California-based Enevate Corp., whose innovative battery technology is addressing extreme-fast charge times for electric vehicle (EV) batteries, announced that Thai energy giant Bangchak, through its Bangchak Initiative and Innovation Center (BiiC), has invested in the company. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190416005308/en/ Enevate aims to make EV charging as fast […]

A new set of international companies are optimistic about Cambodia’s nascent oil and gas industry, but they are investing in an extractive business that has proven costly and yielded only delays, not yet profit. The Canadian-listed gold mining company Angkor Gold announced this year that it would start exploring oil and gas blocks onshore in […]

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones can be used to monitor electricity transmission lines. This was the conclusion of trials conducted recently by Terra Drone Indonesia and Japan’s Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI). The demo was conducted using Terra Wing drone at PT PLN (Persero) main transmission unit (UIT) in East Java […]

MANILA, Philippines — San Miguel Corp. (SMC) intends to continue developing clean coal power plants, as well as pursue renewable energy projects and battery technology developments with room still to grow in its power portfolio. As of end-2018, SMC Global Power Holdings Inc. has an installed capacity of approximately 19 percent of the national grid, […]

MANILA, Philippines – Prices of petroleum products will rise for the second consecutive week on Tuesday, April 16, as global developments put upward pressures on oil. Shell and Petro Gazz will increase prices of gasoline by P1.05 per liter, while diesel will be hiked by P0.75 per liter. Shell will also increase prices of kerosene […]

According to a recent report, a major multinational German automobile manufacturer announced that unveiling of its first Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) or pure electric vehicle at the Malaysia Autoshow 2019. The first-ever i3s adds to the premium automaker’s portfolio of “Visionary Mobility” vehicles and reinforces the company’s Malaysia branch as the leading e-mobility provider in […]

Prime Minister Hun Sen has told  Fresh News that Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has decided to provide the additional of 50MW of electricity on top of 200MW supply to Cambodia. The Premier added that the Vietnamese Prime Minister conveyed best regards to Cambodian King, the President of the Senate, the President of the […]

MANILA, Philippines — The new head of Nissan Philippines Inc. (NPI) aims to sustain the company’s sales growth momentum by focusing on customer satisfaction and promoting electric vehicles (EVs). “We delivered great results in the past couple of years and my vision is to sustain this growth momentum for the future,” NPI president and general […]

Laos is stepping up efforts for the use of electric vehicles in the country and will be launching a pilot project for vehicle battery charging stations. The Ministry of Energy and Mines is set to work with the private sector on the project as part of efforts to support the government’s move to minimise the […]

PETALING JAYA: Sapura Energy Bhd image: https://cdn.thestar.com.my/Themes/img/chart.png ’s shares rose after it announced it had secured RM1.3bil worth of new jobs.The oil and gas counter, which was briefly suspended yesterday pending the announcement, gained one sen to close at 34.5 sen. It was the most actively traded counter, with 312.4 million shares changing hands. In […]