Thai firm Electricity Generating Public Company Limited (EGCO) is eyeing to invest in a floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) facility for the importation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) into the country. According to San Buenaventura Power Co. Ltd. (SPBL) General Manager Frank Thiel, the initial target is to invest in a smaller-scale FSRU that could […]

BANGKOK (BLOOMBERG) – Thailand is jump starting a decades-old plan to create a South-east Asia electricity super-grid, and wants to be the power-trading hub at the center of it. The nation is set to triple the amount of electricity from Laos that it resells to Malaysia, while encouraging infrastructure upgrades stretching from Cambodia to Myanmar […]

Thai oil firm PTT Philippines is set to close the year 2019 with an approximately 170 gasoline stations in Philipinnes, its President and Chief Executive Officer Thitiroj Rergsumran said. “The vibrant Philippine market drives us to continue our expansion, especially in the regions,” Rergsumran said. “We are expecting to duplicate our target next year, so […]

Battle lines were drawn during the first public consultation for Senate Bill 1719 (otherwise known as the Solar Adoption Act) on November 19. Senator Grace Poe, author of SB 1719, and Senate Energy Committee Chair Senator Sherwin Gatchalian have recently held a Senate hearing and sought to correct some operational flaws of the 2008 RE […]

Three of the world’s most prolific auto manufacturers have already gotten into deal where they plan to reduce their internal combustion engine production to almost zero and turn to electrification in the next decade.

The future of energy is headed in the direction of a cleaner, more efficient, and sustainable sources. The world’s largest economies, led by Germany, Japan, and the United Kingdom, are rolling out plans to transition from coal to more sustainable energy sources, such as solar, hydro, geothermal, and wind energy.

MANILA, Philippines — The Malampaya deep water gas-to-power project is the biggest success story in the Philippine energy sector as it signaled the birth of the natural gas industry in the country.

Japan’s Tokyo Gas and the Philippines utility First Gen have received approval to build a $10 billion LNG receiving terminal in the island nation, Kallanish Energy learns. The facility will be located in First Gen’s LNG complex in Batangas Province, south of Manila. It is the first time the Japanese gas company is investing in infrastructure […]

Instead of an ‘overnight shift’, there must be a ‘balance’ between the use of renewables and transition fuels like natural gas, argued top Filipino industry leaders in a virtual forum held by Eco-Business and the British Embassy in Manila.

Knowing how much savings the act can entail, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is endorsing ICT technology as a way to move forward. Officials have urged large private buildings and government facilities to use cloud-based monitors and electronic sensors (e-sensors) to monitor their energy consumption.