Almost all of Yangon set to experience blackout
Most areas in Yangon will experience blackouts from 9am to noon on April 2, the Yangon Electricity Supply Corporation (YESC) said. “We haven’t had any blackouts yet, until yesterday when the lights went out in the afternoon until the evening. If we knew about these power cuts in advance we could make preparations,” said Daw […]
DOE seeks stakeholders’ comments on proposed green energy pricing rules
The Department of Energy (DOE) is soliciting comments from industry stakeholders on the proposed rules governing the Green Energy Pricing Program (GEPP), which seeks to promote the utilization of renewable energy (RE) in the country.
Fuel prices lowest since 2008 financial crisis
Cambodia’s retail fuel prices have continued to drop due to a disruption in the global production chain caused by heightened global tensions and the spread of Covid-19.
City Gas to lower gas tariffs by 0.7% from April to June 2020
SINGAPORE: Gas tariffs for households will decrease by 0.7 per cent or 0.12 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh) from Apr 1 to Jun 30 this year, City Gas said on Tuesday (Mar 31). With the revision, households will need to pay 17.11 cents per kWh, excluding Goods and Services Tax. Households are currently paying 17.23 cents […]
Discovery of Unusual Natural Gas Sharpens China’s Maritime Sovereignty Claims
TAIPEI, TAIWAN — Repeated discoveries of an obscure, offshore natural gas known as flammable ice will bolster Chinese claims to a sea that’s contested by five other Asian governments. China extracted 861,400 cubic meters of flammable ice, a natural gas hydrate, for a daily average of 28,700 cubic meters during a mission that started in February, […]
Banpu Public : Group Announces Postponement of 2020 Annual General Meetings of Shareholders
On 30 March 2020, Banpu Public Company Limited and Banpu Power Public Company Limited notified the Stock Exchange of Thailand about the postponement of the 2020 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Shareholders due to more intense security and more widespreading of COVID-19 outbreak. The two companies cancelled the dates, venues and agenda of the Meetings […]
Royal Group gets nod for 700mW coal fired power plant from National Assembly
THE National Assembly of Cambodia yesterday approved a draft provision of a state guarantee for three new power projects, one of which is a 700 megawatt (mW) coal-fired power plant investment to be undertaken by the Royal Group. All three power projects are contracted under a power purchase agreement with Electricite Du Cambodge (EDC). The agreement […]
DOE calls for continuous service of industry players amid COVID-19
The Department of Energy (DOE) has directed all wholesale electricity spot market (wesm) participants to follow the existing rules and regulations, and continue their trading operations amid the enhanced community quarantine to ensure that there is continuous delivery of sufficient power supply.
