Carbon capture has started at the 500 MW unit 13 of NTPC’s 4.8 GW Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station in Madhya Pradesh, India.
Chevron New Energies International (Chevron) and Mitsui Oil Exploration Co. (MOECO) have announced that they have signed a Joint Collaboration Agreement to explore the technical and commercial feasibility of advanced geothermal power generation in Japan.
Amazon has announced that it will add 2.7 GW of clean energy capacity through 71 new projects as it seeks to use 100 per cent renewable energy across its business by 2025.
ACWA Power and China’s Silk Road Fund have signed a share purchase agreement for the 1.5 GW Sirdarya CCGT facility in Uzbekistan.
China’s drought has caused it to increase coal consumption as lack of hydroelectric generation forces it to turn to coal to meet electricity demand.
Japan is considering building next generation nuclear reactors and restarting idled plants.
A persistent drought in China’s Sichuan province has caused provincial authorities to order power cuts to homes, businesses, and factories.
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.”
Shell has concluded its $1.55 billion acquisition of Indian renewable energy developer Sprng Energy from investment firm Actis.