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Higher electricity bills loom over five Indian states

Higher electricity bills loom over five Indian states

Gujarat is allowing Adani, Tata, and Essar to pass higher costs of coal to consumers.

ChinaCoal to inject supply into seven Chinese utilities for five years

Base price starts at $77/t and will be adjusted monthly from 2019 to 2021.

India eyes 23GW of solar projects in mountainous Ladakh region

A contract to set up and implement the projects will be awarded to a single developer.

World Bank to invest $200b in ‘climate action' over five years

The investment will support infrastructure for 36GW of renewables.

South Korean financiers urged to drop investment in Indonesian coal plants

Three financiers agreed to fund two 1,000MW coal plants for $1.67b.

Vietnam could raise electricity prices in 2019

Officials cited factors such as lower supply for hydropower plants and gas fields.

China to push more wind and solar power into the grid by 2020

Curtailment rates for wind power should be cut from 12% this year to 10% in 2019.

Nuclear reactor in New Taipei's Wanli District expected to restart soon

It was taken down in October after inspectors found leaks on the ceiling.

Germany to loan Cambodia $33.95m for rural grid upgrade

But the signing date is not yet set as the duration and interest will have yet to be negotiated.

Indonesia unveils net metering scheme for PV installations

The policy is expected to boost the installation of 1GW of PV systems.

Renewables issuers to expand access to bond market: Fitch Ratings

They are backed by longer operating histories, larger scale, and improved credit profiles.

Japan to launch offshore wind tenders for five zones in early 2019

Its two houses approved a bill that will enable territorial waters for offshore wind generation facilities.

Clenergy signs PPA with Snowy Hydro for 143.5MW solar farm

The farm is expected to have a generation capacity of 115MWAC and power 40,000 homes.

Japan's proposed solar subsidy cuts anger investors

Under the proposal, subsidy guarantees for developers could fall to $0.18 per kWh.