Bangladesh has announced that it has scrapped 10 major coal-fired power plants as it seeks to increase its power generation from renewable energy sources.
Nonghyup Financial Group of South Korea will invest $22 million in a solar power plant in Japan as part of its sustainable green growth initiative.
eRex, a biomass power plant operator in Japan, is in the process of purchasing four coal-fired plants to refit them to burn biomass.
GE Renewable Energy has announced that it was selected by Continuum Green Energy India to supply, install, and commission 55 sets of its 2.7-132 onshore wind turbines for the 148.5 MW Marjar, Bhuj wind farm in Gujarat, India.
EDF has begun examination of a potential issue linked to a build-up of inert gases at its Taishan nuclear power plant in China.
Rosatom has begin construction of a 300 MW nuclear power plant with the BREST-OD-300 lead-cooled fast reactor has started at the Siberian Chemical Combine in Seversk, in Russia’s Tomsk region.
GE Renewable Energy has signed a contract for an 88 MW wind farm with BIM Wind, a joint venture company between AC Energy of the Philippines and BIM Energy Holding of Vietnam.
Indonesia’s state electricity utility Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) has said that it will retire its coal-fired power plants gradually in a phased move towards becoming carbon neutral.
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is funding the development and construction of two wind power projects in central Vietnam.
Japan’s largest power generation company Jera, a joint venture between Tokyo Electric Power, Chubu Electric Power, and IHI Corp, announced plans to begin using ammonia as a fuel source at one of its existing coal-fired power plants.