Climate Fund's $1b investment in renewables includes projects in India and Indonesia

About $100m will go to an Indonesian geothermal project with World Bank.

Use of biomass for plants of India's NTPC a ‘bold' move

It follows regulators’ advisory for utilities to enforce a 5-10% biomass blend in their power plants.

Newly floated Australian coal firm's price fell 8.5% on debut

Fund managers shunned the offer over the timing of the decision to float the company.

11 Chinese firms owned 63% of wind capacity additions in 2017

China’s grip on the market was strengthened by the CHN Energy merger.

10,500MW of Indian power plants close down over ‘coal shortage' woes

About 22 stations were running at critical stock as of 22 September.

Consortium with Medco Group invests $384.10m in embattled Hyflux

The consortium will subscribe for 60% of issue share capital in Hyflux and extend a loan of S$130m.

Over 4 in 5 of Asean fossil fuel power plants clash with UN climate goals: report

Most of the plants don’t meet the emissions thresholds for keeping global temperatures within 1.5 degrees Celsius.

India's NTPC eyes bidding for 8-10GW of stressed private projects: report

It is waiting for projects to fall into the bankruptcy court.

Sembcorp fires up 225MW gas-fired plant in Myanmar

It is expected to generate 1,500GWh of power and support the power needs of 5.3 million people.

Regulator rejects PTT's $4b bid for Glow Energy over monopoly concerns

It would have been Thailand's largest investment deal in 2018.

1,157MWe Haiyan-2 nuclear unit gets linked to Chinese grid

It is expected to begin commercial operation in early 2019.

NTPC takes 160MW of solar capacities in 500MW solar tender

It won 140MW capacity with a tariff of 4.3 cents/kWh.

Bangladesh's renewables generation breaches 5% after new solar plant

The 28MW solar plant in Cox's Bazar District is the country's largest yet.

Japanese consortium eyes plant that manages 500 batteries over the internet

This would allow power to be drawn from emergency batteries during a crisis.