Daily news from Asia

摘要

Asia's renewable capacity expanded 9.3% or 95.5GW to reach 1.12TW in 2019, according to data from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). The region accounted for 54% of new capacity worldwide in 2019. The power load factor (PLF) in India's thermal power plants is projected to sink to below 53% in FY2021, according to data from CARE Ratings. PLF for thermal power plants further declined to 52.55% for March 2020 mainly on account of the lockdown.