Power projects

IHA launches $1m assessment fund for sustainable hydropower projects

A new sustainability fund has been launched to aid hydropower project developers and operators in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas to benchmark and raise t…

IHA Launches $1m Assessment Fund for Hydropower Projects

A new sustainability fund, using the Hydropower Sustainability ESG Gap Analysis Tool (HESG), will aid hydropower project developers and operators to benchmark a…

Market Analysis

Total to Acquire 50% Stake in Solar Projects Held by Adani Green

French oil and gas group, Total, on Thursday said it has signed a deal with Adani Group, India's energy and infrastructure conglomerate, to acquire a 50 per cen…

Uganda Makes Considerable Progress on Large Hydropower Projects

Uganda’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development reports that considerable progress has been made in the area of increasing electricity generation capacity …

Nuclear Power Plant

Construction at India’s Kudankulam Nuclear Plant Takes Step Forward

Kudankulam is one of the largest nuclear power projects in India and is eventually scheduled to have six Russian VVER-1000 reactors

Coal Trade

Japan to Keep Pushing Coal in Developing World Despite Criticism

Japan will continue providing backing to new coal-fired power projects in developing countries, a government source said Monday, despite international efforts t…

115 MW of Geothermal Capacity Under Development on Indonesia

With six geothermal power projects under development on Flores Island in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), Indonesia, up to 115 MW of geothermal power generation capaci…

Campaigners Call on New EU Commission to End "Hydropower Madness"

Environmental campaign groups urged the new European Commission on Thursday to stop the expansion of hydropower projects and address their development in access…

Market Analysis

Solar in Burundi – Just Add Water

The African Development Bank is seeking consultants to explore how two hydropower projects and an associated grid planned in Burundi can incorporate solar power…

Iran 220 Water Power Projects to Come Online by March

More than 220 major power and water projects worth $3 billion will come on stream by the end of the current fiscal (March 2020), the Iran Energy Minister said M…

Nuclear Policy

UK Business Group Calls for Action on New Nuclear

The UK government should develop a Regulated Asset Base (RAB) model for financing new nuclear power projects and support the deployment by 2030 of small modular…

The U.S. DOE Announced $24.9M Fund to Advance New-Era Hydropower Projects

The projects announced to receive DOE funding were selected across four areas of interest: Hydropower Operational Flexibility, Low-Head Hydropower and In-Stream…

Mongolia, Russia Discuss Impacts of Mongolian Hydropower Projects on Lake Baikal

The second meeting of Mongolia-Russia joint working group regarding issues of water facilities planned by Mongolia on the water catchment area of the Selenge Ri…

Nepal Will Cooperate with China to Develop Two Hydropower Projects

The projects will have a total capacity of 919GW. Nepal’s Hydroelectricity Investment and Development Company Ltd (HIDCL) and Power China entered a joint ventu…

China-Pakistan

CPEC Contributes 300MW Wind Energy in Pakistan

The China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has contributed 300MW of clean wind energy to the national grid through its four early harvest wind power projects.