VIENTIANE, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) — Lao Minister of Energy and Mines Khammany Inthirath told the National Assembly that inspection teams have completed checks on 20 dams with another 50 yet to be carried out, and the teams plan to finish their work at all dams by 2021. The Ministry of Energy and Mines is working […]

French cable company Nexans has won a contract worth over $100m for a major interconnection project in the Philippines. With power consumption in Philippines rising by almost 80 per cent in the last 15 years, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has launched the Mindanao-Visayas Interconnection Project to connect the three grids of […]

While the region can’t give up on coal for now, there is a lot it can do to get clean. December 12 marks the third anniversary of the Paris Agreement, a compact intended to catalyze a global reduction in carbon emissions. Yet all the statistics suggest the problem is getting worse: the latest report from the International Energy […]

But the signing date is not yet set as the duration and interest will have yet to be negotiated. Germany will loan Cambodia $33.95m (EUR30m) to support the country’s move to upgrade its rural energy grid and boost solar energy, the German embassy to Cambodia announced. The loan was agreed upon in the embassy’s meeting […]

Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Electricity (EVN) will bring light to more than 16,000 poor households and policy beneficiaries’ families nationwide in December through providing them with free reparation and installation of electricity supply systems. During the final month of the year, the EVN will also install roof-top solar panels in 100 schools and some […]

The policy is expected to boost the installation of 1GW of PV systems. Indonesia will introduce a net metering scheme that will make sure residential, commercial and industrial PV installations are entitled to sell excess power to the grid, pv magazine reports. According to Ministerial Decree n.49 of 2018, the provisions will boost the installation […]

THE coming years could be a watershed moment for renewable energy (RE) in the Asean region. Although South-East Asia is considered a laggard in terms of RE deployment, the region is, arguably, where the most significant potential for sustainably-sourced energy lie. The conditions for the development of RE here, particularly solar energy, could not be […]

MATT Tan, a chartered accountant, and his friend and colleague Levin Tan, an engineer by training, share more than just a common surname. They have a common interest in sustainability issues and came together to form Mattan Engineering Sdn Bhd back in 2012. The visionary duo combined their expertise in finance and engineering to be […]

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 3): Reach Energy Bhd announced today that initial testing of the exploration well at North Kariman-3 (NK-3) in its Emir Oil concession block onshore Kazakhstan has yielded positive results. “The NK-3 well has been safely and successfully executed as budgeted,” it said, noting that the well penetrated the target Mid-Triassic carbonate reservoirs, […]

Arkansas-based Murphy Oil is reportedly in talks to sell oil and natural gas assets in Malaysia, including its majority interests in eight separate offshore production-sharing contracts. The move comes after a compelling, but unsolicited bid that could fetch between $2 billion and $3 billion for Murphy Oil, Reuters reported last week. The proposed deal could […]