Tata Power Renewable Energy (TPREL), a subsidiary of Tata Power, has commissioned a 300 MW solar power project in Dholera, Gujarat, India.
Adani Power Ltd (APL). IHI Corporation, and Kowa have signed an MOU to study the feasibility of a modification to achieve 20 per cent liquid ammonia co-firing, increasing up to 100 per cent mono-firing, at the Adani Power Mundra coal-fired power plant in the Indian state of Gujarat.
With the last 500 MW power generation unit officially put into use, a large hydropower plant built at an average altitude of 3000 metres, the highest of its kind in China, has gone into full operation.
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake in north-eastern Japan knocked several thermal power plants offline, causing blackouts across Tokyo and the Tohoku region.
A consortium of Samsung C&T and Lilama Corporation has won a $1 billion EPC contract for Nhon Trach 3 and 4, which will be Vietnam’s first LNG-fired power plants.
GE Gas Power and Harbin Electric have announced that Chinese utility Shenzhen Energy Group has order power generation equipment for its 2 GW Guangming combined cycle power plant, located in Shenzhen Guangming district of Guangdong province, China.
China has announced its intention to construct 450 GW of solar and wind power, to be built in the Gobi and other deserts.
Vestas has signed an agreement with Ulsan City, Ulsan Port Authority, and Sejin Heavy Industries to jointly push for a floating offshore wind power generation hub.
GE has announced that start of commercial operation for GS Power’s Anyang CHP plant Unit 2.2 in Anyang City, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea.
Japan’s Jera, a 50-50 joint venture between TEPCO Fuel & Power and Chubu Electric Power, has announced that its Vietnamese subsidiary has started operations and will look to develop both gas-fired power plants and renewable projects in Vietnam.