Singapore’s central bank has launched a public consultation on the detailed threshold and criteria for incorporating the financing of phasing out coal-fired power plants into its green finance taxonomy.

Vietnam and Singapore recently discussed a plan whereby Vietnam will export offshore wind power to the island nation, according to the outcomes of talks on Tuesday between Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and his Singaporean counterpart Vivian Balakrishnan.

The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) of Indonesia recently marked a significant milestone in promoting clean energy utilization by transferring the status of a Rooftop Solar Power Plant (PLTS) to a State-Owned Agency. The handover, valued at IDR 2,222,468,882, took place at the Ministry of Finance building in Jakarta.

PETALING JAYA: Many companies, especially small and medium enterprises (SMEs), are adopting solar energy, saving up to thousands of ringgit each month in electricity.

“Russia is ready to participate and assist Vietnam if a decision is made to build nuclear power plants of high or low power,” Chernyshenko pointed out on Friday.

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will start negotiation with nuclear-weapon states in signing the Protocol to the Treaty on the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone (SEANWFZ Treaty), Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi stated, Wednesday.

US-based nuclear company ThorCon has signed an agreement with the Indonesia’s Nuclear Energy Regulatory Agency (Bapeten) to officially start a safety, security, & safeguards (3S) consultation in preparation for licensing the 500 MW demonstration NPP. The agreement was signed during a Bapeten Executive Meeting on NPP licensing.

JAKARTA :Indonesia, the world’s biggest palm oil biodiesel user, is now working to introduce bioethanol mandates for gasoline to further cut fuel imports and carbon emissions, but it will first have to secure more bio feedstock and solve thorny technical problems.

Some 45,000 households are expected to benefit from the renewable energy 24.9-megawatt Lake Mainit Hydroelectric Power Plant located in the municipality of Jabonga, Agusan del Norte, following its inauguration yesterday morning, July 11, led by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.

According to an authoritative media, since May, continuously refreshing temperature records have left Vietnam in a severe power shortage. The prolonged high temperature exacerbates coal shortages, depleted reservoirs, and failure of old power plants. As a result, industrial parks and households are experiencing rolling blackouts and extended power outages.