Private sector

Energy Investment

DOE Building a Bridge to Bankability for Nuclear

The private sector must be prepared to provide the funds needed to take new and innovative reactor technologies from the first deployment stage to wide-scale co…

Energy Storage Project

SECI Plans 2,000 MWh Standalone Energy Storage Project

The Solar Energy Corporation of India is planning a 2,000 MWh standalone energy storage system which will be executed by the private sector.

Thermal Plant

Adani Power to Acquire 1,200 MW Essar Power's Mahan Project

The country's largest power producer in the private sector, Adani Power Limited, will acquire the 1,200 megawatt Essar Power's Mahan Project

Hydropower Plant

Refurbishment of Existing Hydropower a Key Topic at IRENA Meeting

Members of the IRENA and private sector representatives are set to join forces to modernise and refurbish the existing hydropower fleet around the globe followi…

Digitalization

Kazakistan to Explore Satellite Networks for Digital Transformation Project

The government of Kazakistan has signed a new deal with communications solutions firm SES to explore the use of the company’s connectivity services to accelera…

Nuclear Fusion

S Could Operate a Fusion Plant by 2040, Academy Says

The US National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine has called for urgent investment by the government and private sector to enable a pilot fusion pla…

Market Analysis

World can Still Limit Globa Warming by Letting Go of Coal

The world still has a “fighting chance” to limit global warming by ending dependence on coal, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told representatives from…

Energy Investment

Minister Pun Urges Bangladesh to Invest in Nepal’s Hydropower

The government has urged the Bangladesh government and the private sector to invest in Nepal’s hydropower sector.

Solar Power Plant

ADB to Invest $17.7 Million in a Solar Power Project in Bangladesh

This is one of the first private sector solar projects in the country financed by a multilateral institution.

Coal Trade

Coal India Falls Nearly 5% as Govt Ends Monopoly

The private sector would carry out commercial coal mining, ending the government's monopoly.

Wind Power Project

Egypt Considers Implementing 6.3GW Renewable Energy Projects

The New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) is studying requests to build power plants at a total capacity of 6.34GW, of which 2.75GW projects are by the priv…

Coal Company

Coal India Will Remain India's Biggest Coal Supplier : Union Coal Minister

The coal ministry will also back the private sector, which along with Coal India will help bring down coal imports to zero in four to five years.

Coal Mine

Government Plans to Give Big Push to Private Sector Mining of Coal

Stating that the coal sector had a single mindset of coal production from Coal India Ltd, he said the sector has to be dynamic, respond to the challenges coming…

Climate Change Policy Must Include Indigenous Ecological Knowledge

About 25,000 government, private sector, scientific community, and civil society representatives from over 200 countries recently attended the UN Climate Change…

Japan Companies Show Off Carbon-Free Tech as Tokyo Clings to Coal

While the Japanese government weathers criticism at a United Nations climate conference over its failure to renounce coal, the country's private sector is using…