The complexities of Thailand’s energy landscape

Thailand’s Power Development Plan (PDP) is the nation’s roadmap for power generation, distribution and consumption. The PDP was updated in 2018 – with final approvals of the updates given in 2019. Feeding into and supporting the PDP are subsidiary plans such as the Energy Efficiency Development Plan (EEDP), Smart Grid Plan (SGP), Alternative Energy Development Plan […]

Why Plans for Wind Power From Chinese Firm Fell Apart in Myanmar

Residents of Chaung Tha, a holiday resort and village on the Bay of Bengal, still rely on diesel generators to get them through electricity blackouts more than four years after Myanmar’s government gave a Chinese company the go-ahead to build a wind farm nearby. Shortly before leaving office in March 2016, former president Thein Sein’s government […]

ASEAN senior officials convene online meeting

Hanoi (VNA) – The 38th ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Energy (SOME 38) took place online on August 24 to review a series of activities and prepare for the upcoming 38th ASEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting (AMEM). Under the chair of Hoang Tien Dung, Director of the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Electricity and Renewable Energy […]

Coal, solar technologies dominate new power projects

It’s the clean-versus-dirty fuel technology labels that will wrestle with each other in the indicative power projects of the country, as coal and solar reign in the targeted 33,199.5 megawatts of new power plant installations. Based on the revised Philippine Energy Plan (PEP) that the Department of Energy (DOE) will blast off for public consultation […]

Federal govt spent RM26.4b to improve Sabah’s electricity supply, says minister

KOTA KINABALU, Aug 22 — The federal government spent RM26.4 billion between 2001 and 2018, in the form of grants, loans and subsidies to improve the quality of electricity supply services in Sabah. Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Datuk Shamsul Anuar Nasarah said the government’s efforts and initiatives have paid off, judging by the significant […]

Cambodia’s energy demand drops in H1 of 2020

Energy demand has seen a decrease in the first six months of 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic, which had forced factories, tourism-related facilities including hotels to shut down, leading to the drop in power consumption. “The demand of this year [first half] decreased a bit due to the impact of COVID-19. Some factories and hotels have […]

Ministry issues guidelines for efficient energy use

Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has issued guidelines for the planning of efficient energy use from 2020 to 2025 at the city and provincial level. The guidelines, compiled with support from the Danish Energy Partnership Programme (DEPP), aim to help Vietnam’s 63 cities and provinces record energy use and develop local […]