About 1.2 million Singaporean households living in public and private residential properties will each receive a one-off $100 Household Utilities Credit by next month.

Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company Masdar has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Singapore’s Tuas Power, France’s EDF Renewables, and PT Indonesia Power, it announced on January 18.

AC Energy Philippines Inc. (Acen) is infusing P350 million into its subsidiary Buendia Christiana Holdings Corp. (BCHC) to support the latter’s acquisition of land that will be used in Acen’s potential projects.Acen said in a disclosure it signed an agreement with BCHC for the subscription of 3.5 million preferred shares in BCHC at P100 apiece. […]

Six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, major energy players AC Energy and Pilipinas Shell Petroleum corporation look forward to emerging from the economic effects of the crisis.

In an interesting interview with Winfried Wicklein, country director for Indonesia at the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Oil & Gas Yearly covers a lot of details related to the energy market in Indonesia, including geothermal energy. The interview covers challenges for the economy, the current state of the banking system and leverage of it […]

[SINGAPORE] All pump operators have adjusted their prices downwards since Esso and Shell reduced rates by around three Singapore cents last Friday. Caltex and Sinopec responded to that reduction last Saturday. Their 92 and 95-octane petrols are now S$1.95 and S$1.99 per litre before discount respectively, according to Fuel Kaki, a pump price tracker managed by […]

THE Department of Energy (DoE) has asked the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to act on Manila Electric Co.’s (Meralco) permit to operate the 455-megawatt (MW) power plant in Mauban, Quezon to boost the country’s power supply. “I wrote [a letter to the] ERC and I manifested to ERC the importance of it being online because […]

Most areas in Yangon will experience blackouts from 9am to noon on April 2, the Yangon Electricity Supply Corporation (YESC) said. “We haven’t had any blackouts yet, until yesterday when the lights went out in the afternoon until the evening. If we knew about these power cuts in advance we could make preparations,” said Daw […]

The young woman in Myanmar decided to speak out when she realized that money from the company she loved was now in the hands of the military leaders she hated.

At its 53rd Foreign Ministers’ Meeting last September, Asean, with the support of all member States, endorsed Italy’s candidature as a development partner, thus establishing the first formal link between Italy and the Asean family. It is a significant achievement, part of Italy’s closer engagement with the region.