China

Total export earnings from the solar sector rose by a third to $10.6b.

The government has greenlighted the use of coal-fired power in regions with poor wind and solar resources.

This tender will cover the two of the wind farm’s eastern blocks.

This was driven by the country’s shift to auctions from government-based tariffs.

A viral social media post purported the dam to be at risk of breaking.

About 66 billion kWh of electricity a year will be transmitted from Xinjiang to east China.

They are expected to add more than 12.8GW and 6.1GW, respectively.

It is expected to account for over 75% of the Asia’s wind installations.

It defaulted on approximately $2.39m of debt.

Caterpillar Energy Solutions is pleased to announce the first natural gas-powered generator sets produced at the company’s plant in Tianjin, China are being prepared for delivery.

The fund will have an interest in ACWA Power’s solar and wind assets in the Middle East and South Africa.

Its clean power consumption reached 78% in 2018.

Terminated hydropower generation projects and a natural gas shortage fuelled demand.

Of the total, $108.62m will be allocated to rooftop power projects with a combined capacity of 3.5GW.

Solid demand from its mills are expected to stoke coal consumption to about 4.49 billion tonnes.

Tariffs paid to onshore wind projects will be cut to as low as $0.0420/kWh in 2020.