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Indonesia’s red-hot geothermal energy goals under threat as sky-high costs bite

The country’s ambitions might be too lofty, experts say.

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Indonesia’s red-hot geothermal energy goals under threat as sky-high costs bite

The country’s ambitions might be too lofty, experts say.

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Whitest of white elephants: USD1 trillion could be unnecessarily splurged on new coal-fired plants

Investments are pouring in for 1500 plants, but these are likely to be wasted.

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How deeply ensnared are the Chinese firms in Thailand's solar market?

The country's capacity increase is projected to be 6 times higher.

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Will Myanmar's ballooning power sector be badly pricked by project delays?

Its potential may be marred by these threats.

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"Too lengthy" approval time plagues Philippines' power project scene

Land acquisition and transmission issues make the situation worse.

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Renewables vs baseload energy: Why industry experts think renewables can't be used for baseload needs

If not renewables, what then must be used to meet baseload requirements?

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Has power demand in Asia been slowing down?

Do not get fooled by the 80% demand growth, analysts say.

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Is there more harm than good in the Philippine power market's changing landscape?

Industry experts throw their insights at the inaugural Asian Power Utility Forum 2016.

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India fervently hopes for its distribution reform’s success

Energy and peak deficit both slid to 2.6% and 4.7%.

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Could China's coal-fired power generation finally see a drop this year?

Power consumption outlook is still muted at 3% in 2016-2025.

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China is dead set to revive nuke power, hit total capacity of 58GW

30 reactors are now in operation.

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Regional power sector to benefit from China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

Coal-fired power plants are prime beneficiaries.

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China's wind, solar, hydro, nuke power capacity jumped by 66GW in 2015

Will the growth of coal-fired power plants budge?

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Chinese IPPs cling on to strong cash flows despite sharp drop in utilisation hours

A silver lining has finally emerged.

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China pushed global renewable installed capacity beyond 900GW in 2015

China became the largest consumer of solar PV modules.

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Japan, Korea stubbornly cling to coal despite global climate deal

At least 60 new plants are being planned over the next decade.

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Asia's hydro power capacity ticked up by a mere 3.8% this year

No thanks to the awful dry spell in August.

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