Mustafa Madbouli, Prime Minister of Egypt, has announced that as a result of the war in Iran revealing the vulnerability of oil and gas supplies, Egypt will increase the proportion of renewables in its energy mix.
Zambia’s ZCCM Investment Holdings and the Chinese firm Wonderful Group Services have agreed a deal to build a 600 MW coal-fired power plant in Zambia in two phases, at an estimated cost of $452 million.
The Indian Environment Ministry’s Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) has granted approval in principle for clearance for the 1200 MW Kalai hydropower project proposed on the Lohit River in Arunachal Pradesh, India.
South Africa will delay the retirement of about a fifth of its coal-fired power generation capacity as gas projects intended to replace them are running behind schedule.
Siemens Energy has signed an agreement with Mai-Liao Power to supply major equipment and long-term services for a 2400 MW CCGT in Taiwan.
The Russian Government has announced that Russia and Kazakhstan will sign an agreement outlining parameters for construction of a nuclear power plant in Kazakhstan during the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Ukraine Government has announced that it will hold a competition to award 1322 MW of new generation in the most energy-deficient region. Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said that these include the Kyiv and Cherkasy regions (250 MW), the Sumy, Kharkiv, and Poltava regions (872 MW), Dnipropetrovsk (100 MW), and Odesa regions (100 MW).
A massive fire at the Machkund Hydropower Project near Jeypore in the Koraput district of Odisha, India has disrupted power generation and left more than 20 villages without electricity.
India’s peak power demand hit a record high of 270.73 GW on 21 May, resulting from a searing heat wave which boosted demand for cooling.
South Korea’s Hanwha Power has signed an MOU with Canadian infrastructure company Pembina Pipeline to collaborate on green power generation projects.