Vietnam should restart its nuclear energy program by 2030 to reach the goal of carbon emission neutrality that it has committed to achieve by 2050, said experts. “Restarting the nuclear power program by 2030 is the only way to achieve our net-zero carbon commitment by 2050 (as committed at COP26),” former head of the Vietnam […]

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt: Thailand supports claims for climate change loss and damage but wants developed countries to first cough up promised funds for poorer nations to address climate impacts, according to the country’s environment minister.

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.  

Danish developer Copenhagen Energy has secured sites for three offshore wind farms in the Philippines that could have a combined capacity of more than 4GW. It has formed three separate special purpose vehicles – with PetroGreen Energy Corporation, the renewable energy unit of private Filipino energy firm PetroEnergy Resources Corporation as an equal partner – […]

Coro Energy Plc (LON:CORO) has clinched a power purchase agreement (PPA) for a 5-MW rooftop solar plant in Vietnam that forms part of a 150-MW photovoltaic (PV) project bundle. The UK-based and southeast Asia-focused company said in a bourse filing on Monday that Vietnamese textiles manufacturer Phong Phu has committed to buying the output 3 […]

Local gas provider City Energy has teamed up with a Malaysian company to launch a cross-border electric vehicle (EV) charging network, enhancing connectivity for such drivers in Singapore and Malaysia. Called Go, the EV charging service can be accessed through a mobile app, allowing users to locate and operate charging points that fall under this […]

Malaysia could save as much as US$250 billion on its cumulative energy system if it aligned its decarbonisation efforts with a 1.5 degrees Celsius scenario, making for a “compelling cost argument”, according to International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).  

A new partnership is launching a project to develop Singapore’s first hybrid bunker tankers. Designed to employ batteries and new generations of energy management systems, the vessel will be part of a growing effort to realize the opportunities for decarbonization in port operations building a similar project that is also working on the construction of […]

The Department of Energy (DOE) has directed listed upstream oil and gas firm PXP Energy Corp. to suspend exploration activities in its service contracts in the West Philippine Sea until it secures the go ahead of a government cluster overseeing political, diplomatic and national security concerns.

Speaking to CNN Philippines’ New Day on Thursday, Energy Undersecretary Gerardo Erguiza said this initiative will save up to 24 megawatts in a year, which is equivalent to ₱840 million, enough to put up a diesel power plant.