Global automotive parts company Continental Temic Electronics Philippines signed an agreement with geothermal power producer Energy Development Corp. for the supply of clean and reliable power for its facilities in Calamba, Laguna. Under the agreement, EDC will supply Continental Temic with 2.7 megawatts of geothermal power from EDC’s BacMan geothermal project starting Dec. 26, 2018 […]

KUALA LUMPUR: There may be no chance for Malaysian oil & gas (O&G) firms to rest on their laurels given the anticipated demand preference policy activism towards green energy and renewables, which will eventually result in lower fossil fuel consumption. “There is a lot of debate about how to fuel the future moving forward,” said […]

November 9 (Renewables Now) – Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc (TYO:9501), or TEPCO, announced today that it has acquired a minority stake in the 29.7-MW Coc San hydropower plant (HPP) in Vietnam. TEPCO said in a statement it has bought 36.38% of the shares in Singapore-based Viet Hydro Pte Ltd, which is the majority […]

SINGAPORE – A floating solar panel system roughly the size of five football fields will soon come up near Singapore’s northern shores, along the Straits of Johor. It is Singapore’s largest offshore floating solar panel system at about 5ha and  developed by sustainable energy provider Sunseap Group. Sunseap said this will be one of the […]

It will benefit roughly 100,000 off-grid households in the country. The European Union (EU) has provided an approximate grant of €60 million (~$68.54 million) to the Philippine government to help the country increase access to electricity services in its off-grid communities. This would increase the country’s share of renewables in its energy mix and also […]

MANILA — Coca-Cola FEMSA Philippines, the franchise bottler of Coke products in the Philippines, said it tapped First Gen Corp’s retail arms for its renewable energy needs. First Gen Energy Solutions and Bac-Man Geothermal will supply power to Coca Cola FEMSA facilities in Ilocos, Pangasinan, Pampanga and Cebu, which shifted to renewable energy last Oct. […]

It wants solar to drive this renewables output. The power generation arm of the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), Meralco PowerGen Corp., seeks to raise its renewables output to 1,000MW or 1GW in the next two years to three years, BusinessMirror reports. It added that it wants solar power to comprise its portfolio. MGen president Rogelio […]

The United Kingdom will assist Myanmar in implementing renewable-energy projects. a senior UK official said. Douglas Barnes, director of the UK’s Department for International Trade, made the comment during  a knowledge-sharing workshop for policies and regulations covering renewable-energy use and reducing carbon emissions organised by his agency in Nay Pyi Taw on Monday. “After the workshop, the […]

The production of more than $58 million worth of 60-megawatt solar-panels has begun in Kampong Speu province after the project was approved in May by the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC), provincial governor Vy Samnang said. Developed by Schneitec Renewable Co Ltd, the project is a joint venture between Cambodian and Chinese investors […]

SMA Solar Technology is to deliver equipment including inverters to a 50MW solar project in Minbu, Myanmar. The German firm will supply its Power Station 2000SC, a turnkey system solution equipped with two Sunny Central 1000SC-XT inverters and a medium voltage solution for the grid connection. The plant, 500km northwest from Yangon, will go into […]