Japan’s SoftBank Group Corporation has announced that it will invest between $60-100 billion in solar power generation in India.
Tata Power Renewable Energy has announced that it has entered into a power purchase agreement (PPA) with GE to provide solar power solutions for six manufacturing and services sites in India.
Kansai Electric Power Company of Japan has announced that it will cut its electricity rates by an average of 5.36 per cent following the restart of units 3 and 4 of its Ohi nuclear power plant.
Enphase Energy and Waaree Energies have announced the installation of a 4.5 MW solar power plant based on Waaree Enphase AC modules.
A large fire broke out at the Anpara Thermal Power Station in Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh, India on 28 May.
A 9.8 MW solar power plant will be built at the site of Dangjin Eco Power’s coal-fired power plant in South Chungcheong Province, South Korea.
Half of Pakistan had an eight-hour power outage on 16 May, following a major power breakdown in the country’s transmission system, leaving the Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Azad Jammu and Kashmir without power.
Tata Power, one of India’s largest private power utilities, has said that it plans to invest up to $5 billion into increasing its renewable capacity fourfold.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has approved a $31.6 million loan to Desert Solar Power One (DSPO) to fund construction of a 30 MW solar power plant in Mongolia.
The Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has signed a joint venture agreement with China Huadian Hong Kong Company Ltd (CHDHK) to construct a 1320 MW coal-fired power plant in Maheshkhali, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh at an estimated cost of $2 billion.