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Vietnam plans to dramatically increase wind power generation
- 2021-04-02 07:52:59.000720
- David Flin
A power development plan published by Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) foresees a dramatic increase in wind power production by 2030 and a tripling of renewable energy production between 2030 and 2045.
Japan’s ageing Higashi Niigata units mothballed
- 2021-04-01 11:40:37.881436
- David Flin
Japanese utility Tohoku Electric Power has mothballed the oil- and gas-fired 350 MW Minato No 1 and No 2 units at its Higashi Niigata power plant in Japan’s northwestern Niigata prefecture.
ADB approves $300 million loan for Pakistan hydropower plant
- 2021-03-31 07:30:30.451228
- David Flin
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $300 million loan to finance construction of a 300 MW hydropower plant on the Kunhar River in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan.
China generated over half world’s coal power in 2020
- 2021-03-30 07:34:56.332686
- David Flin
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 wins order to upgrade Nepal’s grid infrastructure
- 2021-03-29 07:19:30.311780
- David Flin
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.
Japan’s nuclear regulator to ban Tepco from restarting Niigata nuclear plant
- 2021-03-25 06:47:29.524842
- David Flin
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 wins wind farm project in Vietnam
- 2021-03-23 06:28:20.428942
- David Flin
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 to supply turbines to Chinese power plant
- 2021-03-22 06:56:59.296886
- David Flin
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.
Falling water level in Taiwan lake threatens power generation
- 2021-03-15 06:21:16.165933
- David Flin
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 scraps nine coal power plants as overseas finance dries up
- 2021-03-10 06:02:00.184229
- David Flin
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.
