BENGALURU (Oct 24): Thai shares fell nearly 1% on Wednesday as the country’s energy sector came under pressure after oil prices slumped overnight, while shares in Singapore pulled back from the previous day’s losses. Thai stocks were down 0.9%, having resumed trading after a local holiday, with PTT Public Company Ltd falling 2%, while PTT […]

High-performance modules have been installed on oil and gas company’s units. Hevel Group has supplied 279 kW of 60-cell heterojunction solar modules to one of the largest oil and gas companies in Thailand – Bangchak Corporation Plc. HJT modules are installed on top of Bangchak Corporation’s infrastructure units. The parties agreed not to disclose the […]

BANGKOK — It wasn’t a flood. It was a tsunami, Premrudee Daorung said of the wall of water that tore through the forests of Laos’ Attapeu province, snapping timber like matchsticks and flattening entire villages. The July collapse of the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy saddle dam in southern Laos and the widespread disaster that followed made international headlines. But Premrudee, coordinator […]

Comin Khmere, the Cambodian arm of international solutions provider Comin Asia, has enjoyed booming business in the Kingdom by installing large-scale solar projects for clients across the country. Southeast Asia Globe spoke to Comin Asia’s regional operations director Michael Freeman to discuss the business end of the company’s renewable energy projects. Comin Khmere’s Renewable Energy Division […]

Shanghai-based Jinko Solar, one of the world’s leading solar module manufacturers, will participate in the construction of what will become the Kingdom’s largest solar plant by supplying more than 200,000 solar modules to local firm SchneiTec Group. The 60-megawatt solar plant will be raised in Kampong Speu province. New York Stock Exchange-listed Jinko Solar announced […]

Major China-based PV manufacturer Risen Energy has secured its third recent PV power plant project in Vietnam, bringing its tally to over 160MW. Risen Energy said that it had won a bid for the NHI HA 50MW PV project in Ninh Thuan will be owned by Vietnam-based shopping mall and hotel developer, Bitexco Group’s subsidiary […]

Investing in renewable energy is an emerging trend in Việt Nam in response to worsening environmental destruction and the gradual disappearance of essential livelihoods. Việt Nam News talks with Gustav Martinsson, associate professor of financial economics at the Sweden Royal Institute of Technology, about green finance and international experiences that show how Việt Nam’s Government […]

NORZAGARAY – In battling the timber poachers who roam the thick Sierra Madre forests near his home, Larry Garaes has found a new ally: solar panels. With solar chargers, the radios he and other forest rangers rely on no longer run out of power on multi-day operations in the mountains, he said. “Communication between rangers […]

Nation’s energy policy shifts from coal to advanced reactors Twenty years ago, China had just three nuclear power reactors. Today, it has 38, with 19 more under construction. The country accounts for more than half the new nuclear power investment globally and is expected by 2030 to pass the United States, which has led the […]

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 17): Sustainable Energy Development Authority (SEDA) Malaysia today launched the first national solar photovoltaic monitoring system (PVMS). This PVMS will generate leads to performance database which monitors selected grid-connected solar PV systems for performance and reliability. The performance and reliability of the key components of the solar PV systems such as PV […]