Kipeto Energy has announced that it has fully connected its 100 MW wind power project to the Kenyan national grid.
The Botswana energy regulator has issued Shumba Energy with a generation licence for a 100 MW solar power project.
Shell has started a new electrolyser at its Energy and Chemicals Park in Rheinland, Germany.
Iran’s only nuclear power plant, Bushehr, has been repaired, reconnected to the grid, and is again operating.
Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) has announced that it has begun the shutdown process for the 985MW No. 1 generator at the Kuosheng Nuclear Power Plant in Wanli Distruct, New Tapei.
Anne-Marie Trevalyan, Minister of State for Business, Energy and Clean Growth of the United Kingdom, said that Britain will bring forward its target to end the use of coal in generating electricity by a year to October 2024.
Rosatom has announced that construction work has started on units 5 and 6 of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) in India with the first pouring of concrete into the foundation plate of the reactor building.
China’s Baihetan Dam, the second largest hydropower facility in the world, has started generating electricity for the first time.
Bangladesh has announced that it has scrapped 10 major coal-fired power plants as it seeks to increase its power generation from renewable energy sources.
Nonghyup Financial Group of South Korea will invest $22 million in a solar power plant in Japan as part of its sustainable green growth initiative.