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double the tariffs at which Adani and Tata as the technology could be developed quickly anticipating financial support on coal,” said
pledged to sell power. from the smallest household scale to industry Li Danqing, a Beijing-based project leader for
Officials in the Ministry of Power said the scale. Greenpeace East Asia.
two Mundra units had imported coal stocks “Therefore PLTS (solar power generators) A review of provincial development
of more than 15 days. They should either be could become the government’s priority to and reform commissions (DRCs) project
allowed to sell power on the exchanges or the reach the target,” he said. approvals showed that the three large-scale
power should be bought by the states. Gujarat The government has adopted three non-CHP³ coal-fired power plants that were
is one of the states facing a power supply approaches for developing PLTS—installation on Anhui and Shaanxi’s key projects lists
deficit. It is one the top states buying spot of large-scale power generators to produce together account for 3.3 GW, or 64.0% of the
power on the exchanges, said a person in the 4.68 GW of electricity; floating PLTS in 271 total capacity approved in the first half of
know. lakes and dams to produce 26.65 GW of this year. The other 21 projects were smaller
Power plants located in the Western electricity; and rooftop PLTS to produce 3.61 back-pressure cogeneration units that mainly
and Northern states are having the lowest GW of electricity. provide heating. Among those projects, the
domestic coal availability of six days’ stocks. most capacity was approved in Chongqing,
Hubei, and Fujian.

COAL
RENEWABLES COAL

Indonesia needs 14 GW 24 new coal-fired power
projects approved in China ADB calls on Cambodia to
renewable energy to reach in first half of 2021 keep emissions low

2025 target China’s provincial governments approved the Cambodia is making slow-but-sure progress

Indonesia would need to generate at least 14 construction of 24 new coal power projects in along the road to low-carbon economic
GW of renewable energy to increase its share the first half of 2021 adding a total 5.2 GW of growth, according to the Asian Development
to 23 percent in the national energy mix by capacity, including three large-scale coal-fired Bank (ADB).
2025, a think tank has said. power plants approved off key project lists, The international lender, which has issued
Renewable energy’s share in the national which provincial governments use to apply for a universal call to end poverty, protect the
energy mix is currently recorded at just 11.2 financial support and priority status from the planet, and ensure peace and prosperity for
percent, far below the target of 23 percent, central government, Greenpeace reported. all, says the government still has some tough
executive director of the Institute for Essential Key projects are proposed by provincial decisions to make about how it gets to that
Services Reform (IESR), Fabby Tumiwa, said governments to receive national funding, destination.
during an online discussion. policy support, and priority status if approved The Kingdom only contributes 0.02
“To reach the target of 23 percent (of by the central government as having strategic percent to global greenhouse gas emissions
mixed-energy) in 2025, we would need 14 benefits.² At present, 104.8 GW of coal but this month’s floods in Sihanoukville and
GW of renewable energy power generation,” capacity that has yet to go online remain on fish-threatening drops in the level of the
Tumiwa said. these key project lists. Mekong river because of low rainfall and
Indonesia has abundant green energy “There are still mixed signals on coal. That upstream damming show how vulnerable
resources that could be optimised to reach the leads to financial and environmental risk. Cambodia is to climate change and a lack of
target, he added. Especially since Xi’s climate summit remarks, sustainable energy alternatives. Cambodia will
According to Tumiwa, solar energy has the local governments have slowed approvals likely suffer from both increased flooding and
highest potential among other energy sources for new coal. But provinces are clearly still severe droughts with associated impacts on
food production, especially rice, the ADB said.
“By 2030, loss of forestry and other land
use will account for 49 percent of Cambodia’s
annual greenhouse gas emissions followed by
the energy sector (22 percent) and agriculture
(17.5 percent),” said ADB Cambodia Resident
Mission Country Director Sunniya Durrani-
Jamal and economist Darren Byers.

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