Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Energy has announced plans to increase the total capacity of its wind power plants to more than 10 GW by 2030, strengthening wind energy’s role in the country’s energy mix.
Meralco PowerGen (MGen), the power generation arm of Meralco, is evaluating a bid to acquire a 232 MW coal-fired power plant currently operated by Aboitiz Power in Mindanao, Philippines.
Philippine hydropower developers are pressing the government to fast-track support for projects to capitalise on a structural window offered by dry spells across the country.
T&T Group and Vinacom Investment and Trading Company have signed a memorandum of agreement for the development and operation of the 495 MW Savan 2 wind power project in Savannakhet province, Laos. The project is valued at about $750 million.
Azerbaijan has announced that it continues to support Ukraine with another shipment of power equipment to help restore and maintain the power grid with the approach of the heating season.
Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power announced that it has started construction of three wind power plants with a combined capacity of 1.5 GW in the Karakalpakstan region of Uzbekistan as part of a renewable energy project valued at around $3 billion.
Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) has confirmed that South Korea’s government plans a major restricting of the company. It confirmed that under the terms of a recently announced Public Institution Function Reform Promotion Plan, its five power generation facilities will be merged into a single entity.
Doosan Enerbility has won a contract to build a CCGT in Vietnam worth $615 million. The contract was awarded by Petrovietnam (PVN) for the 1155 MW O Mon 3 plant.
Preparations are underway to construct a 250 MW solar power plant project in Ngwesaung, Pathein District, Myanmar.
Taiwan has approved a preliminary plan to restart the Maanshan nuclear power plant, a reversal of the government’s policy as the country looks to improve its energy security. Maanshan has two units, each of 951 MW for a combined capacity of 1902 MW. The units were shut down in 2024 and 2025.