JAKARTA: Indonesia‘s Pertamina on Monday said it had appointed South Korea’s SK Engineering & Construction and Hyundai Engineering & Construction as engineering and construction contractors for its Balikpapan refinery upgrade. The $4 billion project will be jointly undertaken by Indonesia’s PT Pembangunan Perumahan Tbk and Rekayasa Industri, Ignatius Tallulembang, director of large projects at the […]

ENVIRONMENTAL watchdog Greenpeace has called Thailand’s Power Development Plan 2018 (PDP) “sugar-coated” despite its embrace of more renewable energy, saying it still hinders efforts to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. The Energy Policy and Planning Office (EPPO), which drafted the PDP, affirmed at public hearings last week that it had removed plans for the Krabi and Thepa […]

MANILA, Philippines — Ayala Corp., the country’s oldest conglomerate, is bent on aggressively growing its renewable energy portfolio to become an even bigger RE player in the country and beyond, its president and COO Fernando Zobel de Ayala told The STAR. In an email interview, Zobel said the company’s renewable energy investments have been growing fast. Thus, the […]

In an article on sustainability, the overall urge to break the cycle and to establish a more stable and secure future through sustainable practices in business and society is being talked about in the context of the Philippines. The country has been ranked among the top five countries at risk of the effects of climate variability […]

Shell Companies in the Philippines is pushing for more oil and gas exploration to find another Malampaya gas field, instead of putting up an import terminal for liquefied natural gas. “The economic question in LNG, if those who will use it are the existing ones we have, which are around 3 gigawatts of capacity, then […]

THEY say good things come in pairs. This adage appears to be shaping up to be true in the case of Davao-based businessman Dennis Uy, who has partnered with two Chinese firms for big-ticket projects in the country. Last month the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) declared Mindanao Islamic Telephone Co. Inc. of Uy and China […]

In tandem with a renewable energy policy, energy efficiency will be key to building a reliable and sustainable energy system for the future of Southeast Asia. Energy efficiency refers to the reduced rate of energy consumption in order to produce the same amount of output. Less energy resources are needed to fuel the same level […]

Posco Daewoo, the trading unit of Posco, held a groundbreaking ceremony for a solar plant that it will build for free of charge on an island in Myanmar in hopes of boosting ties with the country, the company said Sunday The latest project, put together at the request of Myanmar’s Ministry of Electricity and Energy, […]

What is the overall objective of the Vietnam Energy Partnership Group? The Vietnam Energy Partnership Group (VEPG) was established in June 2017 under an agreement between the Vietnamese government and development partners with the purpose of strengthening mutual partnerships and better aligning and co-ordinating external support to the Vietnamese energy sector. The VEPG is chaired […]

TAGUIG CITY, Dec. 9 — Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi today signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the UP Statistical Center Research Foundation, Inc. (UPSCRFI) on the implementation of the Philippine Downstream Natural Gas Regulation (PDNGR). “The Philippines has been striving to make waves in the energy industry. Looking at the […]