Advanced meters among new initiatives to help households manage electricity usage
SINGAPORE: Three new initiatives were announced on Tuesday (Nov 5) as part of efforts to help households use electricity more efficiently. Details of the measures were provided in a joint news release by the Energy Market Authority (EMA), the Ministry of the Environment and Water resources (MEWR) and SP Group. ADVANCED METERS The measures include advanced electricity meters which […]
AES Dives Into Vietnam Energy, Here’s What’s Next
Last week, AES AES +0% Corp (AES) won Vietnamese regulators’ approval to build a 2.2-gigawatt natural gas-fired power plant in the south-central province of Binh Thuan. Slated for service in 2024 under a 20-year government contract, it will be fueled by the company’s 450 Tera BTU capacity LNG import and storage terminal, which enters service in 2022. The same day, […]
After decades in darkness, this entire Thai village is now powered by solar energy
PRANBURI, Thailand: Patcharin In-juang was pregnant when she agreed to move to the home village of her husband in Pranburi district in central Thailand back in 2004. She was from the city, so she was expecting a different life in the rural community. But she was shocked to find out when she arrived at Wong […]
After hurdling 2018’s regulatory crisis, power industry players are ready for Year of the Pig
THE country’s power supply remained stable for the past 12 months despite a crippled Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) that left the agency “powerless in making decisions critical to the energy sector.” “We were able to surpass all challenges. There were difficult times but we just kept on going,” commented Alfonso G. Cusi, secretary of the Department […]
Agencies explore recycling possibilities
The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) and the Industrial Works Department are teaming up to study the feasibility of recycling used solar panels and batteries, in line with the circular economy concept. The two parties signed a memorandum of understanding on Thursday on a plan to build a pilot recycling facility after completing a two-year […]
Agusan opens hydro electric power facility
Some 45,000 households are expected to benefit from the renewable energy 24.9-megawatt Lake Mainit Hydroelectric Power Plant located in the municipality of Jabonga, Agusan del Norte, following its inauguration yesterday morning, July 11, led by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.
Ailing state-owned projects stuck in impasse with Chinese contractors
Vietnamese companies have hit roadblocks in settling disputes with Chinese contractors in five fertilizer, shipbuilding and steel producing projects. The state-owned companies that developed these projects have not been able to come to an agreement with Chinese contractors in determining a new investment value for them after changes in technical design and the number of […]
Aim to become world-class geothermal electricity producer: Pertamina
Jakarta (ANTARA) – State-owned energy company PT Pertamina is seeking to become a world-class player in green electricity generation based on geothermal energy by pursuing a number of technological innovations to increase geothermal utilization.
Air base substation commissioned as hottest months near
State-run energy supplier Electricite du Cambodge (EdC) has commissioned a 115kV high-voltage substation to supply Phnom Penh residents with power as demand soars, according to its director-general Keo Rottanak. He said the facility, also known as “Grid Substation Airforce”, is located on 3,375sqm just north of the Pochentong Air Base compound, in Por Sen Chey […]
Air taxis will be tested in Singapore skies next year – here are 5 things to know about the Volocopter
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 […]