BCG Energy opens solar farm in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta province
BCG Energy put the VNECO Vinh Long solar farm with a capacity of 49.3 MW into operation in Vinh Long Province, located in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region, on Wednesday.
Indonesian electricity firm gets 500-mln-USD loan for “green energy” projects
Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesian state-owned electricity giant PLN has secured a 500-million-USD “green loan” with a guarantee from the World Bank’s Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) to keep seven renewable energy projects alive amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Electric-vehicle battery producing plant project to commence in 2021
Jakarta (ANTARA) – Development of an electric-vehicle battery manufacturing plant will start in the first semester of 2021 after Indonesia’s state enterprises consortium and South Korea’s LG Energy Solution Ltd inked an agreement worth US$9.8 billion (Rp142 trillion).
Nike and H&M to Vietnam: More renewables, please
HO CHI MINH CITY — Fashion brands including H&M and Nike are pressing Vietnam to move ahead with a renewable energy purchase program as companies come under increasing pressure to meet their sustainability goals, Nikkei Asia has learned.
GE toasts 27MW Vietnamese turbine deal
GE Renewable Energy has secured a 27MW turbine deal in Vietnam for the Phuoc Minh wind farm in the Ninh Thuan region of the country.
Paris deal: PH may cut gas emissions by 30%
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines commits to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent by 2040, according to the draft text of the country’s nationally determined contribution (NDC), one of the key components of the Paris climate deal.
MTIC studies feasibility of electric vehicle adoption
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN — The Ministry of Transport and Infocommunications (MTIC) will launch a pilot project on the use of electric vehicles (EV) in the first quarter of 2021, its minister announced on Monday.
Could sustainable fuel derived from cooking oil help aviation navigate to a cleaner future?
SINGAPORE: In 2019, flights produced 915 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions – or about 2 per cent of all such emissions derived from human sources, according to the figures from the Air Transport Action Group.
