Low in moisture and high in calorific value, palm kernel shells are ideal for burning, but their use for power production does not come without challenges. Can these materials help shrink coal’s climate impacts in Asia? What happens to the waste that accumulates when oil palm fruits are processed?

Vietnam’s rapid economic growth and its increasing energy demand have led to an exponential increase in GHG emissions, leaving the country with the second highest air pollution levels in Southeast Asia in 2019. To meet its development and climate change goals, the new domestic carbon emission trading scheme enabled by Vietnam’s revised Law on Environmental […]

MANILA – The Philippines is not yet ready to impose carbon tax as a move to reduce carbon dioxide emission particularly in the power sector, the country’s top energy official said.

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Individuals should not become the target of carbon tax because it would place a high burden on the people at large, according to Saadiah Uluputty, a member of the House of Representatives’ (DPR’s) Commission IV Overseeing Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food Production.

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Electricity is back in over 30,000 households in the midwestern portions of Cebu province.  

Chevron Corp. said it expects to close the sale of its Malampaya assets in northwest Palawan to Udenna Corp. controlled by businessman Dennis Uy within the first half.Chevron, in an investor presentation report, confirmed the divestment of a 45-percent stake in the $4.5-billion Malampaya gas project, the country’s largest gas-producing facility.“SPA [sale and purchase agreement] […]

Amid the growing Chinese movement in the South China Sea, Vietnam has agreed to pay around a billion dollars to two international companies after cancelling their drill operations following pressure from Beijing, The Diplomat reported. To maintain its presence in the South China Sea region, China, for several years, continued its efforts to prevent the Vietnam-based […]

The Ministry of Electricity and Energy will soon announce the winners of its billion-dollar solar tender, officials say, after receiving more than 150 bids, the majority from Chinese companies. The ministry announced a tender for ground-mounted, on-grid solar plants at 30 sites totalling 1,060 megawatts in May. An unofficial list of bids seen by Frontier shows 155 were submitted […]

In Cambodia, the 400-megawatt Lower Sesan 2 hydropower station is the largest and the seventh one built by China in the Southeast Asian country.

There is a high risk that political turmoil in Myanmar will negatively affect the energy sector, however, Chinese companies look set to benefit from the tumultuous environment, according to Fitch Solutions Country Risk & Industry Research.