China

It aims to produce 30bcm of biogas from agricultural waste and manure by 2030.

The first pilot Hualong One reactor, designed on China’s own G-III technology, is likely to be put in service in 2020.

With a newly opened retail market, the country might be halfway in its energy transition, but issues on its overseas investments in coal are potential hurdles.

It said CTG’s bid for the utility has stalled and has too many regulatory hurdles.

An experimental space power plant is on the works in Chongqing.

China Minsheng Investment Group has not returned money to bondholders that it had pledged to repay 1 February.

Solar and wind still struggle to be cost-competitive against coal.

A leadership shake-up and tougher EU regulations could be dampening the utility’s spirits.

Wind and solar took up 20GW and 44GW of the total new capacity, respectively.

It will get a total investment of $126m.

Falling wind power costs and government support could help, analysts say.

Over a quarter of coal plants being developed outside the country are supported by Chinese banks and firms.

But impact could be limited as this is only 0.5% of total demand.

Total investment for the 24 projects could hit $18.05b.

Projects include biomass gasification and micro-energy grids.

Solar PV industry curbs dragged capital costs, and consequently, the total investment poured into the sector.