Charoen Pokphand Group—controlled by Thailand’s richest family—and Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday their joint venture will start producing hydrogen this year in the Southeast Asian country.

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.

Solar power systems installed on the rooftops of buildings. — VNA/VNS Photo Rooftop solar power enterprises are now facing not only construction and legal entanglements but also high interest rates, said industry insiders.

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.

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 (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.

MANILA – Danish Ambassador to the Philippines Franz-Michael Mellbin said the liberalization of the renewable energy (RE) sector in the Philippines has attracted the interests of Denmark’s largest wind energy companies. On the sidelines of a recent event at the Department of Energy (DOE), Mellbin told reporters that the Royal Danish Embassy here is “looking at […]

Experts in Cambodia have welcomed the government’s recent halt on hydropower development on the Mekong River until 2030, but called on the government to focus on renewable energies.

MANILA – The Philippine government’s policy reforms and measures in strengthening the renewable energy (RE) sector are gaining ground amid the increased interest from the private sector to invest in RE in the country.