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Philippines' power consumption to contract by 5.9% by end-2020

Slowdown in economic activity and the pandemic to weigh on the power and renewables sector.

Philippines' power consumption to contract by 5.9% by end-2020

Slowdown in economic activity and the pandemic to weigh on the power and renewables sector.

Japanese business lobby pushes coal-friendly policy

A study revealed that it has undermined the country’s climate change efforts.

Indonesia's geothermal sector gains from new renewable pricing policy

Over 6GW of the country’s geothermal projects are in the pipeline.

India's renewable sector to get boost from Electricity Act amendment

Energy storage will be included in the National Renewable Energy Policy.

Australia's AEMO publishes 2020 Integrated System Plan

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

India extends safeguard duty on solar imports till 2021

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

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

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

India is now the most competitive clean energy auction market

The country is currently ranked as the top emerging market for clean energy investment.

Electricity trading opportunities open for India's grid vision

The country already has transmission lines with Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh.

Bangladesh mulls capping coal power to 5GW

This could bar 18GW of proposed plants from being built.

Japanese policy still focussed on long-term energy security

No formal change to existing policy has been announced.

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

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

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

The organisation proposed investing $500m in solar projects.

Vietnam PM urges faster approval of wind projects

This is urged for localities with potential for wind power development.

Will India's renewables vision support the grid?

India currently relies on about $250b of fossil fuel imports annually.

Vietnam extends feed-in tariffs for wind projects to 2023

An auction system is being mulled over to replace FiTs after 2023.

Vietnam's Green Future and COVID-19

Co-authored by Justine Barthe-Dejean, Reed Smith and Nguyen Thi Xuan Trinh, Partner, VNA Legal