Nguyen Thi Nguyet, 68, is one outstanding example, representing Vietnam in 2018 within the ranks of female scientists at the Asia-Pacific Nations Network (APNN), which is part of an international network of women engineers and scientists. After graduating from the Ha Noi University of Science and Technology, Nguyet started working for Dong Anh Electrical Equipment […]

Officials cited factors such as lower supply for hydropower plants and gas fields. The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT), as well as Vietnam Electricity (EVN), indicated that some factors that could raise the prices of power in Vietnam are growing, local newspaper VnExpress reported. MOIT’s Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) is developing a power supply […]

French cable company Nexans has won a contract worth over $100m for a major interconnection project in the Philippines. With power consumption in Philippines rising by almost 80 per cent in the last 15 years, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has launched the Mindanao-Visayas Interconnection Project to connect the three grids of […]

But the signing date is not yet set as the duration and interest will have yet to be negotiated. Germany will loan Cambodia $33.95m (EUR30m) to support the country’s move to upgrade its rural energy grid and boost solar energy, the German embassy to Cambodia announced. The loan was agreed upon in the embassy’s meeting […]

Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Electricity (EVN) will bring light to more than 16,000 poor households and policy beneficiaries’ families nationwide in December through providing them with free reparation and installation of electricity supply systems. During the final month of the year, the EVN will also install roof-top solar panels in 100 schools and some […]

MANILA, Philippines — The Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) is rolling out a million prepaid meters once it gets the green light from regulators to cope with growing demand. The power distributor has filed for approval to install nearly a million meters in the past three years, Meralco senior vice president Alfredo Panlilio told The STAR. […]

Ministry of Electricity and Energy will upgrade Hlawgar power plant before the summer of 2019. Upon completion, the power plant can generate an additional 336,000 kilowatt-hours a day. Hlawgar power plant is one of the important power plants in Yangon. The commercial operation of the power plant launched in 1995. Now it can generate about […]

Vientiane (VNA) – Lao media on November 30 quoted a report by the country’s Minister of Energy and Mines Khammani Inthilath as saying that it is looking to increase electricity export in the time to come. The article said the minister pointed out at the ongoing session of the Lao National Assembly that currently the […]

With the ICPT mechanism, govt can manage fuel price fluctuations should situations where fuel prices go sky-high or rock bottom occur Over the past three months, some Malaysians may have been cautiously smiling on the quiet when crude oil prices surged past the US$80 (RM336) a barrel mark. Their elation could have stemmed from their […]

Hanoi (VNS/VNA) – Vietnam could face power shortages in the early 2020s, heard a workshop in Hanoi on November 29. Tran Viet Anh, head of Strategic Division under the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) told the workshop entitled ‘Developing Sustainable Energy and Protecting Environment in Vietnam’ that the shortages are likely to happen from 2020 to […]