The Japanese government has announced it will pause a measure aimed at limiting the operation of coal-fired power plants, due to the conflict in Iran threatening the supply of LNG.
Ferdinand Marcos, President of the Philippines, has declared the country is in a state of “national energy emergency” as a result of the Iran War. He said that it poses “an imminent danger of a critically low energy supply.”
The Tokyo-based JERA is proposing to develop a 500 MW LNG-fired power plant on Oahu, replacing power production fuelled by burning oil.
Vestas Wind Systems has signed a memorandum of cooperation with Japan’s Ministry of Energy, Trade, and Industry (METI) to build a plant in Japan by fiscal 2029 to assemble wind turbine nacelles.
Taiwan Power Co (Taipower) will soon submit a plan to restart the decommissioned Ma-anshan Nuclear Power Plant in Hengchun, Pingtung County, Taiwan, with the objective of having it start to generate electricity by 2028.
GE Vernova has announced an investment of $200 million to establish a new transformer manufacturing facility in Hai Phong, Vietnam.
The Manila Electric Company (Meralco) the signed an MOU with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) and the Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) to support its Nuclear Energy Strategic Transition programme.
The German company Flender has commissioned India’s largest wind turbine gearbox testing facility near Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The 13.5 MW test rig will support large next-generation turbines and strengthen India’s wind turbine manufacturing system.
Power Grid Corporation of India (PowerGrid) has invited bids for a renewable energy infrastructure project involving the development of a 500 MW/1000 MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Punjab, India.
Bangladesh is increasing electricity production from coal-fired power plants as uncertainty over LNG imports through the Strait of Hormuz raises the likelihood of gas shortages and a possible 1800MW shortfall.