Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi asked Congress to place the operations of the country’s power grids back under government control, as the government and grid operator clash over how to address the power supply problem.

Vietnam will have to import 12 million tons of coal in 2020 to avoid electricity shortage due to increasing demand in electricity and rapidly growing economy. This situation was predicted by Denmark’s energy industry reflected from data of energy report in November 2019. Norway also suggested alternative clean energy such as liquid natural gas and […]

NDO – Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung had a working session on August 14 with the Ministry of Industry and Trade and relevant agencies regarding the National Power Development Plan VIII for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2045 (hereinafter referred to as PDP 8).

TENAGA Nasional Bhd’s (TNB) domestic residential customers are expected to receive detailed statements of the Bantuan Prihatin Elektrik (BPE), which also covers the previous three-month period, in their July billing. TNB said breakdown of the amount would be attached to the customers’ July bill, which will be mailed within seven days after the month’s meter reading. “They […]

By the end of last year, the capacity of the power system reached about 58,000 megawatts (MWs), and the commercial electricity output in 2019 was nearly 2,500 kilowatt-hours. Especially, the capacity of power plants using clean energy is on the increase, accounting for 61 percent of the total capacity of the power system. However, many […]

Filipinos who are using diesel on their vehicles can enjoy a price rollback of ₱1.80 per liter this week if they happen to be on the road despite the extended enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in many areas. For kerosene, which is an essential commodity for households and even for industries like aviation, the price cut will […]

TAIPEI, TAIWAN — Repeated discoveries of an obscure, offshore natural gas known as flammable ice will bolster Chinese claims to a sea that’s contested by five other Asian governments. China extracted 861,400 cubic meters of flammable ice, a natural gas hydrate, for a daily average of 28,700 cubic meters during a mission that started in February, […]

MANILA – Not overly relying on one or two specific resources will help countries to be more energy resilient, Asian Development Bank (ADB) Southeast Asia Department principal climate change specialist Toru Kubo said Tuesday.

THE National Renewable Energy Board (NREB), which advises the Department of Energy (DOE) on renewable energy (RE) issues, wants power firms that would be affected by the coal ban to realign budgets to finance RE projects.

The Department of Energy (DOE) has started awarding the last batch of degressed feed-in-tariff (FIT) incentives to qualified biomass and run-of-river hydropower projects that reached commercial operations on the prescribed cut-off date last year.