Last week, AES AES +0% Corp (AES) won Vietnamese regulators’ approval to build a 2.2-gigawatt natural gas-fired power plant in the south-central province of Binh Thuan. Slated for service in 2024 under a 20-year government contract, it will be fueled by the company’s 450 Tera BTU capacity LNG import and storage terminal, which enters service in 2022. The same day, […]

THE Department of Energy (DOE) said Monday that Nido and Matinloc oil fields in Northwest Palawan have ceased producing oil. The agency participated last November 7 in the closing ceremony for the cessation of production operations of the oil fields. “The closing of Nido and Matinloc’s production comes after over 40 fruitful years. Throughout their operations, […]

PRANBURI, Thailand: Patcharin In-juang was pregnant when she agreed to move to the home village of her husband in Pranburi district in central Thailand back in 2004. She was from the city, so she was expecting a different life in the rural community. But she was shocked to find out when she arrived at Wong […]

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, October 6) — After the Philippines signed a deal with Russia on the possible construction of nuclear power plants, President Rodrigo Duterte said this may not be constitutional after all. “The Constitution would not like it. That is why I have to talk to the Cabinet. I cannot affirm or deny that because […]

With the theme of “Beyond Conventional: Tapping New Geothermal Frontiers”, a message of ambition and innovation was the thread that connected the different speeches and presentations during the first day of the 1st Philippine Geothermal Conference at the Marquis Event Place, Taguig, Metro Manila. Organized by the National Geothermal Association of the Philippines (NGAP), the […]

HAZE occurs when dust and smoke particles accumulate in the air. When weather conditions block the dispersal of smoke and pollutants, they concentrate and form a low-hanging shroud that impairs visibility and may become a respiratory health threat. Since 1991, haze has been an acute problem in Southeast Asia because Indonesian forests are burned to […]

An air quality app went out of commission in Vietnam after seriously unhealthy air pollution levels hit capital Hanoi this week. Switzerland and United States-based air quality monitoring firm IQAir’s AirVisual app went down on 6 October following a series of “abusive and threatening messages” left on the company’s Apple App Store and Google Play Store […]

KUALA LUMPUR: AirAsia Group Bhd (AirAsia) is keen on using palm oil as part of its sustainable programme to develop biofuel-powered flights in the future. AirAsia founder and group chief executive officer Tan Sri Tony Fernandes said the low-cost carrier (LCC) is in the midst of conducting a research on palm oil-related biofuel with various […]

KUALA LUMPUR: All roads nationwide will be lit with LED lamps, instead of the traditional light bulbs, in a move to save energy by as much as 50%. Right now, about 80% of streetlamps in Malaysia use other forms of lighting apart from LED (light-emitting diodes), which are known to be more energy-efficient and environmentally […]

THE Department of Energy (DoE) has asked the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to act on Manila Electric Co.’s (Meralco) permit to operate the 455-megawatt (MW) power plant in Mauban, Quezon to boost the country’s power supply. “I wrote [a letter to the] ERC and I manifested to ERC the importance of it being online because […]