Kazakhstan has selected a site for the construction of the country’s first nuclear reactor. The government is now considering who will build it.
NTPC has signed MOUs with the Indian state government of Madhya Pradesh to invest $23 billion in renewable energy projects in the state.
Vietnam Electricity (EVN) held a groundbreaking ceremony on 22 Feb for Phase 2 of the Bac Ai pumped storage hydropower plant in Ninh Thuan province.
The Vedanta Group is seeking bids from firms to build 5 GW of nuclear power capacity in India to meet the energy needs of its facilities. Initial bids are to be submitted by March 22.
The Jammu and Kashmir region administered by India has seen its hydropower generation fall by over 80 per cent, from a nominal installed capacity of 3500 MW to just 606 MW.
Pham Minh Chinh, Prime Minister of Vietnam, and approved a comprehensive implementation plan for the Global Coal-to-Clean-Energy Transition Statement, reaffirming Vietnam’s commitment to low-carbon development and achieving net zero emissions by 2050.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its latest electricity report that despite the ban on new coal-fired power plants in the Philippines, the country remains heavily dependent on coal to meet its growing energy demand.
A joint report from the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) and Global Energy Monitor (GEM) says that there has been a resurgence in construction of new coal-fired power plants in China which is “undermining the country’s clean-energy progress.”
The energy secretaries of Nepal and India are meeting in New Delhi, India to discuss the construction of five cross-border transmission lines capable of carrying at least 16 GW by 2035.
Ormat Technologies has announced the successful start of commercial operations for the 35 MW Ijen geothermal power plant.