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Philippines plans national nuclear energy policy

Philippines plans national nuclear energy policy

It could either build new plants or rehabilitate the 621MW Bataan project.

Australia's AEMO publishes 2020 Integrated System Plan

It picked four actionable projects expected to be completed by 2022-26.

Bangladesh's 718MW gas-fired plant bags $200m funding

It includes a $100m loan from Asian Development Bank.

Sembcorp unit completes 800MW wind farms in India

This brings the company’s renewable capacity in India to 1.73GW.

Singapore-Australia power project fast-tracked by Australian government

This will provide extra support such as a single entry point for approvals.

India extends safeguard duty on solar imports till 2021

The government announced a 14.9% duty up until 29 January.

Reimposed lockdowns weaken India's power demand

This will affect the revenues and cash collections of discoms.

Canadian pension fund buys 20% stake in TransGrid

The company operates the transmission network in NSW and ACT, Australia.

Azure Power bags additional 2GW for solar project in India

The entire 4GW project will be fully operational by 2025.

China to add 140GW of hydropower capacity by 2030

Most upcoming hydro plants are either in China or being built by Chinese companies.

Solar surge push out coal plants in Australia

Wholesale electricity prices are sinking lower than it costs to buy coal.

Coal should have no part in economies' post-COVID plans: UN chief

Antonio Guterres expressed concern that new coal plants are still being financed.

Japan to launch new policy for offshore wind projects

It plans three or four project each year until end-2030.

Chan May LNG invests in 4GW gas-fired plant

The first phase of the project is expected to start operations by 2024.

NTPC starts second unit of 1.6GW coal-fired plant

This raises the company’s installed capacity to over 51GW.

Red tape hampers $12b aid to India's power retailers

The delay is blamed to a requirement that the state governments underwrite the loans.