AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoGrid reliability & outages: A fire at an 8MW plant in Roxas, Oriental Mindoro cut supply to 58.99MW against 78.20MW demand, triggering extended manual load shedding. In the US, a malfunction hit Charles City–Floyd line substations, leaving 2,339 customers in Charles City and 277 in Floyd without power before restoration. Overseas generation: KEPCO commissioned the 198MW Ukudu combined-cycle plant in Guam, targeting ~75% of peak demand and expanding its overseas portfolio. Storage & renewables policy: Moldova approved draft incentives to cut import duties on energy storage batteries and wind turbines to 0%, plus VAT refunds for qualifying batteries. Renewables growth bottlenecks: India’s renewable build-out still faces land, evacuation and transmission approval delays, even as demand from industry and data centres accelerates. BESS for data centres: LG Energy Solution signed a $1.6bn deal with DTE Energy for 1.5GW/6GWh of Michigan-made batteries tied to grid projects including Oracle’s Saline Township AI data centre. Energy finance pressure: Ghana warned that unresolved energy sector debt threatens social spending after its IMF exit. Climate & heat: Europe’s record May heatwave is being linked to climate change, with UN calls to shift faster to clean power.
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