Zambia, which currently gets 85 per cent of its electricity from hydropower, is about to approve its third coal-fired power plant in a year.
NTPC of India and South Africa’s Eskom have signed an MOU to exchange knowledge and collaborate on R&D.
Meralco PowerGen, the power generation arm of Manila Electric Co (Meralco), has outlined a $2 billion investment plan to develop two coal-fired power facilities in Cebu and Quezon.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Kazakhstan have signed an MOU regarding the early retirement of a coal-fired power plant in the country under the ADB’s Energy Transition Mechanism (ETM) programme.
According to a report in the Bangkok Post, the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) is planning to refurbish two coal-fired power units to extend their service life.
The Indian conglomerate Adani has warned that it is considering cutting all of its supplies of electricity to Bangladesh as a consequence of unpaid dues.
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded nearly $2.5 billion for Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association to retire 1.1 GW of existing coal-fired power plants and acquire about 1.3 GW of new renewable energy resources across the US states of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming.
China’s thermal power generation in September rose 8.9 per cent from the equivalent a year earlier, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
The US Supreme Court has allowed the Environmental Protection Agency to proceed with its plans to limit carbon emissions by power plants.
According to a report from the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA), Chinese firms and banks continue to support the expansion of coal power overseas three years after President Xi Jinping promised at the United Nations General Assembly to end the practice.