A report from the energy and climate research organisation Ember said that China generated 53 per cent of the world’s total coal-fired power during 2020, and that it was the only G20 nation to see a major increase in its coal-fired generation.
GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business has announced that it has been awarded a contract to upgrade three Gas-Insulated Substations (GIS) located in Khimti, Barhabise, and Lapsiphedi in Nepal.
The Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA), Japan’s nuclear regulatory body, has decided to prevent Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (Tepco) from restarting the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, saying that the plant had serious safety flaws.
GE Renewable Energy has announced that it has won a contract from Vietnam Joint Stock Construction Electricity Corporation (VNECO) to supply eight of GW’s 3.8-137 MW wind turbines.
Siemens Energy has announced that it will supply two 460 MW F-class gas turbine power islands for the second phase of Shenzhen Energy Corporation’s Fengda power plant expansion project.
Central and south Taiwan has been hit by a severe drought following a year without typhoons. The water level in Central Taiwan’s Sun Moon lake and the nearby Wushe reservoir has fallen such that if it falls much more, local power generation will be threatened.
Bangladesh has announced that it plans to scrap nine new coal projects as the cost of imported coal rises and overseas investors cut financing for such projects.
SeAH Steel of South Korea has announced that it will issue $72 million in corporate bonds through the Financial Supervisory Service’s electronic disclosure system.
Korea Western Power (KOWEPO) has signed an agreement on March 3 with Thai Petrochemical Industry Polene Power (TPIPP) and Korea Gas Corp to jointly build a 1.7 GW gas power plant and LNG infrastructure in Songkhla Chana, a region in southern Thailand.
Mitsubishi Power, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, has started development of a 40 MW gas turbine fuelled by 100 per cent ammonia.