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Year in Review: Here are the Asian Power's most read news in 2016

We caught Vietnam's 180-degree turn from being a nuclear leader to a nuclear naysayer.

Year in Review: Here are the Asian Power's most read news in 2016

We caught Vietnam's 180-degree turn from being a nuclear leader to a nuclear naysayer.

Christmas comes but once a year!

Santa and his dearest cats are taking the time off!

Sembcorp gets US$165m financing for 414MW power plant in Bangladesh

The build-own-operate plant project is estimated to cost US$412m.

Hybrid power systems can be a nightmare to the Asian sector

Are there even enough appropriate incentives for investment?

Spear-phishing attacks in power utility firms are using Word documents

And analysts previously thought hackers were using Excel.

Singapore-based Nexif Energy fully acquires OneWind's wind energy assets

Late-stage projects include Lincoln Gap in South Australia.

Asia's big wigs launch Asia Wind Energy Association

It is currently pooling membership applications.

Asian thermal power producers to brace for medium to long-term headwinds in 2017

No thanks to lower dispatch volume and higher investment on meeting new environmental policies.

Google to buy renewable energy only for 2017 operations

Purchases have hit 2.6GW of wind and solar energy.

Asia is getting sick of using subcritical power plants

Ultrasupercritical plants will contribute 21% to new coal-fired gross capacity additions.

Power & utility megaprojects run 35% over budget at US$2b

And they're behind schedule by two years on average.

Are drones taking over wind and solar O&M?

Business revenue for drone services can hit $1.6b.

Sembcorp Utilities announce first solar energy project in Singapore

The company will co-develop a 3.6MW grid-tied solar PV system near Changi Airport.

How a strategic environmental assessment could help change Myanmar's approach to hydro

Optimising project siting and configuration are the most effective environmental and social risk avoidance measures in hydropower development. Siting is often decided very early on in project development, primarily on a project-by project basis.