PHNOM PENH – A 60MW solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant in southwestern Kampong Chhnang province, part of the 100MW National Solar Park, was connected to the national grid on November 11, in a move to provide the people with more power resources, reported the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – PT PLN (Persero) signed an agreement with Amazon on Tuesday to develop new renewable energy (NRE) with a capacity of 210 megawatts (MW) of solar power plants (PLTS) in Indonesia. This agreement is a first for both companies to allow the addition of large-scale PLTS into the national power system.

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – PT PLN (Persero) with Asian Development Bank (ADB) plans early retirement of coal power plants through the Energy Transition Mechanism (ETM) scheme. The scheme is adopted to accelerate the energy transition in Indonesia to achieve the net zero emissions (NZE) goal by 2060.

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – State-owned electricity firm PT PLN is cooperating with the International Energy Agency (IEA) to finalize the Just Energy Transition Partnership Investment and Policy Plan (JETP IPP) for accelerating Indonesia’s energy transition.

The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) has partnered with Microsoft to advance the implementation of principles and tools for the development of green technologies locally and globally.

PHNOM PENH – Minister of Environment Say Samal called on high-emission countries to show leadership and responsibility by increasing their climate change adaption measures and raising their targets for greenhouse gas emission reductions.

HANOI (Bloomberg): Vietnam is set to follow Indonesia and South Africa with a climate financing package of at least US$11 billion to shift its economy away from coal and boost the rollout of renewable energy sources.

MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday emphasized the importance of diversifying energy sources to sustain global economic growth and avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

A study published in Nature, in June of this year, found that 46 percent of the Vietnamese population lived in areas prone to flooding. This ranked the Southeast Asian nation’s population the third most exposed out of 188 countries included in the study.  

IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol has welcomed the new Just Energy Transition Partnership that Indonesia and a group of leading economies launched at the G20 Leaders Summit in Bali as an important step forward for international cooperation on financing clean energy transitions in emerging economies.