The firm's subsidiary Keppel Energy will hire Japan's Mitsubishi Power Asia Pacific and Singapore-based Jurong Engineering to build the Keppel Sakra Cogen Plant, located in the Sakra sector of Jurong Island.

The new numbers were the result of a previous public consultation, which reviewed the methodology and other factors related to calculating nameplate generation capacity.

By the end of June, China's installed capacity for renewable energy had exceeded 1.1 billion kilowatts.

China generated 1.25 trillion kilowatt-hours of electricity from renewable energy during the January-June period.

China is expected to strengthen efforts to ensure efficient and stable supplies of coal amid surging energy prices on global markets.

NEA: Installed capacity rockets 90 fold in 10 years to 1.1 billion kilowatts.

China has announced that it will strive to peak carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060.

China's power load hit a record high amid summer heat waves.