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 […]

EXXONMOBIL has announced that it will be contributing US$10m to the Singapore Energy Centre. The announcement was made on 31 October at Singapore International Energy Week 2018. The Singapore Energy Centre was created as a joint effort to transform the energy landscape and address future sustainability challenges. ExxonMobil will be the first founding industrial member […]

Singapore’s EDB consults on 100MW floating solar 31 October: Singapore’s Economic Development Board (EDB) has consulted the industry to explore the possibility of a 100MW floating PV system for private sector consumption at Kranji Reservoir. The Kranji Reservoir is suitable due to its larger water surface area, according to the issued Request for Information (RFI), […]

Indonesia and the United Kingdom have expressed a wish to strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries amid rising global protectionism sparked by the trade war between the United States and China. Speaking at the Indonesian Briefing forum in London recently, Indonesian Ambassador to the UK Rizal Sukma stressed the importance for both countries of […]

The Philippines has set into motion collaborative talks with Indonesia on prospective benchmarking of incentives for investments in the upstream petroleum sector. Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi This was a matter that Philippine Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi had raised with Indonesian Deputy Minister of Energy and Resources Arcandra Tahar in their bilateral meeting in Singapore […]

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his French counterpart Edouard Philippe affirmed their determination to deepen the Vietnam-France strategic partnership for shared benefit during their talks in Hanoi on Nov. 2 as part of the French PM’s ongoing visit to Vietnam. PM Phuc lauded the tour to Vietnam by Philippe, saying it is the second […]

November 2 (Renewables Now) – Sembcorp Industries Ltd (SGX:U96) has signed a 25-year contract to install, own and operate a 6.2-MWp rooftop solar project in Singapore. The solar panels will be deployed at two facilities of “one of the world’s largest providers of products and services to the energy industry,” the Singapore-based utilities, marine and […]

INGAPORE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ExxonMobil said today that it will contribute US$10 million over five years (S$14 million) to become the first industry founding partner in a new Singapore Energy Center partnership led by the Nanyang Technological University and National University of Singapore and designed to advance next-generation technologies. ExxonMobil signed a memorandum of understanding with the universities […]

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Japan’s Osaka Gas Co Ltd is considering expanding its Southeast Asia operations, a top executive said, tapping a region where natural gas demand is booming but domestic reserves are dwindling fast. Osaka Gas, one of the world’s biggest gas utilities and importers of liquefied natural gas (LNG), is increasingly turning abroad as […]

NDO – Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung and his Russian counterpart Maxim Akimov co-chaired the 21st meeting of the Vietnam-Russia Intergovernmental Committee for Economic-Commercial and Scientific-Technological Cooperation, which took place in Moscow on October 29. During the meeting, the two sides discussed and agreed on a wide range of measures to foster bilateral […]