Harbhajan Singh, Power Minister for the Indian state of Punjab, has announced the approval of construction of three 800 MW supercritical coal-fired power plants in Punjab.
A report from Greenpeace indicates that China has approved 11.29 GW of new coal-fired power plants during Q1 of 2025, exceeding the 10.34 GW approved in H1 2024.
Meralco and Kepco will be holding talks in South Korea to discuss possible future nuclear development in the Philippines.
LS Eco Energy, through its Vietnamese production subsidiary LS-VINA, has won a contract for €30 million of UHV cables for Vietnam Electricity (EVN)’s power grid construction project.
India’s Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) has approved the siting of a new nuclear power site in the Indian state of Rajasthan.
Coal India Limited (CIL) has announced plans to invest €2.7 billion to build up to 4.5 GW of renewable energy generation capacity. It signed an MOU with the ammonia producer AM Green to increase India’s hydrogen and ammonia production.
Japan’s Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRA) has approved the first nuclear restart in the country since 2021, helping the government’s effort to increase power generation from the energy source and reduce dependence on fossil fuels.
The Azerbaijan Ministry of Energy has signed several contracts with Chinese companies for the development of renewable energy and battery energy storage projects totalling 2.4 GW capacity.
The Philippines Department of Energy (DOE) has said that it is optimistic the country will hit its target to increase to 50 per cent the share of renewable energy in power generation by 2040.
Coal India and Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) have entered into a €1.65 billion agreement to build an ultra-supercritical coal-fired power plant in Jharkhand.