Indonesia Ramping Up Solar Capacity to Meet 18 GW Target For 2025: Report

Indonesia is considering how to reduce its growing greenhouse gas emissions. A moratorium on new coal power plants bodes well for growth of solar power in Indonesia. Yet harnessing solar power requires government action such as improving transparency around power purchase agreements and revising long- term power plans.

NZ investor sets up Singapore clean power arm

New Zealand based investment company Infrantil is committing €197m to establish Gurin Energy, a renewable energy development platform headquartered in Singapore that will focus on greenfield renewable projects across Asia.

Indonesian solar energy market set to grow

BloombergNEF, Bloomberg Philanthropies, and the Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) have released a new report, ‘Scaling Up Solar in Indonesia: Reform and Opportunity’.

Government urged to review foreign ownership rule in RE projects

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine government should review its foreign ownership rule in renewable energy (RE) projects, as well as look into offering end-to-end project deals to enable more investments in the sector, according to an associate partner of global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company.