SINGAPORE – Households can save on their power bills by switching their electricity retailer online in just a few clicks with a new service launched on Friday (Nov 9) by real-estate services provider SRX Property . The service is offered on its srx.com.sg website and its mySG Home App. Its launch coincides with the start […]

KUCHING: The Sarawak government is still waiting for consent from the Ministry of Education (MoE) in Putrajaya to implement electricity connections to 113 schools in Sarawak. Assistant Minister of Education, Science and Technological Research Dr Annuar Rapaee said although the ministry had replied to their letter, their consent had not been given. He said the […]

Myanmar has done undertaken two reforms to improve access to power supply and the ease of starting a local business, according to the latest report from the World Bank. However, pace of reform on most regulations affecting the private sector remain stagnant. In the newly-released World Bank’s 2019 Doing Business rankings, Myanmar ranks 171th out […]

A smart grid pilot will be put into action in the Thai province of Mae Hong Son, to integrate and balance growing shares of renewable energy using battery energy storage systems (BESS). The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) and the country’s Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) have signed an agreement to investigate the use of […]

The offshore US dollar credit facility with 20 international banks, signed on Oct. 25, was the first of its kind for PLN, the company said in a statement issued on Monday JAKARTA: Indonesia’s state-owned power utility Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) said it has secured a $1.62 billion syndicated loan facility to support its role in […]

The Philippines’ electricity market has undergone major reform, with the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) passing from state control to a newly formed independent body. The transition was formally undertaken on September 26, with the creation of the Independent Electricity Market Operator of the Philippines (IEMOP) in line with the aim of the Electric Power […]

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 ― The government will increase household electricity bill subsidy from RM20 and below to RM40 and below, said Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng. However, he said in line with the government’s intention to implement targeted subsidies, the channeling of the subsidy would be dedicated to the poor and hardcore poor registered with […]

CAUAYAN, Isabela, Nov. 1 — The Department of Energy (DOE) presented the initial damage assessment on the effects of Tropical Storm (TS) Rosita at the briefing conducted by the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) – Region 2 at the Hotel Andrea in Cauayan City, Isabela on November 1. In a statement, Energy Chief Alfonso G. […]

Toyo Thai Power Myanmar Co Ltd (TPMC) plans to invest between US$350 million (K471 billion) to US$500 million to set up a liquefied natural gas (LNG) power plant, U Htet Aung Mon, general manager of TTCL Power Myanmar said. TPMC is the subsidiary of Thailand-based TTCL Public Co Ltd. The LNG power plant expected to […]

A man who can fly, a robotic supermarket, and now, flying taxis? We are living in the future. Volocopter, a German aviation start-up, will be putting its air taxis to test in Singapore in the second half of 2019. In a statement on Wednesday (Oct 18), Volocopter said that the air taxi trials in Singapore […]