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New Mongolian container terminal to lift coal exports to China

InterRAO asked by China to raise exports

Russia power exporter InterRAO said it could raise electricity exports to China after Beijing asked it to increase supplies in a bid to fill the current power deficit in northern China.

Jazan deal done as petchem players eye merger

As China struggles with coal deficit Mongolia ups 2022 export target

AfrElec: Coal closures could save megacities from pollution-related deaths

The closure of coal fired-plants located close to urban centres across the developing world in line with the 1.5 degree climate targets would prevent hundreds of thousands of deaths and drastically cut the economic fallout of air pollution.

Hydro capacity needs to double to meet green goals

Global hydro capacity needs to double by 2050 if water-based power is to make a meaningful contribution in the race to net zero, IRENA director-general Francesco La Camera has warned

China to reach peak emissions earlier to guarantee net-zero goals

China, the world’s largest energy consumer and carbon emitter, needs to reduce its current emissions pledges by 20% by 2030 if it is to come good on its commitments to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060.

AsiaElec: Asia’s poorest nations call for rich states to keep their $100bn funding promises

A group of 11 of Asia’s poorest countries have called on the world’s richest states to keep to their promise of $100bn per year in climate finance in order to protect some of the world’s most vulnerable countries from climate change.

Hong Kong ZRSC Technology to invest $43mn in Uzbekistan EV production

IRENA, GWEC set 380-GW target for 2030

The Global Wind Energy Council and the International Renewable Energy Agency have set a target of 380 GW of offshore wind installations by 2030, and 2,000 GW by 2050, in a bid to reach international net-zero targets by 2050.