The Malaysian government is planning to float a tender for the development of 500 MW of solar projects in the country to increase the country’s electricity generation from renewable energy sources. The projects will require […]
Algeria’s Regulatory Commission for Electricity and Gas has issued a tender for the construction, and operations and maintenance (O&M) of several solar projects with a combined capacity of 150 MW. According to the tender document, […]
Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), a state-owned oil producer, has allocated a 100 MW solar project to a consortium led by Marubeni Corporation, along with Oman Gas Company S.A.O.C, Bahwan Renewable Energy Company LLC and Modern […]
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a loan agreement with the Government of Mongolia to provide $60.6 million for the development of distributed renewable energy projects in the country. These include a 41 MW […]
The European Union has provided a grant of approximately $68.54 million to the Government of Philippines to help the country provide electricity to over 100,000 households living in the Bangsamoro region through off-grid renewable energy […]
The ADB has decided to lend $500 million to Turkmenistan to help the country augment its power transmission network, improve the reliability of power supply, and facilitate the export of excess electricity to neighbouring countries. […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and Bank Audi have collaborated to facilitate the expansion of renewables in Lebanon. Both will provide $100 million each under the Green Economy Financing Facility (GEFF), which […]
The US-based Overseas Private Investment Corporation has provided approximately $5.86 million to Nairobi-based CrossBoundary Energy. According to media reports, the funds will be used by CrossBoundary Energy to implement six projects at various corporate sites […]
The Indian government has submitted a resolution at the first assembly of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) to open ISA membership to all member countries of the United Nations. Earlier, the membership was open to […]
China is evaluating plans of increasing its solar installation target to 250-270 GW by 2022. According to media reports, China’s National Energy Administration recently organised a symposium for the mid-term evaluation of the 13th Five-Year […]
Norwegian gas system operator Gassco and Canadian energy firm Enbridge are working on reviving the country’s first offshore wind project of 350 MW to increase the supply of power at the Nyhamna gas processing plant. […]
Malaysian state-owned oil and gas firm, Petronas, has set up a new company to invest in the renewable energy sector. With this, Petronas has joined the league of oil and gas companies looking to diversify their portfolio […]
The Government of France plans to triple its onshore wind capacity and increase its solar capacity five-fold by 2030 in a bid to expand the share of renewables to 40 per cent in its total energy […]
Danish energy group Orsted plans to invest $30 billion in renewable energy projects till 2025. The company has set a target of building a portfolio of 15 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2025. This is higher […]
British electrical power generation company, the Drax Group, has started construction of a pilot project that aims to capture and store the carbon dioxide emissions released from its biomass plant. The carbon dioxide emissions will […]
With the mainstreaming of renewable energy, the sector today boasts of a large number of players, both domestic and international, supported by a large manufacturing base and an effective supply chain. The ever-increasing number of […]
Better operational performance and the commencement of a new wind power project have helped Singapore-based energy firm Sembcorp’s India unit to turn around. It posted a net profit of SGD28.9 million in the quarter ended […]
With this issue, we celebrate our eighth anniversary. As before, we use this occasion to share our perspective on the state of the sector. Over the past couple of years, the Indian renewable energy sector […]
With the country reaching a 20 GW installed solar capacity milestone in 2018-19, the future looks bright for the entire solar segment. However, the recent implications of safeguard duties, financing constraints and power evacuation issues […]
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