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Partnership Formed To Explore Solar Energy Export From Indonesia To Singapore – EQ Mag Pro

January 20, 2022 Anand Gupta

Masdar, Tuas Power, EDF Renewables and PT Indonesia Power have entered a solar MoU They plan to explore the development of 1.2 GW solar power with storage capacity in Indonesia Power generated is proposed to be exported to Singapore as the latter seeks low carbon electricity to meet future energy needs Indonesia could host 1.2 […]

Interim relief by Aptel in case of SB Energy wherein Honourable APTEL refrained APERC and discom of cancellation of PPA in AP

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Shell says electricity to meet 60% of China’s energy use by 2060 – EQ Mag Pro

January 19, 2022 Anand Gupta

China may triple electricity generation to supply 60% of the country’s total energy under Beijing’s carbon-neutral goal by 2060, up from the current 23%, Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) said on Monday. Shell is one of the largest global investors in China’s energy sector, with business covering gas production, petrochemicals and a retail fuel network. A […]

Singapore Builds Floating Solar Farms to Tackle Climate Crisis

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Powerline energised to link Columboola Solar Farm to the grid – EQ Mag Pro

January 15, 2022 Anand Gupta

Powerlink has successfully completed its connection of the Columboola Solar Farm to the transmission network in the Western Downs. Works included building two kilometres of transmission line and completing works at the existing Columboola Substation as part of the major renewable project. Being built between Chinchilla and Miles on a 1,009 acre site housing 417,000 […]

Woodside pitches massive solar and battery plant, minuscule dent in emissions

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Australian energy giant submits plan for 500MW of PV, 400MWh of battery storage – EQ Mag Pro

January 13, 2022 Anand Gupta

Oil and gas giant Woodside has kicked off the new year by firming up plans to develop a massive solar and battery project in Western Australia’s Pilbara region, to supply renewable electricity to local industrial customers, including its own Pluto LNG facility. In a submission to the W.A. Environmental Protection Authority on Monday, the company […]

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Japan’s Sojitz to provide green hydrogen made in Australia to Palau – EQ Mag Pro

January 13, 2022 Anand Gupta

TOKYO : Japanese trading house Sojitz Corp (2768.T) said on Wednesday it would conduct a demonstration project to produce green hydrogen in Australia and transport the fuel to Palau for use in small fuel cells as backup power sources and hydrogen fuel vessels. Sojitz, along with Australian power generator CS Energy Ltd and Japan’s Nippon […]

Etrion arranges sale of 9.5-MWp solar farm in Japan

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Lightsource bp to build 520 MW agrivoltaic project in Australia – EQ Mag Pro

January 12, 2022 Anand Gupta

The photo voltaic arm of oil main BP is proposing to build an agri voltaic project in the Upper Hunter area large enough to present 4% of New South Wales’ (NSW) electrical energy demand. The project will embrace 296 MW of storage capability. Lighthouse bp’s 520 MWp Goulburn River Solar Farm with its 296 MWp […]

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VENA ENERGY SECURES JPY14.5B “SHINSEI GREEN LOAN” FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NAKASATO WIND PROJECT IN AOMORI PREFECTURE – EQ Mag Pro

January 12, 2022 Anand Gupta

Vena Energy, Asia-Pacific’s leading renewable energy company, announced today that it has secured a green loan from Shinsei Bank for the construction of the “Nakasato” Wind Project, which has an installed capacity of 46.8 MW, and a grid capacity of 36 MW. Dubbed the “Shinsei Green Loan”, the financing comprises a JPY14.478B term loan and […]

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South Korea installed 4.4 GW of PV capacity in 2021 – EQ Mag Pro

January 11, 2022 Anand Gupta

Renewable energy output hits 4.8 GW in 2021, again surpassing gov’t goal The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said Jan. 5 that the country’s total renewable energy output in 2021 was 4.8 gigawatts (GW), surpassing the government’s goal by 0.2 GW. Solar power contributed most of the clean power last year, with 4.4 GW […]

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China Turns On the World’s Largest Floating Solar Farm – EQ Mag Pro

January 11, 2022 Anand Gupta

Floating on a lake over a collapsed coal mine, the power station in Anhui province can produce 40 megawatts of energy. Last week, workers switched on a solar energy plant capable of producing 40 megawatts of power, which floats on a manmade lake in China’s Anhui province near the city of Huainan, reports Sarah Zheng […]

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China’s solar giants have a fix for their broken supply chain – EQ Mag Pro

January 11, 2022 Anand Gupta

The supply chain snarl that tripled the price of a key raw material for solar panels is about to get fixed, clearing the way for a renewed boom in the use of the clean energy technology. China is spending billions of dollars on new factories to produce polysilicon, used to make photovoltaic cells for solar […]