Japan is considering building next generation nuclear reactors and restarting idled plants.
QatarEnergy has awarded a $630 million contract to Samsung C&T to build two solar power plants with a combined capacity of 875 MW.
Germany is restarting a second coal-fired reserve power plant as the country tries to conserve gas supplies for the coming winter.
The UK Government has approved funding for construction of the new Sizewell C nuclear power plant in Suffolk.
ACWA Power has signed an agreement with Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Energy to develop a 1.5 GW wind project in the Karakalpakstan region.
A persistent drought in China’s Sichuan province has caused provincial authorities to order power cuts to homes, businesses, and factories.
Kosovo’s energy ministry has announced that it is cancelling planned power cuts for the time being as it had managed to secure electricity supplies from Albania.
GE Research has been awarded a 30-month $4.3 million project by the US Department of Energy’s Power technologies Office to improve both the operating capacity and flexibility of hydropower assets.
The Electricity Generating Public Company Limited (EGCO), Thailand’s first power generation IPP, has started commercial operation of the Nam Theun 1 hydropower plant in Laos.
Dang Hoang An, Vietnam’s Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade said: “Vietnam will need investment of between $8 billion and $14 billion a year through to 2030 to develop new power plants and expand its grid.”