DUYTAN Plastic Recycling Co. Ltd., the first plastics recycler in Vietnam to produce recycled PET for beverage bottle production, is set to install its third Starlinger PET bottle-to-bottle recycling line. The new line is planned to begin production by the end of...
An SGD 77 million (USD 57.4 million) solar research lab has been launched in Singapore with the aim of enhancing the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of solar panels. The facility, a collaboration between the Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (Seris) and...
Global inverter and energy storage solution supplier Sungrow is partnering with renewable energy specialist Super Energy to construct the largest solar-plus-storage project in Southeast Asia. The project comprises a 49 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic (PV) inverter solution...
Maynilad Water Services Inc. (MWSI), one of the two water utility concessionaires which manages the west zone of Metro Manila comprising of 17 cities and municipalities, will be investing PHP 10 billion (USD 178.2 million) in the next 5 years to replace a total of...
First Gen Corporation, a subsidiary of First Philippine Holdings Corporation, which focuses on power generation and distribution, has recently announced plans to join the Department of Energy (DOE)’s 2nd Green Energy Auction (GEA) Program, in a bid to expand its...
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Embassy of Japan in Vietnam have given the Vietnamese city of Hue six electric trucks for rubbish collection, which are Vietnam’s first electric garbage collection trucks. The Japanese government will assist...
Amidst record-breaking temperatures in Asia, Singapore is putting increased efforts to decarbonize shipping, being the largest refueling hub for ships in the world. With ships globally emitting a total of around 1 billion tons of carbon dioxide a year, or about 3% of...
Spanish renewables company Acciona Energía and its Singapore-based participated company The Blue Circle have just secured a power purchase agreement (PPA) for 436 MW of wind farms in Thailand. The projects have been allocated through a tender process by...
The Bangkok Post has recently revealed that the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) is targeting to grow its power generation capacity from floating solar farms at its nine hydropower plants to 10 gigawatts by 2037. This will require an investment of...
Australian engineering company Worley has been awarded a contract by Malaysia Marine & Heavy Engineering to provide engineering design services for Petronas’ mega carbon capture and storage (CCS) project offshore Sarawak, Malaysia. The Kasawari development, set to...
The US Trade and Development Agency has just awarded a grant to PT Medco Power Indonesia (Medco) for a feasibility study to help develop an estimated 111-megawatt wind power plant in West Sumbawa, in Indonesia’s West Nusa Tenggara province. The project will facilitate...
Thailand’s Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has chosen 175 companies to participate in the initial stage of its renewable energy initiative. The program has garnered significant interest, with proposals submitted totaling nearly 17 GW, surpassing the targeted...
