JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia is reviewing rules that require coal miners to sell a portion of their coal to local buyers, a government official said on Monday, as suppliers struggle to meet the regulation. FILE PHOTO: A tug boat pulls a coal barge along the Mahakam River in Samarinda, Indonesia, March 2, 2016. REUTERS/Beawiharta/File Photo […]

The government is studying a plan to let investors bid on solar power prices after its incentive pricing policy has run out. The Ministry of Industry and Trade has been tasked with studying this possibility with assistance from the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank. It is to report its study results to the […]

The Hanoitimes – Clear polices would greatly help provide a vision with specific targets of renewable energy for both authorities and investors in the road map ahead. Vietnam should make clear policies to advance the development of renewable energy amid growing power demand, according to a group of experts in the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale […]

As a nation made up of 17,000 islands, one of Indonesia’s most challenging problems in the 21st century has been modernizing her electric grid. But now on the island of Siberut, some electricity-starved hamlets are sustainably developing their own energy by relying on a material that has been part of their lives for thousands of […]

ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) members have forged themselves into leading industrial and export-driven manufacturing hubs in recent decades. They have been lagging behind when it comes to deploying solar and other emissions-free energy resources, however; that despite having committed to achieving UN renewable energy and climate change goals. Source: The ASEAN Post Regionally, […]

THE Department of Energy (DOE) is pushing for a pricing system for renewable energy (RE) to further boost investment interest in the sector. Energy Undersecretary Felix William Fuentebella said the government’s Green Energy Pricing Program (Gepp) aims to establish “stable pricing” in the RE sector so that investors would be encouraged to generate more green […]

SINGAPORE – Companies in the process construction and maintenance industry that provide services to energy and chemicals plants will soon be able to attain recognition if they meet certain productivity benchmarks. A new certification framework will evaluate companies in four areas: how they improve planning and execution through using project management tools; technology adoption; staff […]

The Office of the Energy Regulatory Commission of Thailand (ERC) will fix the fuel adjustment cost at Bt11.60 per unit, resulting in an average electricity cost of Bt3.64 per unit (VAT not included) for electricity bills during the January to April 2020 period. ERC secretary-general Narupat Amornkosit said the commission will use a budget of […]

NDO – A report on Vietnam energy prospects was announced by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) in collaboration with the Danish Ministry of Energy, Utilities and Climate, providing an overview of Vietnam’s opportunities and challenges faced in developing sustainable energy. The announcement of the Vietnam Energy Outlook Report 2019 was hosted in Hanoi […]

Backed with the intention to promote new investments in the oil and gas upstream industry, Indonesia’s Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources recently enacted a new regulation 1 to replace the 13-year old regulation on upstream oil and gas data management and utilisation. 2 Among the highlights in the new regulation is the introduction of access proliferation of declassified upstream […]