Bangladesh is set to import coal for the first time for a power plant as part of efforts to diversify its fuel mix in the electricity generation sector. The Bangladesh-China Power Company signed a deal with an Indonesian firm in Dhaka on Sunday to import coal for the 1,320-megawatt coal-fired Payra power plant in Patuakhali. […]

Royal Group, Cambodia’s largest conglomerate, was granted permission last week to conduct a feasibility study on a 700-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Preah Sihanouk province. For in depth analysis of Cambodian Business, visit Capital Cambodia . Victor Jona, spokesman at the Ministry of Mines and Energy, yesterday said that permission to proceed with the study […]

Vietnam imported 3.86 million mt of coal in May, comprising mainly thermal coal and coking coal, surging 57.1% from the same month in 2018, according to preliminary data released by Vietnam Customs. The import value in the month was $380 million, up 51.4% year on year. Indonesia was the biggest supplier of coal in the […]

Thailand’s Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL (CP Foods) on Thursday announced a project to phase out coal usage from all its operations in the country in response to the UN sustainable development goals. In a press release, the company also reported the progress of its sustainability goals and recent sustainability initiatives. Agro Industrial Business CEO and […]

MURANG Kuryente Partylist (MKP) wants the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) to abandon its coal- power plant projects and instead shift to developing renewable-energy (RE) sources. “Renewable energy is safer, more affordable and more sustainable than coal, and it is welcome to hear Meralco say they are committing to it. But we don’t want RE to […]

AN ENERGY think tank said it is seeking support from Congress to help contain the growth of coal-fired power plants in Southeast Asia, which it said make up the bulk of upcoming power projects. In a statement Wednesday, the Center for Energy, Ecology and Development (CEED) said legislators should take part in the global effort […]

HANOI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Vietnam has become a hot spot for energy investors eying a spend of up to $150 billion over the coming decade to meet surging power demand, with coal set to dominate despite signs of a government effort to go green. FILE PHOTO: Power-generating windmill turbines are pictured at a wind park in […]

JAKARTA — Citizens of countries participating in China’s Belt and Road Initiative, or BRI, strongly prefer clean energy over the coal projects that have become Beijing’s calling card, a new survey shows. The findings, from a multi-country survey, commissioned by environmental group E3G, were published ahead of an international forum hosted in Beijing for leaders […]

The Indonesian coal price reference (HBA) has continued to decline this month due to shrinking market demand to US$81.86 per ton, or a month-to-month (mtm) decrease of 7.86 percent. Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Ministry spokesperson Agung Pribadi said that East and West Asian countries, especially China and India, were currently limiting their Indonesian coal […]

SINGAPORE — A push to end Southeast Asia’s addiction to fossil fuels is gathering pace after the region’s two biggest banks said they would stop funding coal-fired power plants. Singapore’s DBS Group Holdings said last month that it would cease financing new coal power projects from 2021 following the completion of existing projects in Indonesia and Vietnam, and […]