The Vedanta Group is seeking bids from firms to build 5 GW of nuclear power capacity in India to meet the energy needs of its facilities. Initial bids are to be submitted by March 22.
The Jammu and Kashmir region administered by India has seen its hydropower generation fall by over 80 per cent, from a nominal installed capacity of 3500 MW to just 606 MW.
Pham Minh Chinh, Prime Minister of Vietnam, and approved a comprehensive implementation plan for the Global Coal-to-Clean-Energy Transition Statement, reaffirming Vietnam’s commitment to low-carbon development and achieving net zero emissions by 2050.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its latest electricity report that despite the ban on new coal-fired power plants in the Philippines, the country remains heavily dependent on coal to meet its growing energy demand.
A joint report from the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) and Global Energy Monitor (GEM) says that there has been a resurgence in construction of new coal-fired power plants in China which is “undermining the country’s clean-energy progress.”
The energy secretaries of Nepal and India are meeting in New Delhi, India to discuss the construction of five cross-border transmission lines capable of carrying at least 16 GW by 2035.
Ormat Technologies has announced the successful start of commercial operations for the 35 MW Ijen geothermal power plant.
The Uzbekistan government has announced that it plans to build new power plants and energy storage facilities, along with 7000 km of new power lines and the introduction of digital management systems to ensure efficient distribution.
Mitsubishi Power, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, has completed construction of a 1.4 GW gas-fired CCGT power plant located about 100 km west of Bangkok, Thailand.
According to the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) has maintained steady-state high-confinement for 1066 seconds, the longest time so far ever achieved.