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Australia's Pacific Hydro closes $81.5m financing for 100MW solar farm
The project is expected to be completed in mid-2019 and comprise 400,000 PV modules.
Australia's Pacific Hydro closes $81.5m financing for 100MW solar farm
The project is expected to be completed in mid-2019 and comprise 400,000 PV modules.
India could auction 18 coal blocks
It will open nine tenders to private companies.
Tohoku Electric to decommission Onagawa-1 nuclear reactor
Safety upgrades for the reactor were too expensive, it said.
Azure Power raised $400m since June 2018
It will fund the realisation of its 2GW solar pipeline.
Monks to sell electricity in western Japan
It will get electricity from traditional sources in its first year and then switch to renewables.
Malaysia kills 4 IPPs amidst tariff saving efforts
One of the IPPs is a 700MW gas power plant held by Malakoff and TNB.
ASEAN inks deal with IRENA for rapid renewable energy development
IRENA will support renewables projects with its project facilitation platforms.
Singapore to pilot deployment of energy storage systems
ESS can prevent intermittency of renewable power sources and enhance grid stability.
Sembcorp Marine seals two renewable energy contracts worth over $200m
It will engineer and construct projects for Denmark’s Ørsted Wind Power and Norway’s Norled AS.
SP Group rolls out world's first smart grid index
It has been validated by the Energy Research Institute of NTU.
SP Group unveils green energy trading marketplace
City Developments Limited and DBS were amongst the first of its renewable energy certificates (RECs) buyers.
Asia Pacific's offshore wind capacity could rise 20-fold to 43GW in 2027
Together with Korea and Japan, East Asia alone needs $37b of investment to meet ambitious energy goals.
Is the proposed Khurja coal power plant in India overpriced?
A “realistic” tariff for the plant is at 7.8 cents/kWh even if renewable tariffs are available at 4.1 cents/kWh.
Japanese-led consortium loans $1.31b to Indonesian gas-to-energy project
The project will yield a 1,760MW gas-fired plant and an LNG FSRU unit to fuel it.
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.