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Nepal to host power summit to explore energy markets on apr 18 19 – EQ Mag

April 6, 2023 Anand Gupta

Nepal is to host the Power Summit 2013 at a joint initiative of Indian and Nepalese companies to meet its energy crisis by hastening the pace of hydropower development through foreign investment. The Summit aims to meet domestic power demand through increased investment in the power sector, invite foreign investment in hydropower and to prepare […]

Brazil – TotalEnergies Partners With Casa dos Ventos to Jointly Develop a 12 GW Renewable Energy Portfolio

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Philippines sets June auction for new 11,600 MW renewables capacity – EQ Mag

April 5, 2023 Anand Gupta

MANILA : The Philippines will in June auction rights to build up to 11,600 megawatts of new power capacity from renewable sources in the next three years, the Department of Energy said, as it seeks to gradually reduce its reliance on coal. The additional capacity will come from solar, onshore wind, biomass and waste-to-energy resources. […]

Sembcorp buys 658-MW wind, solar portfolio in China

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Philippines agrees 2 GW offshore wind power with Danish investment fund – EQ Mag

April 1, 2023 Anand Gupta

The Philippines’ Department of Energy said on Thursday it had signed three contracts with a Danish fund manager for offshore wind energy development projects with a total capacity of 2,000 megawatts. There will be a 25-year operating period for the service contracts with Copenhagen Infrastructure New Markets Fund (CINMF), which is the first foreign firm […]

Electric vehicle charging bay designs prevent some drivers powering up

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Indonesia’s electric vehicle ambitions hinge on green mining drive – EQ Mag

April 1, 2023 Anand Gupta

In just three years, Jakarta has signed deals worth about $15 billion for battery and EV production With the world’s largest reserves of nickel, used extensively in making batteries, Indonesia is aiming to become an electric vehicle powerhouse, not least by courting Tesla CEO Elon Musk. But to attract the investment needed to become an […]

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Chinese lithium producers set price floor as demand evaporates: sources – EQ Mag

April 1, 2023 Anand Gupta

BEIJING : China’s top lithium producers agreed this week to set a floor price of 250,000 yuan ($36,380) per tonne of lithium carbonate, six people familiar with the matter said, in an effort to slow a plunge in the price of the battery raw material. The price was agreed on Tuesday by around 10 companies […]

Kutch heritage, Modhera solar-powered village

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CPIA: China’s Production of PV-Grade Polysilicon Rose by 32.3% YoY for February – EQ Mag

March 31, 2023 Anand Gupta

On March 21, China Photovoltaic Industry Association (CPIA) release a summary on February’s domestic production for the key materials and components of a PV system. According to CPIA, domestic production of PV-grade polysilicon fell by 3.8% MoM but rose by 32.3% YoY for February. Domestic production of PV-grade silicon wafers registered a MoM increase of […]

Chandigarh administrator opens north India’s largest floating solar project

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China Energy plans 1000 MW floating solar plant in Zimbabwe – EQ Mag

March 29, 2023 Anand Gupta

The southern African country is currently generating less than half of its 1,700MW power demand HARARE : China Energy Engineering Corp. (China Energy) has proposed the construction of a 1,000 megawatt floating solar plant on Zimbabwe’s Kariba dam at a cost of nearly $1 billion, documents showed on Monday. The southern African country is currently […]

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Tongwei Starts Phase 2 of its High-Purity Polysilicon Project in Yunnan

March 29, 2023 Anand Gupta

Tongwei (Yunnan Tongwei) announced that the phase 2 of its high-purity polysilicon project in China’s Yunnan Province formally commenced construction on March 21. Located in Baoshan Industrial Park, the phase 2 of the project is set to have a production capacity of 200,000 tons per year. All in all, the start of the phase 2 […]

83 pct Asian SMEs say ESG is high priority but only 37 pct have roadmap

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83% Asian SMEs say ESG is high priority but only 37% have roadmap – EQ Mag

March 28, 2023 Anand Gupta

On average, Asian companies that considered ESG a high priority allocated 18 per cent of their budget to ESG projects Singapore : Last week, a report published by Bloomberg Media Studios in partnership with DBS, the largest bank in Southeast Asia, revealed that while 85 per cent of medium-sized and 75 per cent of small […]

European Investment Bankand Development Bank of SouthernAfricalaunch EUR 400 million South Africa renewable energy investment initiative

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Global renewables capacity grew by record 10% last year – IRENA – EQ Mag

March 27, 2023 Anand Gupta

LONDON : Global renewable energy capacity grew by a record 9.6% last year but needs to grow by three times the current rate to limit global warming, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) said on Tuesday. IRENA’s annual report on renewable energy statistics said global renewable energy capacity amounted to 3,372 gigawatts (GW) at the […]