Thailand-China to Build Floating Solar Power Facility in Ratchathani
Thailand-China to build the first-scale floating solar power facility. Also, located in Ubon Ratchathani, a territory in the country’s northeastern Isan region in Thailand. The project’s initiation is running successfully with the government’s scheme to generate electricity through renewable energy. This includes the aim to lessen the dependency on power production through fossil fuel, according […]
AC Energy launches 63MW Palauig solar farm
AC Energy (ACEN) announced that its 63-megawatt (MW) Gigasol Palauig solar farm in Zambales has begun operations and is seen to supply power to the Luzon Grid. The Ayala-led firm said the Php2.39 billion facility will generate over 90 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of clean power to support the country’s power demand.
Geo Dipa Energi plans to add 400 MW geothermal capacity
In the context of the recently reported start of first tests of the new 10 MW Dieng small scale geothermal power plant, PT Geo Dipa Energi (GDE) reports targeting geothermal development to reach 400 MW in the next few years.
Vietnam to increase share of renewable energy to 30% by 2045: President
Vietnam will greatly reduce coal-based power generation and rapidly increase the share of renewables in the total primary energy supply to 20 per cent by 2030 and 30 per cent by 2045, said Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on April 23 night (Vietnamese time) while attending a session within the framework of the virtual Leaders […]
Low-income countries play carbon leapfrog in green energy shift
Just as Brazil’s rivers supply it with hydroelectric power and faults in the earth’s crust provide Indonesia with geothermal energy, so Vietnam hopes abundant sunshine and a shallow coast will provide clean energy to drive economic growth.
Sustainability through renewable energy: Comparing India and Singapore
Singapore: Last week, at an event coinciding with Earth Day (April 22), US President Joe Biden hosted a climate conference with other world leaders, urging them to cooperate in the global effort to tackle the climate crisis. At the Leaders’ Summit on Climate, he committed his country to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least […]
Singapore looks to off-shore floating solar farms to meet its green energy targets
Singapore recently unveiled its ambitious Green Plan 2030, in which it aims to quadruple its solar energy deployment by 2025 using measures including covering the rooftops of housing blocks with solar panels. By 2030, solar energy will be five times that of today, capable of powering over 350,000 households a year. But the land-scarce country […]
SEACEF invests in Vietnam solar and storage project
The South East Asia Clean Energy Facility (SEACEF), a collaboration of international foundations seeking to accelerate the low-carbon transition in Southeast Asia, has invested at the development phase of a floating solar and storage project in Dong Nai province in southeastern Vietnam.
