Indonesia has no plan to reduce palm oil in biodiesel mix: Minister
Indonesia has no plans to reduce the percentage of palm oil in biodiesel below its current level of 30 per cent in order to ensure the country’s energy supply, its minister for economic affairs, Airlangga Hartarto, told Reuters on Monday (May 23).
More energy plants for Visayas ‘soon’
HYDROPOWER and geothermal power plants will soon be built in the Visayas to provide additional power supply in the island. Department of Energy (DOE) Visayas Director Russ Mark Gamallo said a feasibility study on hydropower plant is being conducted in Western Visayas, while the proposed geothermal power plant in Carigara, Leyte has already been approved.
Marcos reviewing South Korea recommendations on nuclear plant revival
Presumptive President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Monday said he was looking into reviving the mothballed nuclear power plant built during his late father’s dictatorship. The Philippines needs to be ready with higher power supply “if we are going to industrialize post-pandemic,” Marcos told reporters in a press conference after his meeting with several ambassadors.
Philippines an emerging wind power market in Asia – report
Globally, GWEC Market Intelligence expects 557 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity—or more than 110 GW of new installations each year until 2026 – will be added in the next five years under current policies.
Adopting renewable energy for future of Indonesia’s economic growth
Many countries in the world are now competing to apply new and renewable energy (EBT) for their sustainable economic growth. For Southeast Asian countries that depend on the agriculture and livestock industries, slower progress in introducing and adopting EBT could bring a real challenge to their gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the long term.
PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy IPO allegedly already registered
PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGE) part of PT Pertamina (Persero) is reported to have registered in the early stages of listing on the stock exchange or Initial Public Offering (IPO), so news broken by CNBC Indonesia last week. This was stated directly by the Deputy Minister of BUMN I Pahala Mansury. PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy is the […]
