The President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, attended a ground-breaking ceremony on March 1, 2023, for the construction of a hydropower plant that will cost USD 2.6 billion and will be connected to an industrial zone in North Kalimantan. PT Kayan Hydropower Nusantara, a...
The Philippines is making significant progress in the renewable energy space and is poised to overtake Vietnam as Southeast Asia’s leading producer of green energy by 2030. Several government reforms aimed at promoting clean power are gaining traction, leading...
Sector experts have recently highlighted how, in the field of clean energy, Vietnam’s current situation resembles the one the United Kingdom in the first decade of the 21st century, opening up opportunities for collaboration among the two countries. Experts...
At the Australia-Vietnam Forum on Energy Transition on March 28, Powerledger, an Australian energy trading technology firm, announced its collaboration with Vietnam Electricity Central Power Corporation (EVNCPC) to introduce the country’s first peer-to-peer (P2P)...
The South Australian Government is leading the way in the hydrogen trading market with a new USD 12.5 million initiative to generate low-cost green hydrogen from renewable resources and export it to Indonesia. Partially funded by Japan’s Ministry of the Environment...
In February 2023, Growatt announced the opening of the first phase of its production facility in the northern coastal city of Hai Phong, where it will manufacture solar inverters, storage inverters, and batteries. To serve the surging demand of the US market as well...
Hitachi Energy has announced the successful installation and commissioning of its RTU560 solution for Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) in Thailand as part of its project to upgrade the power network in Bangkok and its neighboring regions. The installation of...
Singapore is aiming to improve its electrical grid to not only facilitate its transition towards more environmentally-friendly energy but also to meet the growing demand resulting from economic expansion, digitalization, and the increasing use of electric cars. The...
The Philippines and the UK are currently exploring offshore wind collaboration. As part of the collaboration, on February 13-17, 2023, the UK Government’s Department for Business and Trade (DBT), the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) of the British...
Following the Malaysia Bid Round 2022 (MBR22), Inpex Corp, a Japanese integrated energy producer, secured two offshore hydrocarbon exploration licenses in Sarawak waters. The country’s oil and gas resource custodian, Petronas, has been driving opportunities in...
Malaysia’s state-owned oil and gas company, Petronas, has awarded three oil and gas production-sharing contracts as part of its 2022 bidding round. The contracts, awarded under the Malaysia Bid Round (MBR) 2022, cover three clusters of discovered resource...
Vietnam is registering a growing interest from foreign investors in the offshore wind industry. In order to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, the nation is currently developing a new Power Development Plan (PDP) that places an emphasis on switching from coal to...
