Vietnam’s Power Development Plan 8 (PDP VII) draft for the 2021-2030 period with a vision towards 2045 has been significantly delayed, however, a finalized draft is expected to be submitted to the Prime Minister in May 2022 for approval. While the PDP8 has gone through several drafts, the latest revision proposes increasing electricity capacity to […]

Vietnam wants to prioritise development of renewable energy sources and reduce its coal dependency, the government said. The Southeast Asian country intends to nearly double its total installed power generation capacity to 146,000 megawatts (MW) by 2030, and restrict development of coal-fired power plants and be open to other fuel sources, including hydrogen and ammonia.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) has submitted to the country’s prime minister a transitional mechanism for onshore wind and solar projects which missed the feed-in tariff (FiT) application deadline.

INDONESIA will effectively ban palm oil exports from Apr 28, after President Joko Widodo said on Friday (Apr 22) he had decided to stop shipments of cooking oil and its raw material to control domestic prices. Indonesia makes cooking oil from palm oil and is the world’s biggest exporter of the vegetable oil.

Even though Thailand’s energy minister vowed last month to keep the 30 baht per litre cap on diesel prices until the end of May, officials now expect the diesel price to start pushing 35-36 baht per litre by the start of May. The director of the Energy Policy and Planning Office says all agencies have been instructed […]

Supernap Thailand has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) to build a solar plant next to its data center outside Bangkok. The company has made a PPA with WHA Utilities & Power that will see WHA UP build a solar farm on Supernap-owned land. The installation will be carried out on a total area of […]

The Energy Market Authority (EMA) of Singapore has issued a request for information (RFI) to facilitate an assessment of the geothermal energy potential of the country. The RFI is for possible approaches, methodologies, and execution details for carrying out a geophysical investigation to ascertain Singapore’s geothermal potential and identify suitable deployment locations.

The Vietnamese government has set out a roadmap to achieve the country’s climate targets, including net zero emissions by 2050 as committed by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, the UK.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh asked Ninh Thuan to further exploit its advantages to become a major renewable energy hub of the country while addressing a ceremony to mark the 30th re-establishment anniversary of the south central province (April 1, 1992-2022) on April 16.

Vietnam will implement a plan to eliminate fossil-fuel vehicles, tighten emission control and add more green spaces to urban areas. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Wednesday approved the National Strategy for Environmental Protection to 2030 with a vision until 2050, in which the government sets targets to prevent the increasing trend of environmental pollution, […]