SINGAPORE – Four in 10 Singapore households have switched to an electricity retailer since the launch of the Open Electricity Market (OEM) in April last year, said the Energy Market Authority (EMA) on Tuesday (Oct 15). Most of them have found the experience to be positive, an EMA survey showed. The results of the consumer satisfaction survey […]

THE Luzon grid lost a total of 1,226 megawatts (MW) on Monday as four power plant units went on an unplanned outage that resulted in the thinning of reserves. The Department of Energy (DoE) said a yellow alert notice had been issued covering 11 a.m. to 12 noon, and 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The […]

Germany has committed a €30 million ($36.5 million) loan for Cambodia that aims to help undergird the Kingdom’s energy efficiency initiatives and rural power supply, its embassy in Phnom Penh said on December 14.

PTT Oil and Retail Business (OR) plans to increase its electric vehicle (EV) business by adding more charging stations in the nation’s shopping malls by the end of the year. Terminal 21, Fashion Island, and The Promenade are next in line to get the charging stations under the PluZ brand.

ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Feb 5 (PIA) – The 5.0 MW Generating Set of Basilan Diesel Power Plant of the National Power Corporation was inaugurated at the BASELCO Compound, Binuangan Barangay, Isabela City on Tuesday (Feb 2).

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 22) – There are 59 electric cooperatives which failed to get favor from their power suppliers to lift the minimum energy off-take in a bid to reduce the power rates of electric consumers, said a power cooperative group. Philippine Rural Electric Cooperatives Association Inc. (PHILRECA) General Manager and Executive Director Janeene Colingan […]

MANILA – Rotational brownouts are expected in Luzon between 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Monday as the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) declared the grid under red alert status during this period.

The completion of seven big power plants and four power distribution projects have been delayed indefinitely due to the health crisis, causing power sector investment and plans to slow entering the second half. Seven of the delayed plants are coal-fired – contributing 74 percent of total capacity – but there is also one gas-fired and one […]

SINGAPORE – Around six in 10 taxis on Singapore’s roads are hybrid or electric vehicles (EVs), up from just 18 per cent three years ago, Senior Minister of State for Transport Amy Khor said on Monday (March 1).

Ministry of Electricity and Energy is implementing seven new power projects in order to generate an additional 1,000 MW, said Deputy Minister for Electricity and Energy Khin Maung Win, at a ceremony to open the 66-MW gas-fired power plant in Magway Township in Magway Region. In the summer of 2019, the power plant generated up […]