hydropower

Thailand has yet to approve transmission charges for regional power deal

[SINGAPORE] Thailand has yet to approve transmission charges for an extension to a deal to send hydropower from Laos to Singapore, the country’s deputy energy secretary said on Monday (Oct 28).

A colossal China-run dam on India’s doorstep would give Beijing influence over water flow into India, something leaders could use as leverage in times of political tensions.

China plans dam near India that could be world’s biggest

CHINA is pressing ahead with plans to construct a mega-dam near its contested border with India, a colossal undertaking that could generate three times as much power as the Three Gorges Dam.

reNIKOLA owns and operates solar plants across Malaysia and Indonesia with a combined generating capacity of 220 megawatts and aims to expand its capacity to one gigawatt-peak.

Malaysia’s reNIKOLA to invest over US$240 million in compressed biomethane gas projects in Indonesia

MALAYSIA’S reNIKOLA Holdings is planning to invest over US$240 million to develop 40 compressed biomethane gas projects in Indonesia, the renewable energy company said on Monday (Aug 19) in a statemen...

A pumped storage power station in Fengning, Hebei Province.

China’s top utility completes world’s biggest pumped hydro plant

STATE Grid of China has completed the world’s biggest pumped hydro plant as the nation ramps up its green energy capabilities.

The power retail arm of Singapore’s Keppel and Electricite du Laos (EDL) signed a renewal agreement on Jun 24, but Singapore has yet to sign deals with Thailand and Malaysia due to disagreements over the quantity of power to be purchased, the sources said.

Singapore-Laos clean power deal stuck over transmission: sources

THE extension of a multilateral deal by Singapore to import hydropower from Laos is stuck due to disagreements over how the energy will be transmitted through Malaysia and Thailand, two regional gover...

A view of the Hoover Dam at the Arizona-Nevada border. The US study found that four out of five plants saw declines between 1980 and 2022, with the cumulative fall representing nearly a quarter of generation, equivalent to closing down a Hoover Dam-sized project every two to three years.

Hydro power is facing a deepening dry spell

This is no temporary setback; climate change is reducing the availability of fresh water and plants are getting less productive

China says India's plans for hydropower projects in what India calls Arunachal Pradesh is on Chinese territory, and it is “illegal and invalid”.

China says India has no right to develop contested border region

India plans to spend US$1 billion to expedite the construction of 12 hydropower stations in the area China calls South Tibet

A view from the Three Gorges dam over the Yangtze River in Yichang, Hubei province. The investment is part of the government’s grand plan to build 455 gigawatts of desert renewables projects by 2030.

China Three Gorges invests US$11 billion in desert power projects

The firm will construct a 16-gigawatt project that integrates renewable power and coal, combined with a 5-gigawatt storage facility

With abundant hydropower resources complemented by a diverse energy mix, Sarawak's power generation capacity exceeds its domestic demand.

Sarawak’s green goals

Malaysia’s sprawling state has its sights set on being a big clean-energy player in the region

Buildings next to the Sarawak river in the Sarawak capital Kuching. Sarawak is rich in water resources, which provide hydropower that can be used to produce hydrogen.

Oil-rich Sarawak wants greater investments in renewable energy

Malaysian state is trying to leverage its strong position in hydropower to become a major producer of hydrogen, says premier