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China's mega-hydro construction boom hits end

The industry has been shifting towards smaller projects.

Japan eyes 10 areas for offshore wind development

Six were selected as promising for future developments.

Australia's carbon capture and storage plan doomed to fail: report

Existing examples around the world were expensive projects with little revenue.

Floating solar farms make waves in Southeast Asia

They can help insulate coal-importing ASEAN countries from volatile fuel prices.

Japan mulls suspending 100 ageing coal plants by 2030

These make up nearly 90% of the country’s power plants built before the mid-1990s.

Laos plans new 1.4GW hydro project on Mekong River

The Luang Prabang project will be Laos' third and largest dam on the river.

China's 10.2GW hydro project begins operations

It is expected to become fully operational by end-2021.

Asia's annual offshore growth to rise to 9GW in 2030

Almost 1,500GW of technical offshore wind potential have been identified.

ADB inks $200m loan to improve Nepal's power supply

It will fund the reinforcement of Kathmandu Valley’s supply system.

NTPC's profits dropped to $1.34b in FY 2020

Generation declined to 290.19 billion units compared to last year.

NTPC snags consultancy contract for 500MW solar park in Mali

It received an award letter from the ambassador of Mali and the government.

Japanese firms urge government to shift to renewables

They also recommended introducing carbon pricing.

Rising bad loans weaken investor appetite for India's renewables

Financial deals in renewable technologies were halved in H1 2019.

WWF Australia's proposed renewable stimulus to bring $10b boost

The organisation proposed investing $500m in solar projects.