Trina Solar targets residential market in Philippines
SINGAPORE-BASED Trina Solar Energy Development Pte. Ltd. is targeting to install 5-6 megawatts (MW) of solar rooftop energy systems in Filipino homes each year as it sets its sights on the local residential market, its local manager said. “We have quiet a bit of aggressive target in the Philippines… Usually we are given the task […]
Cambodia’s biggest hydropower dam now producing electricity
New Delhi: Cambodia‘s largest hydropower project officially began producing electricity Monday as the country tries to increase its energy capacity to reduce energy imports and help jump-start industrial expansion. Prime Minister Hun Sen inaugurated the 400-megawatt Lower Sesan II hydropower dam in the northeastern province of Stung Treng. The project, constructed on a build-operate-transfer basis, […]
Petronas LNG purchase deal with Cheniere to support sixth train at Sabine Pass
Houston — Malaysia’s Petronas will buy LNG from Cheniere Energy under a 20-year agreement that will support building a sixth liquefaction train at the exporter’s Sabine Pass terminal in Louisiana. The long-term offtake deal for approximately 1.1 million mt/year of LNG will be shipped on a free-on-board basis beginning following the date of first commercial […]
Southeast Asian coal demand to grow at fastest rate in world
TOKYO — Southeast Asian coal demand is forecast to rise 5% yearly through 2023 for the fastest growth rate worldwide, an International Energy Agency […]
Pertamina enters construction phase of 1,760-mw steam power plant
Jakarta (ANTARA News) – State-owned oil and gas company Pertamina, through its subsidiary PT Pertamina Power Indonesia (PPI), entered the construction phase of a gas and steam power plant, with a capacity of 1,760 megawatts (MW), in December 2018. Construction of Jawa-1 Independent Power Plant (IPP) signifies Pertamina`s efforts to support the provision of clean […]
Bangchak sets $50m investment budget in bio, green-energy startups
BANGCHAK will invest US$50 million in startups within the next five years in order to expand their core business and technologies with the goal to emerge as the leading innovative group of its kind in the Asean bloc. The firm expects to generate revenue growth to more than double in the next five years. The […]
Aboitiz Power to build $28 million battery storage
MANILA, Philippines — SN Aboitiz Power Group (SNAP), the joint venture of SN Power of Norway and Aboitiz Power Corp., plans to construct a $28-million battery energy storage system (BESS) at its Magat hydro electric power plant (HEPP). The facility will be used to boost the company’s ancillary services and standby power supply that can […]
Cambodia reaffirms commitment to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Cambodia has reaffirmed its commitment to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and express serious concern over the multi-faceted impacts of climate change. Eang Sophalleth, secretary of state with the Ministry of Environment and head of the Cambodian delegation to the UNFCCC, said this week in Poland that after the historic agreement in […]
