Indonesia supplies electricity to meet needs in PNG border: Jokowi
Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) appointed state-owned electricity company PT PLN to officially supply the electricity network in the Wutung border area, Papua New Guinea (PNG), to support local community activities.
Vietnam renewable energy firms to benefit from direct purchase agreements
Vietnam’s renewable energy developers, especially those with projects located near industrial parks, economic zones and export processing zones, are likely to win big with the newly approved mechanism for direct power purchase agreement (DPPA), say analysts.
Vietnam allows factories to buy electricity directly from suppliers
Vietnam has issued a new decree that allows renewable energy producers to sell electricity directly to factories, effectively putting an end to the monopoly of state-owned distributor Vietnam Electricity (EVN).
WHA Utilities and Power keen on expansion of overseas clean power
WHA Utilities and Power (WHAUP), an arm of Thailand’s biggest industrial land developer and operator WHA Corp, is conducting a due diligence review of the acquisition of new energy assets overseas worth US$200 million, in a bid to expand its renewable energy business.
No increase in electricity tariff in Peninsular Malaysia until December this year — Energy Ministry
There will be no increase in electricity tariffs for all users in Peninsular Malaysia from next Monday (July 1) until Dec 31, according to the Ministry of Energy Transition and Water Transformation (Petra).
Lower electricity tariffs for commercial users from July 1
COMMERCIAL users will enjoy lower electricity tariffs from July 1, the Energy Transition and Water Transformation Ministry announced today.
Egco targets new assets to boost power
Electricity Generating Plc (Egco), a power generation arm of Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, plans to increase its investment budget to acquire more assets this year, aiming to add new power generation capacity of 1,000 megawatts each year.
No more power alerts expected for rest of 2024
With the onset of the rainy season, the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) sees no need to raise yellow and red alerts in the country’s power grids for the remaining months of the year. “For 2024, we are not seeing additional alert notices so far. That doesn’t consider forced outages,” NGCP spokesperson Cynthia […]
