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China's Shenhua, Guodian merger to create world's largest power utility company
China's Shenhua, Guodian merger to create world's largest power utility company
Their total installed capacities will sit at 225GW.
Japan to start basic energy policy revamp
It will zero in on its 2030 generation targets.
Taiwan's first offshore wind farm to boost capacity by 1,500%
Capacity is expected to hit 120MW by 2019.
China Three Gorges Corp kicks off construction of 16GW power station
The Baihetan hydropower station will have 6 generating units of 1000MW each.
Singapore's GIC eyes buying 31.7% stake in Philippines geothermal power producer
The deal could be worth up to $1.3b.
Chinese coal-fired plants' utilisation hours to drop to 4,000 hours in 2017
This is despite a slight recover in 1H17.
Equis Energy commissions 29.5MW solar project in Fukushima, Japan
An estimated 6,431 homes will benefit from the project.
1 GW of gas-fired stations put for sale in Victoria, Australia
This includes the 500MW Newport power plant.
China's 1,087MW Fuqing-4 gets plugged in to the grid
It's the 37th Chinese operational power reactor.
Chubu Electric's 1GW Taketoyo coal project questioned
Concerns over carbon emissions are rising.
India speeds up planning of 8 hydropower projects
The projects' total capacity is 6,352MW and worth US$9b.
AC Energy inks deal to develop small island power projects in Indonesia
AC Energy will provide funding for projects with sub-50MW capacities.
Thailand predicted to dominate renewables capacity growth in SEA
Government eyes cutting reliance on imported natural gas.
Chubu Electric, INPEX eyes expanding their customer base
They will supply wholesale power to regional city gas firms.
India to shut down 5.5 GW of "inefficient" coal-fired power plant
Time frame for the phase-out is yet to be announced.
India approves 550 MW of wind PPAs, cancels 950 MW of solar tenders
It's the country's first wind power auction scheme.
China installed 24.4GW of solar in 2017's first half
A whopping 13.5GW of this was installed in June.