India will start operating new coal-fired power plants with a combined capacity of 13.9 GW in 2024, according to India’s Power Ministry.
Facing the worst-ever drought in India in the last 100 years with no rain or snow this winter, power generation at major hydropower projects in the state of Himachal Pradesh in north India is down by 80-85 per cent.
Premier Energies, the Indian solar cell and module maker, has won an order from India’s state-run power producer NTPC to supply hardware for a 608 MW solar PV project.
Shanghai has announced that it has commissioned the Shidaowan demonstration nuclear power plant project equipped with Fourth Generation technology in Shandong province, China.
Japan’s nuclear power regulator has lifted an operational ban it imposed on Tokyo Electric Power’s (Tepco’s) 8212 MW Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant, clearing the path for a restart.
Raj Kumar Singh, India’s Power Minister, announced that due to an unexpected rise in demand, India plans to further expand its coal-fired power fleet.
Hanwha Impact and Hanwha Power Systems have announced that they have successfully operated an 80 MW gas turbine solely on 100 per cent hydrogen.
Kansai Electric has decided not to build a new LNG-fired power plant southwest of Osaka, deciding to focus instead on hydrogen, nuclear, and renewable energy.
Sri Lanka experienced an island-wide power outage for several hours on 9th December after a system failure in one of the main transmission lines.
Masdar and EDF have signed an MOU at the COP28 talks in Dubai to investigate the potential development of 3.6 GW of hydropower and renewable energy projects in the Kyrgyz Republic.