ACEN spending up to P70 billion this year as earnings grow
MANILA, Philippines — ACEN Corp. is preparing to spend P50 billion to P70 billion in capital expenditures this year to continue growing its renewable energy portfolio.
Adopting renewable energy for future of Indonesia’s economic growth
Many countries in the world are now competing to apply new and renewable energy (EBT) for their sustainable economic growth. For Southeast Asian countries that depend on the agriculture and livestock industries, slower progress in introducing and adopting EBT could bring a real challenge to their gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the long term.
Afry wins 48MW Vietnamese onshore wind job
LIG-Huong Hoa 1 Joint Stock Company has appointed Afry as owner’s engineer for the 48MW Huong Hoa 1 onshore wind farm in Vietnam. LIG-Huong Hoa 1 is a project company owned by B Grimm Renewable Power 1 Limited, a wholly own subsidiary of private power producer B Grimm Power Public Company from Thailand, and […]
After 34-Year Gap, the Philippines has a Nuclear Facility Again
After more than three decades, the Philippines is again operating a nuclear facility. In 2014, a proposal was accepted to utilize fuel elements of a shutdown research reactor for training and education, which the IAEA has been supporting through a series of technical cooperation projects. In the first project that launched in 2016, the IAEA assisted […]
ASEAN invites nuclear-weapon states to sign SEANWFZ Treaty
Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will start negotiation with nuclear-weapon states in signing the Protocol to the Treaty on the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone (SEANWFZ Treaty), Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi stated, Wednesday.
Atomic energy cooperation between Myanmar and Russia raises concern
An agreement signed by Myanmar’s military regime and Russia’s state-owned nuclear energy corporation to jointly assess building a small reactor in the Southeast Asian country underscores the junta’s long-term pursuit of nuclear weapons, analysts said.
Ben Tre offshore wind project reaches LiDAR installation milestone
According to Mainstream Renewable Power, LiDAR has remote sensing equipment that accurately maps wind conditions and other atmospheric conditions, and is used in offshore wind projects to provide data to determine energy output for an offshore zone.
Cambodia Halts Hydropower Construction on Mekong River Until 2030
Experts in Cambodia have welcomed the government’s recent halt on hydropower development on the Mekong River until 2030, but called on the government to focus on renewable energies.
Capstone Green Energy to Provide Low Emission Microturbine System to Major Global Oil & Gas Company in Malaysia
LOS ANGELES, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Capstone Green Energy Corporation‘s (NASDAQ: CGRN) distributor in Malaysia and Brunei, Sekito, has secured an order for a 200 kW microturbine-based system for an oil and gas application owned by a major global oil and gas company.
Coro Energy commissions 3-MW rooftop solar array in Vietnam
Coro Energy Plc (LON:CORO) announced on Friday that it has completed the commissioning of a 3-MW rooftop solar pilot project in Vietnam.