Laos, which aims to become “the battery of Southeast Asia,” generates plenty of electricity via its many hydropower dams. But rates for its citizens remain high – another burden amid surging inflation for many other products – and some villages still lack electricity.

JAKARTA – President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo showed off Indonesia’s plan to accelerate the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy at the Group of 20 Summit in Bali last November, announcing a new energy transition mechanism to achieve a target of 34 percent renewable energy mix by 2030, compared with a mere 11 percent at present.

MANILA – Department of Energy (DOE) Raphael Lotilla has urged Filipinos to observe efficient use of electricity to help ensure the availability of sufficient power in preparation for the dry season when higher temperature triggers increase in demand.

Malaysia could save as much as US$250 billion on its cumulative energy system if it aligned its decarbonisation efforts with a 1.5 degrees Celsius scenario, making for a “compelling cost argument”, according to International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).  

Tokyo, November 24, 2022 – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Thailand’s largest power producer Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to study and exchange information relating to clean power generation, hydrogen, carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technologies in support of the nation’s goal of achieving carbon neutrality […]

According to a statement from the Ministry of Electricity and Energy, it will not be able to meet Yangon’s electricity demands this summer and it is having to ration electricity.

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Total Eren and PT Adaro Power have won the tender for the development of the Tanah Laut Wind Power Plant (PLTB) in South Kalimantan with a capacity of 70 MW. The consortium won the tender after offering the lowest bid.

Vietnam Electricity (EVN) posted losses of VND15.758 trillion ($635.4 million) between January and October, with higher fuel prices a major contributing factor. EVN said fluctuations in the world prices of coal, oil and gas since the beginning of this year have caused its production costs and purchase prices of electricity it bought from other power […]

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.

MANILA, Nov 27 (Reuters) – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. hopes the country’s Court of Appeals will reconsider a decision that raises the possibility of electricity rate hikes in the capital, the Office of the Press Secretary said in a statement on Sunday.