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ASIAELEC: Bangladesh approves plans for 100-MW, state-owned solar plant
China’s CO2 emissions grew by 1% year on year in the second quarter of 2021, way below the first quarter increase of 15%, according to analysis from Carbon Brief.
The 1% growth in Q2 is a major slowdown from the record-breaking increase in Q1, when emissions grew at their fastest for more than a decade as the Chinese economy recovered from the coronavirus pandemic, driven by growth in construction, steel and cement production.
REM: Mainstream inaugurates 145MW so- lar project in Chile
Mainstream Renewable Power has officially inaugurated its 145MW Rio Escondido solar farm in Chile. The project was inaugurated by Chile’s UnderSecretary of Energy, Francisco López
The project, in the Atacama Desert, will be able to power 194,000 homes. Rio Escondido consists of more than 436,000 solar panels on 430 hectares in the district of Tierra Amarilla in the sun-scorched desert.
ENERGO: Russian RusHydro major sees more risks in Far East
Russian state hydropower holding RusHydro could see a sharp rise in the prices of coal for its Far East thermal power plants (TPPs) Ner- yungrinskaya and Artemovskaya, with the pur- chasing price ofcoal rising by 176% and 105% year on year respectively, according to Kom- mersant daily.
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