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South Korea's Iljin Electric achieves record annual profits

India's nuclear capacity up 84% since 2014

India’s installed nuclear power capacity has risen from 4,780 MW in 2014 to 8,780 MW at present — an addition of 4,000 MW or roughly 84% growth over the past decade

Climate tech startup switches Mongolian yurt dwellers from dirty coal to clean solar

EBRD backing entrepreneurs tackling stove fumes crisis that makes Ulaanbaatar one of world’s most air-polluted cities.

$1.9bn funding accelerates Thailand's renewable projects

Gulf Development Public Company Ltd (GULF) has secured THB60bn (approximately $1.9bn) in loan facilities to advance 27 renewable energy projects across Thailand.

India’s Bajel Projects wins $44mn contract for 765-kV transmission corridor

Bajel Projects has secured an ultra-mega domestic engineering, procurement and construction contract worth more than $44.mn to develop a critical stretch of India’s high-voltage transmission backbone.

Ceigall India wins 220-MW solar-plus-storage mandate in Madhya Pradesh

Ceigall India has secured a letter of award from Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Limited for the development of a 220-MW solar project coupled with battery storage at Morena Solar Park in Madhya Pradesh.

India’s Bondada Engineering expands solar footprint with 69.5-MWp rollout

The projects, delivered for clients including Paradigm IT, Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited (MAHAGENCO) and NLC India Limited, span multiple sites in Hingoli, Achalpur, Bhusawal and Vaijapur in Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu.

MedcoEnergi secures offshore Malaysia PSC from Petronas

PT Medco Energi Internasional Tbk (MEDC), the oil and gas producer controlled by the Panigoro family, has strengthened its global presence after securing the operatorship of the Cendramas Production Sharing Contract (PSC) offshore Malaysia

Indonesia’s output cuts set to reshape China’s coal market in 2026

China’s coal production is forecast to edge higher in 2026, but at the slowest pace seen in a decade, a development closely tied to Indonesia’s policy moves

Twenty nine global banks decline to fund Papua LNG project

Twenty-nine international banks and export credit agencies have stepped back from financing a major liquefied natural gas (LNG) development in Papua New Guinea, citing environmental, climate and human rights risks

Meralco requests $9.15bn for Philippine power grid upgrades

Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) has submitted a formal proposal to the Energy Regulatory Commission to recover approximately PHP532.13bn (approximately $9.15bn) from its customer base.

Sri Lanka begins construction of 50-MW Mannar wind project

Construction has commenced on the 50MW Mannar Wind Power Project in northern Sri Lanka, marking a new addition to the country’s renewable energy capacity as it seeks to accelerate its clean energy transition

India's Rajasthan Atomic Power Project Unit-7 reaches full output

Rajasthan Atomic Power Project Unit-7 (RAPP-7) has, for the first time, achieved its rated generation capacity of 700 MW

TMK, Mongolia’s energy ministry to study acceleration of natural gas as fuel source in energy mix

TMK Energy (ASX: TMK) and Mongolia’s Ministry of Energy have signed an agreement to jointly study the acceleration of natural gas as a fuel source in the country’s energy mix, the company said in a market announcement released on February 11.

EVN completes rural electrification milestone

Qatar’s North Field East: a measured albeit vague expansion the world is waiting for

NFE is the first leg of a broader plan to almost double Qatar’s LNG production capacity. Currently sitting at around 77mn tonnes per year, capacity is expected to grow to roughly 110mn tpy by as early as this year.

EV charging stations cross 29,000 in India

India has accelerated the rollout of public electric vehicle charging infrastructure, with installations crossing 29,000 nationwide

Singapore consortium to develop near-zero emissions ammonia marine engines

A new research partnership between academia and industry, spearheaded by the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Centre for Hydrogen Innovations (CHI), has been unveiled to advance next-generation ammonia-powered marine engines

India's Adani Energy secures Japanese financing for green power transmission corridor

Adani Energy Solutions(NSE: ADANIENSOL) has secured long-term funding from a consortium of Japanese banks for a major high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission corridor

US firms partner with Vietnam on energy and biofuels

Vietnam has taken another step in strengthening energy ties with the United States after Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical Joint Stock Company (BSR) signed a series of memoranda of understanding with major American energy companies

Vietnam awards $974mn LNG power project

Philippine state transfers major hydro complex to Aboitiz

Philippine government officially transferred the 797-megawatt Caliraya-Botocan-Kalayaan (CBK) hydropower network to the Aboitiz-managed Thunder Consortium.

India's electricity amendment bill proposes shared networks to cut power distribution costs

India’s draft Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2025 proposes allowing multiple power distribution companies to use existing networks instead of building separate infrastructure, a move aimed at reducing duplication and lowering costs

Samsung SDI and South Korea utility seal deal

Samsung SDI (006400.KS) and the state-operated Korea East-West Power formally enter into a pact for collaboration on international renewable energy and energy storage system (ESS) projects.

Bangladesh’s energy bind casts a long shadow over industry, growth and the February vote

What began as a manageable rise in fuel imports has now hardened into an all-out structural vulnerability, with shrinking domestic gas supplies coupled to a growing reliance on LNG as well as coal and oil imports forcing factories to cut output.