Zulkifli Zaoni, Chief Executive of Indonesian state utility Perushaan Listrik Negara (PLN) said that Indonesia’s coal consumption for power generation will rise by 3.1 per cent in 2022 compared to 2021.
China Huaneng Group has announced that the No 2 reactor of Shidaowan nuclear power plant in Shandong Province, east China, has achieved criticality.
Rolls-Royce business unit Power Systems has announced that it has signed agreements with Chinese partners and customers from four industrial sectors: power generation, construction and industrial, mining, and rail.
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved a $100 million loan to ACWA Power Sirdarya to support the construction of a 1.5 GW CCGT power project in Uzbekistan.
Grid connections across Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia have expanded in recent years to improve energy access, but increasing electrification is only part of the picture. Households and businesses connected to the grid often have an unreliable electricity supply, limiting the benefits. Problems are generally related to the capacity and quality of electricity systems, but a lack of financial resources makes it difficult for utilities to rectify them.
By Simon Trace, Programme Director of the Energy and Economic Growth (EEG) research programme, funded by the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has announced that the country is targeting a 1.8 per cent reduction in average coal use for electricity generation at power plants over the next five years.
Fumio Kishida, Japan’s Prime Minister, has announced at the COP26 conference in Glasgow, Scotland, to provide $10 billion over five years to help Asia reach zero carbon emissions.
Korea Western Power has announced that it will develop a system to recycle biogas from livestock waste and sewage into fuel cells.
The Energy Market Authority (EMA) has announced that Singapore will be issuing two requests for proposals for up to 4 GW of low carbon electricity imports.
Srikant Nagulapali, Energy Secretary of the state government of Andhra Pradesh has given approval to the Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation (APGenco) to construct a pumped storage hydropower project (PSHP) at Upper Sileru.