BOTEN, Laos, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) — With over 64 ton diesel, handed over from PetroChina to a Lao company at Laos-China border, the first export of Chinese refined oil to Lao market was made on Wednesday. PetroChina International (Yunnan) Co. Ltd, a subsidiary of PetroChina group, has been studying and preparing for two years to […]

Concerns over whether Singapore Power Group (SP Group) had been overcharging consumers for electricity tariffs are circulating online, after competitor Tuas Power began offering electricity tariffs at a sizeable 21 per cent discount. Earlier this year, the Energy Market Authority (EMA) opened up the electricity market and allowed households and businesses to opt out of […]

China-headquartered Trina Solar on Tuesday said it hopes to capture at least 10 percent of the Philippine market for residential solar energy. The company has just launched its solar rooftop product— the Trinahome Solutions—in the country. In a press conference in Makati City, Trina Solar Philippines country manager Junrhey Castro said the company expect to […]

JA Solar Holdings is to supply solar modules to Shanxi Electric Power Engineering totalling 257MW for a photovoltaic project in Phu Yen, Vietnam. Shanxi Electric Power Engineering president Jiping Chen said: “JA Solar takes a leading position in the R&D and production of high-performance PV products. “We are confident that JA’s high-efficiency modules and well-established […]

Analysts predict increasing difficulty with mounting loans from China BANGKOK — In its rush to become the “battery” of Southeast Asia, Laos is accepting more Chinese loans to build dams, ensuring the already debt-strapped country falls ever deeper into China’s pocket. The landlocked country’s latest dam project is the groundwork for the $2.1 billion Pak Lay hydropower scheme on […]

The European Chamber of Commerce (Eurocham) yesterday highlighted the economic and environmental benefits of renewable energy, and appealed to firms with operations in the Kingdom to embrace green technologies. Speaking after a press conference on the green economy organised by the Club of Cambodian Journalists (CCJ), Rogier Van Mansvelt, vice chairman of the chamber’s green […]

Vientiane (VNA) – Laos is among 15 countries worldwide receiving the biggest investment from China in the energy sector, Vientiane Times on October 15 quoted a World Bank report as saying. By 2017, China’s investment in the field in Laos hit 15 billion USD and is expected to continue rising in the years to come, […]

BEIJING, China — A top think tank here welcomed the upcoming state visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to the Philippines, saying it is a manifestation that the two countries are ready to work together despite competing claims to some parts of the South China Sea. Xi is set to visit Manila and hold talks […]

Solar energy proponents are forming cooperatives with plans to seek their own legislative franchises for minigrids the way Solar Para sa Bayan Corp. (SPSB) is already doing. Some of them have formed the Solar Energy Association of the Philippines (SEAP) to help hasten the formation of such cooperatives, initially with three that were promptly started […]

NDO – Vietnam’s export turnover in October was estimated at US$20.80 billion, down 1.5% from the previous month. Telephones and components saw the sharpest decrease with 21.4%, however, coal exports have rocketed by 45.3%. The latest report on the national socio-economic situation published by the General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO) showed that, compared with […]