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JAEA, Mitsubishi Heavy to develop new generation of US fast reactors
The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries are to work with Bill Gates-connected TerraPower to develop a next-generation fast reactor in the US.
Indonesia slaps ban on coal exports to protect power generation at home
Indonesia placed a sudden one-month ban on coal exports on January 1, sending coal prices up across Asia and potentially damaging mining companies’ earnings in 2022.
China builds 3.6-GW pumped storage plant to feed Olympics
State Grid Corporation of China (SGC) has opened 3.6 GW of pumped storage hydro capacity that will provide electricity for the Beijing Winter Olympics in February.
BW Ideol teams up with JERA, ADEME to boost floating offshore wind
Norwegian offshore floating wind technology developer BW Ideol has brought in Japan’s JERA and France’s ADEME Investissement to finance offshore wind projects that will use BW Ideol’s patented Damping Pool technology.
TEPCO to receive emergency power supplies as temperatures plummet
Japan’s TEPCO is to receive up to 1.22 GW of emergency power supplies from utilities in other regionals of the country in order to meet rising demand in the Tokyo area as temperatures fall.
KHNP named as sole bidder for procurement of El Dabaa equipment
Rosatom has named Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) as the sole bidder for a contract to procure and build the main turbine islands for units 1-4 of Egypt’s El Dabaa nuclear power plant.
Satellite data to play key role in finding new ways to cut urban emissions
Investing in low-carbon and resilient urban development will play a key role in meeting global climate change goals and cutting city emissions, according to new research from the World Bank
China’s HHI seals jack-up vessel deal for 20-MW wind turbines
China’s Huadian Heavy Industries (HHI) has signed a charter agreement for a jack-up vessel that will be able to install wind turbines of up to 20 MW.
Tajikistan to export 5bn kWh of electricity to Afghanistan
Asia to feel the deepest impact of HSBC’s coal phase out
HSBC has announced ambitious plans to phase out the financing of coal-fired power and thermal coal mining by 2030 in the EU and OECD markets and worldwide by 2040.
China could fail to meet 2021 solar target
China is in danger of failing to meet its solar capacity targets for 2020 as rising prices for raw materials slow down new projects.
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