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Indonesia mulls retirement of ageing plants in favour of renewables
The country has 2,256 ageing diesel plants with a total capacity of 1,778MW.
Indonesia mulls retirement of ageing plants in favour of renewables
The country has 2,256 ageing diesel plants with a total capacity of 1,778MW.
China leads global offshore wind installations in 2019
The country added more than 2.3GW in 2019.
India removes tariff caps on solar and wind tenders
This could hike tariffs for wind auctions.
Beijing Jingneng injects $3.3b into 5GW renewable project: report
It is expected to begin operations in 2021.
SECI issues tender for 5GW green energy bundled with thermal
The developer will supply at least 51% of energy from renewable sources.
South Korea's power consumption to slow due to pandemic
This may cause the country’s coal generation to decline.
Australian state to push 17.7 GW green energy into grid
The renewable energy zones in three regions aim to drive $14.11b of investments.
Strained discoms, weak competition drag India's power sector
Discoms are curtailing power received from energy generators.
India's rooftop solar to grow to 15-16 GW in 2020
The government will introduce new programmes to incentivise usage of rooftop solar.
Australia's electricity prices to hold firm amidst oil price crash
Domestic gas prices are high enough that LNG firms are eyeing to import gas.
India allots $55m for municipal solid-waste based projects
The guidelines were revised to promote biomass gasifiers.
India's thermal coal imports rose by 13% in 2019
Indonesia accounted for 60% of India's coal supply from April to December 2019.
Project rush boosts VPower Group's capacity by 70%
It secured utility-like projects in Myanmar and Sri Lanka over a few months.
JERA buys majority stake in Taiwan's Formosa 3 offshore wind project
It now holds 43.75% of the project.
Sri Lanka tenders 150MW of solar capacity
The Ceylon Electricity Board eyes building 20 solar power projects under a build-own-operate model.
China's wind power curtailment dipped to record-low in 2019
The rate for 2019 dropped to 4% from 7% in 2018.
Oversupply looms over Indonesia as power demand slows down
Java and Bali may be oversupplied by 41.5%.