The Azerbaijan Ministry of Energy has signed several contracts with Chinese companies for the development of renewable energy and battery energy storage projects totalling 2.4 GW capacity.
The Nigerian government has unveiled a plan to construct modular solar power plants with a total combined capacity of 1900 MW across its 19 northern states to promote renewable power and reduce pressure on the national grid.
The Vietnam government has announced its intention to increase installed capacity, which stood at 80 GW in 2023, to between 183 GW and 236 GW by 2030. It will focus on developing renewable energy and re-introduce nuclear power under the country’s amended national power plan, which outlines an investment of $136.3 billion.
The Republic of Congo’s Ministry of Energy has announced that the country plans to double its power generation capacity to over 1.5 GW by 2030, largely through the development of renewable energy projects.
Siemens Financial Services has signed a financing deal with the UK firm GeoPura to support the hydrogen specialist in its next phase of growth.
The Indonesian Ministry of Public Works has announced that it will develop two floating solar power plants at dammed reservoirs, due to be operational in 2027.
BC Hydro has announced the launch of its first round of private-built power generation projects in 15 years, saying that these will cost taxpayers less than the last time.
The Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC) has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the development of the 1500 MW Zarraf Solar PV IPP project, located in the Al Zarraf area of the Al Dhafra Region of Abu Dhabi.
A coal-fired power plant in South Texas, USA, will receive over $1 billion in funding from the US Department of Agriculture to convert the plant into a solar and battery facility.
A spokesperson from the Northwest Electric Power Design Institute of China Power Engineering Consulting Group has announced that a 1 GW integrated concentrated solar thermal power (CSP) and PV energy demonstration project in Hami, in Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, has commenced operation and has been connected to the grid.