MANILA, Philippines — Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi has ordered the National Power Corp. (Napocor) to stop its plan to raise generation charges in missionary and off-grid islands of the country by passing on to consumers the taxes and added fuel costs. Cusi said Napocor should instead find ways to reduce missionary subsidies by improving operational […]

Renewable energy is now cheaper than fossil-fuelled generation in most of the world and renewables offer a faster and cheaper way to increase access to affordable clean energy for millions of people. South and South East Asia’s (1) growing economies can shift from their current carbon-intensive pathways to renewable energy to fuel economic growth, boost […]

2019 will mark the tenth anniversary of the first deployment of blockchain technology. It was in 2009 that the still elusive Satoshi Nakamoto released the first version of bitcoin. Since then, the concept of blockchain was inseparably linked with the world of cryptocurrencies. But the burst of the Bitcoin bubble seems to have resulted in […]

SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 22 October 2019 – Delta, a global provider of power and thermal management solutions, showcased its unique ecosystem of intelligent and energy-efficient solutions for Industry 4.0 manufacturing, connectivity and green smart city living at the Industrial Transformation ASIA-PACIFIC (ITAP) 2019, a Hannover Messe event. Delta’s showcase highlights the benefits to customers who leverage its DIACloud […]

Even as Singapore moves to green its fuel mix, the country should also see how its energy usage can be managed, said Trade and Industry Minister Chan Chun Sing yesterday. In charting Singapore’s progress towards a future with a sustainable, reliable and affordable supply of energy, managing energy demand was also important, Mr Chan said. […]

SINGAPORE – The first 10 diesel-electric hybrid buses in a fleet of 50 will be on the road from next month (Dec 2018), as part of the national effort to make the public bus fleet here more environmentally friendly. They will be run by operators SBS Transit and SMRT, said the Land Transport Authority (LTA) […]

KUCHING: It is a call made loudly and often enough – palm oil companies, with its high dependence on labour, need to digitise their operations as the next step towards increasing productivity. The call for palm oil players to turn to technology is one that has its advantages. It reduces a firm’s dependency on foreign […]

MANILA — The Department of Energy (DOE) has activated the Task Force Energy Resiliency (TFER) after a 6.1 magnitude earthquake hit parts of Luzon past 5 pm Monday. Citing a report from the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), the energy department said in a statement that power interruptions took place in Pangasinan, Pampanga, […]

The Energy Department on Wednesday asked Tanglawan Philippine LNG Inc. to comply with the conditions of the notice to proceed with its $2-billion liquefied natural gas project within six months. “There is a provision [in the NTP] that there are still papers still to be submitted.  One of the big milestones there is their seriousness […]

KIDAPAWAN CITY, Cotabato, Nov. 6 — The Department of Energy (DOE), through its Mindanao Field Office and Electric Power Industry Management Bureau (EPIMB), conducted an on-site visit and inspection of the Mindanao Geothermal Power Plant (MGPP) on November 4, 2019, to assess the power situation and status of energy facilities after last Thursday’s (October 31) […]