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Japan's Toshiba plans to build a domestic supply chain for offshore wind power equipment together with U.S. manufacturer GE, as Japan is expanding in renewable energy.

The two nations' government met on the 13th to discuss offshore wind power development and other environmental issues.

China is on track to double its wind and solar power capacity and reach its 2030 clean energy targets five years early, a new report has found.

The large Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm has produced the first electricity, said the companies running the project on Monday.

After a 40-year effort, global installed wind power capacity reached 1 TW in June, but 2 TW will likely be realized in less than seven years.

Germany and Denmark have signed an agreement to connect at least 3 GW of wind energy generation capacity on the Danish island of Bornholm to the mainland by the beginning of the 2030s, the German economy ministry said on Thursday.

Japan Wind Power Association (JWPA) announced on Monday its plan to expand wind capacity to 140 GW by 2050 from less than 5 GW now to meet a third of the country’s electricity demand and help it hit its 2050 carbon neutrality target.

Onshore wind projects in Ilocos Norte province of the Philippines will soon exceed 500 MW, a testament to the province’s strong wind potential, according to a Department of Energy official.

Total Eren, Adaro Power and PJBI have signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with PLN for a 70-MW wind farm equipped with a 10-MW battery energy storage system to be located in Tanah Laut in Indonesia.

Thailand’s Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has selected 175 companies for the first phase of its renewables scheme. It has attracted massive interest, receiving proposals with a combined capacity of almost 17GW, more than three times its 5.2GW target.