An abrupt ban on coal exports by the Indonesian government for the whole month of January, on fears of a domestic supply shortage, should be a wake-up call to hasten the country’s transition away from the fossil fuel, experts say.

Indonesia is using its stint as G20 president to push for more international funding for the green energy transition in developing nations – but analysts say Jakarta needs to back up its calls with more ambitious plans to cut emissions at home.

Chinese developers are preparing to begin work on two major hydropower dams to be built on the Mekong River in Laos, projects government officials hope will bring the impoverished country closer to its goal of become the battery of Southeast Asia.

Asian countries going into liquefied natural gas (LNG) importation, including the Philippines, may face challenges in securing imported LNG and lead to stranded import infrastructure and gas-fired power plants due to the long-term impact of the Ukraine-Russia war on prices, according to the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA).

The discussions on the expansion of the cooperation with Vietnamese companies in the fields of oil refining and renewable energy were held during the meeting of Azerbaijan’s Minister of Energy, Parviz Shahbazov, with the delegation led by Deputy Chairman of the Foreign Relations Commission of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Nguyen Thi Hoang Van, Trend […]

B.Grimm Power Plc (BGRIM), an energy developer with the largest capacity in the small power producer segment, expects to finalise 2-3 acquisitions of power generation assets in the first half of this year.

In the Thai capital of Bangkok, 1,250 electric buses are currently set to replace old diesel buses. Within three years, the number of electric buses in the Bangkok metropolitan area is to be increased to 8,000.

Non-oil energy conglomerate Banpu Plc plans to start operations of two new floating solar farms, featuring the largest installed capacity developed by a private company, in the middle of this year.

German renewables company Baywa r.e. AG announced today that it has installed its first floating solar farm in Thailand to deliver 2.83 MW for a domestic corporate customer.

Battery storage is begin assessed as a means to maximise the value of solar PV in Vietnam, with asset management group Dragon Capital having hired consultancy AqualisBraemar LOC Group (ABL Group) to conduct feasibility studies.