TNB, PWD ink renewable energy collaboration
KUALA LUMPUR: Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB), through its wholly owned subsidiary, TNBX Sdn Bhd (TNBX) and the Public Works Department (PWD) are undertaking a feasibility study on the installation of rooftop solar on PWD buildings under TNB Solar Energy Purchase Programme. The study is one of the five areas of collaboration that both parties are […]
Petronas, UiTM ink LOI on renewable energy collaboration
KUALA LUMPUR (March 11): UiTM Energy & Facilities Sdn Bhd (UEFSB) has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Petroliam Nasional Bhd’s (Petronas) New Energy unit, to collaborate and jointly develop large scale solar photovoltaic power plants and on-campus energy optimisation and solar rooftop projects. UEFSB is a wholly-owned subsidiary of UiTM Holdings Sdn Bhd […]
Sabah should look at renewable energy
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah should look towards green renewable energy to make its mark in the region, said Tobpinai Ningkokoton Koburuon Kampung (Tonibung) founder Senator Adrian Lasimbang. He also stressed on the need to be innovative. “This is because we have so much local talent available in Sabah and I feel the current directive (focus) on […]
VN’s biggest renewable energy project to go operational in Apri
General Director of Trung Nam Group Nguyen Tam Tien said the 246-hectare solar and wind power complex would supply 401 million kWh each year for the provincial and national energy grid, and earn annual revenue of US$71 million from power sales. Tien said the plants would employ 2,000 local workers starting from the end of […]
Plunging fossil fuel revenues should push Indonesia to accelerate its clean energy revolution
A report from the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) stated that during the 2014-2016 fiscal years, revenue from upstream oil and gas sectors stood around US$16 billion, or 18% of the government’s total revenue. 14% of the revenue, however, was then channelled out for fossil fuel subsidies. The IISD recommends the government cut its […]
Renewable Energy Day bodes well for greener energy future in PH
With the intensifying global pivot toward renewable energy to address climate change, the shift in developing countries such as the Philippines is starting in the grassroots and community levels. These communities of practice, while small in scale, serve as proof that renewable energy is feasible and genuinely beneficial — and serve as encouraging examples for […]
Is Indonesia losing favorable clean energy policies?
Indonesia once had policies that supported the development of clean energy, but regulatory changes in the last 10 years seem to be the root of the problem of why abundant sources of renewable power in the country have been left mostly untouched after more than seven decades after the country’s independence. Based on an interview […]
Scientist suggests ‘green turbine’ as energy solution for Mekong Delta
It is expected that power plants in Mekong Delta will have total electricity capacity of 18,224 MW, or 7.6 times bigger than Son La hydropower plant, the biggest in Southeast Asia (2,400 MW). These include O Mon 1, with the capacity of 660 MW and output of 3.6 billion kwh per annum, which consumes 1 […]
EU, DOE energize off-grid Mindanao households
THE European Union (EU) and the Department of Energy (DOE) are pushing ahead with the lighting of off-grid communities, which would benefit close to 100,000 households, especially in the Bangsamoro region. The EU Delegation’s Head of Development Cooperation Enrico Strampelli and DOE Undersecretary Felix William B. Fuentebella spearheaded the commemoration of the switch-on ceremony for […]
As Indonesia’s oil sector is less profitable, it’s time for clean energy: Experts
The continuous decline in oil prices that has led to a lower contribution to national revenue should become a wake-up call for the government to immediately kick off fiscal reform that would speed up the use of renewable energy, experts in a recent discussion said. According to a new report released by the Canada-based International […]