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.
Equipment at the VPower power plant in Kyaukphyu Township in Arakan State, Myanmar is being dismantled and relocated due to rising civil strife in the region. VPower is a joint venture between the Chinese state-owned China National Technical Import and Export Corporation (CNTIEC) and Hong Kong-based VPower Group.
Adani Power has announced that its subsidiary Moxie Power Generation (MPGL) has won a Letter of Award (LOA) from Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation (TNPDCL) for supply of 558 power for a five-year period, with supply starting April 2026.
SK Innovation has been selected as the operator for a $2.3 billion LNG power plant project in Vietnam.
India has added over 52 GW of new power generation capacity during the first ten months of the 2026 financial year, a new record.
According to a report by Wood Mackenzie, China’s coal-fired power generation fell by 1.9 per cent in 2025, as the rapid expansion of non-fossil power generation outpaced electricity demand growth for the first time in a decade.
Japan has restarted a nuclear reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant, the world’s largest nuclear power plant by capacity, after a 15-year outage following the 2011 Fukushima disaster.
China connected 9 new concentrating solar power (CSP) plants in 2025. These plants had a total installed capacity of 900 MW, bringing the total of CSP capacity in China to 1738.2 MW.
Kim Sung-whan, South Korea’s Climate Minister, said that the country will construct two new nuclear reactors by 2038 at the latest.
Power generation at the Barapukuria coal-fired power plant in Dinajpur, Bangladesh has come to a complete halt after a crack was detected in the boiler. The shutdown has resulted in the suspension of all electricity transmission from the plant.