Biofuel consumption rises in HCM City
A survey of multiple HCMC-based filling stations showed that biofuel consumption rose to 40% from the previous 30%, while that of the fossil type RON 95 gasoline declined to 60% from 70%. After the price adjustment, the retail price of E5 biofuel was VND1,500 per liter lower than that of RON 95 gasoline, resulting in […]
$500-M waste-to-energy plant proposed in Bataan
BALANGA CITY, Bataan — The provincial government announced Friday that a British banker has presented a proposal to build a 100-megawatt (MGW) power plant using solid wastes with funding of USD500 million. Vice Governor Crisanta Garcia said documentation was already ongoing for the proponent’s desire to set up the plant at the Freeport Area of […]
Biomass, biogas group cries foul over PDP
Thai renewable power operators plan to file a lawsuit against a new version of the power development plan (PDP) 2018-37 after seeing it has a lower quota for renewable power generation. Pajon Sriboonruang, president of the Thai Biogas Trade Association (TBTA), said the power capacity quota from renewable energy in the PDP is lower than […]
Radioactive waste standoff could slash high tech’s supply of rare earth elements
KUANTAN, MALAYSIA—Companies and governments around the world are anxiously watching the fate of a sprawling industrial facility 30 kilometers north of this city on the east coast of peninsular Malaysia. The 100-hectare Lynas Advanced Materials Plant (LAMP) produces 10% of the world’s output of rare earth oxides (REOs), minerals needed in technologies including mobile phones, […]
Construction of P2.5-billion waste-to-energy project in Davao to start in Q3
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 29 March) – The national government will start the construction of the waste-to-energy (WTE) project worth P2.5 billion in a 10-hectare property acquired by the City Government of Davao in Biao Escuela, Tugbok District by the third quarter this year, Vice Mayor Bernard Al-ag said on Friday. Speaking during the Mindanao […]
RI to accelerate B30 program in anticipation of EU restrictions
The government has said Indonesia will accelerate the mandatory use of 30 percent blended biodiesel ( B30 ) in anticipation of the European Union’s move to ban palm oil-based biofuel in its member countries. Its mandatory use was set to take effect in 2020 but it was brought forward to September in response to the […]
Indonesia threatens to quit Paris climate deal over palm oil
JAKARTA, March 27 (Reuters) – A senior Indonesian minister warned on Wednesday Southeast Asia’s biggest economy could consider exiting the Paris climate deal if the European Union goes ahead with a plan to phase out palm oil in renewable transportation fuel. Indonesia, the world’s biggest palm oil producer, has lashed out at the EU after […]
Open tender for waste-to-energy management system
PETALING JAYA: The government will hold an open tender exercise for companies interested in developing a waste-to-energy (WTE) management system for safer waste disposal. Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change Minister Yeo Bee Yin said the government is working out the tender details which will be ready in three months. “After that, we will […]
