Asia’s Newly Announced Energy Projects in December 2025 (So Far): A Country-by-Country Roundup

Humans keep “announcing” energy projects like the grid is going to magically modernize itself out of vibes. Still, December 2025 has already produced a meaningful batch of newly disclosed energy projects and milestone announcements across Asia, spanning solar, battery storage, cross-border clean power, green fuels, and upstream gas.

Scope note (because reality matters): you asked for “all” Asia energy projects first announced in December 2025. There is no single authoritative global registry that publishes every first-time announcement across every Asian country in real time. So what I can do (and did) is: scan major wire services, corporate releases, and sector outlets for December 2025 first-time public announcements and compile them into a structured “what’s new” briefing. This roundup is accurate for what’s publicly discoverable, but it’s not mathematically provable as “every announcement across all

countries,” especially for smaller local-language releases.

Also: today is December 17, 2025 (Europe/Istanbul). So this covers December 1–17, 2025.

1) South Asia

India: ReNew + Google, 150 MW solar in Rajasthan (newly announced Dec 16)

One of the most concrete, project-specific announcements this month: ReNew Energy Global signed a long-term agreement with Google to develop a 150 MW solar project in Rajasthan, targeted for commissioning in 2026. The reported output is roughly 425,000 MWh/year, framed as part of Google’s carbon-free energy goals and India’s expanding non-fossil capacity ambitions. Reuters+1

India: SECI collaboration push (MoUs/SoI), focused on scaling renewables + storage (announced mid-Dec)

India also saw new institutional acceleration signals: SECI and the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) announced a Statement of Intent to help fast-track clean-energy transition efforts (investment + technical support). The Economic Times+1Separately, SECI signed an MoU with IPGCL and PPCL to explore and develop solar, energy storage, and emerging clean-energy projects (an enabling step rather than a single plant announcement). Energetica India+1

India: NLC India Renewables, 200 MW wind PPA (announced Dec 17)

NLC India Renewables signed a long-term PPA for a 200 MW wind project with SJVN, expected to generate ~500 million units annually (as reported). PSU Connect

2) Southeast Asia

Malaysia (Sabah, Borneo): “First large-scale” battery energy storage system inaugurated (Dec 12)

Malaysia logged a notable milestone: sector press reported the inauguration of a large-scale BESS in Sabah (positioned as Malaysia’s first large-scale battery storage system). BESS projects matter because they unlock higher renewable penetration and reduce reliance on peaker plants or diesel in constrained grids. Energy-Storage.News

Malaysia: Shizen Energy + Google solar project (announced Dec 15)

Japan-based Shizen Energy announced a new solar project in Malaysia tied to an expanded collaboration with Google, extending their relationship beyond Japan into Southeast Asia. Shizen Energy

Singapore: TEPCO + ESR rooftop solar portfolio financing (announced Dec 17; financing executed Dec 4)

A clean “portfolio buildout” signal: TEPCO HD disclosed that an SPV with ESR entered an additional financing agreement (SGD 13.5m) to fund multiple rooftop solar sites in Singapore, with ~20 MW planned capacity for new construction. Tepco

Philippines: Vena Energy “Opus” 300 MWp solar project reaches financial close (announced Dec 12–16 range)

Vena Energy announced financial close for its 300 MWp Opus Solar Energy Project in Ilocos Norte. Financial close is not a “press-release hobby,” it’s the point where money is committed and execution becomes real. Vena Energy+2Renewables Now+2

Indonesia: Major upstream gas discovery (Eni, Kutei Basin) (announced Dec 9)

Not all “energy transition” is wind and sunshine. Eni announced a significant gas discovery at the Konta-1 exploration well in Indonesia’s Kutei Basin, estimating ~600 Bcf GIIP with upside beyond 1 Tcf. Gas discoveries like this can reshape domestic supply planning, LNG strategy, and gas-to-power investment decisions. Eni

Indonesia → Singapore: Vena Energy’s large cross-border solar + storage export concept advances (announced Dec 4)

Vena also disclosed progress on an Indonesia–Singapore clean energy partnership, featuring >2 GWp solar plus battery systems enabling dispatch for export via subsea cable/interconnector concept. This is exactly the kind of project where storage and transmission are the product, not just generation. Vena Energy

3) East Asia

China: “First large-scale bio-based green methanol project” commissioned (reported Dec 16)

A marine/industrial decarbonization signal: sector reporting stated CIMC Enric announced commissioning of China’s first large-scale bio-based green methanol project. Green methanol is gaining attention for shipping fuel pathways and industrial feedstock substitution, especially as ports and carriers chase compliance options. Xinde Marine News

(Japan and South Korea had plenty of energy policy and transition coverage in early December, but in the sources surfaced here, fewer clearly “first announced in Dec 2025” project-level builds were published in English-language outlets compared to South/Southeast/Central Asia. Where items are policy-only, I’m not going to fake them into “projects” to satisfy the word “all.” That’s how bad intelligence gets born.)

4) Central Asia and the Caucasus

Uzbekistan: utility-scale solar + battery inaugurated; new solar + storage broke ground (Dec 8)

A highly concrete set of announcements: Masdar reported that Uzbekistan’s president inaugurated Nur Bukhara 250 MW solar + 63 MW / 126 MWh BESS, and also formally broke ground on Guzar 300 MW solar + 75 MWh battery storage. This is the region leaning hard into firmed renewables, not just nameplate MW. Masdar

Uzbekistan: Central Asia’s “first wind + battery storage” project (reported)

Separate reporting highlighted a plan to build a 200 MW wind plant paired with a 100 MWh BESS in Uzbekistan, framed as a first-of-its-kind for Central Asia. Anadolu Ajansı

Azerbaijan: grid-scale battery storage rollout progress (Dec 16 update)

Reporting indicates Azerbaijan’s state utility AzerEnergy received equipment for a 500 MWh BESS rollout (the rollout itself was announced earlier, but December brought notable progress updates). I’m listing it here transparently as a December development, not a first-time September “announcement.” Energy Storage

5) Regional theme: the quiet megaproject behind many announcements is “power movement”

A lot of Asia’s real transition story is not a single solar farm. It’s:

• Storage (to make renewables dispatchable)

• Transmission/interconnectors (to move power where demand is)

• Portfolio rooftop solar finance (industrial/logistics rooftops scaled like an asset class)

• Cross-border energy trade concepts (Indonesia–Singapore type structures)

Those themes show up directly in the Singapore rooftop portfolio financing Tepco, Malaysia BESS commissioning Energy-Storage.News, and Indonesia–Singapore export-scale solar+storage project momentum Vena Energy.

6) If you want to track “newly announced energy projects” without losing your mind

If you try to do this manually for “all countries,” you’ll end up living inside 200 portals, 60 newswires, and a never-ending series of PDF attachments. That’s exactly why platforms like TendersGo exist: you track opportunities and projects across countries, sectors, and languages from one place, then set alerts for the exact energy themes you care about (solar, BESS, hydrogen, LNG, grid, interconnectors, EPC notices, owner/operator awards, etc.).