With the No 1 unit of the 2x600 megawatt Hai Duong coal-fired power plant project officially commissioned in Vietnam late last month.

Some 71.7 billion yuan (about $10.33 billion) has been invested in the region's power grid development during the 2016-2020 period, the company said.

The Polish government and mining trade unions failed to agree on a plan to overhaul the country's thermal coal sector.

A total of 3.43 billion kWh of electricity or a third of the overall transmission volume was mainly generated by wind and solar power, the center added.

These restrictions are expected to weigh on industrial activity and curtail power demand and generation further, Icra said.

Electricity consumption of manufacturing industry up 4.7% YoY in June.

It is estimated that the wind energy converter, jointly developed by DEC and China Three Gorges Corporation, can produce 40 million kWh of clean energy every year at an average wind speed of 10 meters per second.

China's major state-controlled power generating company Huaneng has announced plans to reduce its summer restocking of domestic spot coal.