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Hedge fund challenges China Three Gorges' EDP takeover bid
It said CTG’s bid for the utility has stalled and has too many regulatory hurdles.
Hedge fund challenges China Three Gorges' EDP takeover bid
It said CTG’s bid for the utility has stalled and has too many regulatory hurdles.
Laos eyes being a transmission hub by 2025
It wants to modernise its power sector and boost export capacity to 14,800MW.
India and Southeast Asia are the largest markets for utility-scale solar auctions: study
Corporate PPAs and rooftop portfolios could also be sizeable segments.
American firm sees $50b opportunity in India's energy storage
AES sees battery storage systems could replace diesel-fueled power plants.
2 in 5 institutional investors eye Japan's renewables market
Japan could get a chunk of the $210b of future global investments over the next five years.
ACWA Power builds world's largest concentrated solar project
CEO Paddy Padmanathan discusses ties with Silk Road Fund to create the world’s largest single-site CSP and expansion into the Indonesian market.
Japan's JERA mulls IPO
Its parents, TEPCO and Chubu Electric, are expected to merge their businesses into JERA by April.
Saudi Arabia launches tenders for 1.5GW of solar projects
The deadline for expressions of interest is on mid-February 2019.
Changes in Thai energy mix to slow gas demand
Gas demand growth could hit 1-2% in the next 10 years, compared to 5-6% over 2010-2014.
Asia Pacific breaks record with 2GW of PPAs in 2018
India and Australia led the region region, with 1.3GW and 0.7GW of PPAs.
China's renewables capacity grew 12% to 728GW in 2018
Wind and solar took up 20GW and 44GW of the total new capacity, respectively.
Japan's Hitachi quits wind turbine production
It blamed a small domestic market and strong competition overseas.
70,000 Australian homes to install energy storage by 2019: report
Government subsidies, loans, and demand response schemes are helping spur growth.
Can wind projects push more Chinese regions to grid parity?
Falling wind power costs and government support could help, analysts say.
Three Singapore firms to invest $100m in Southeast Asian renewables projects
Projects in the Philippines, Indonesia, and Myanmar are already in the pipeline for financing.
Could grid and regulatory constraints curb Australia's renewables boom?
Developers eye the country’s falling costs and demand for contracts.
Trade dispute with US could slash China's power demand by 32TWh
But impact could be limited as this is only 0.5% of total demand.