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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.

India removes tariff caps on solar and wind tenders

This could hike tariffs for wind auctions.

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.

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.