Solar power generation surges 28 times

Vietnam’s solar power generation in the first quarter surged 28 times year-on-year to 2.3 billion kWh as output stabilized, industry insiders say.
Sembcorp launches renewable energy certificate aggregator platform

Sembcorp Industries has launched a renewable energy certificate (REC) aggregator platform backed by its renewable power capacity in China and South-east Asia, the conglomerate said on Tuesday (April 14).
Sunseap’s solar energy offsets 58k tonnes of carbon emissions

Home-grown firm Sunseap has said that the solar power it generated last year made a huge impact on the environment – equal to planting nearly a million tree seedlings over a decade.
Solarvest bags energy contracts in Philippines

Solarvest Holdings Bhd has secured two new contracts in the Philippines from Vivant Energy Corporation.
Cambodia’s grid-connected PV capacity grows to 150 MW – report

Cambodia’s installed solar power capacity has increased by 60 MW after a new photovoltaic (PV) park was tied to the national grid, the Phnom Penh Post reports, citing a government official.
Malaysian senator builds solar-powered buggy while under home quarantine for COVID-19

Stuck in a 14-day home quarantine, rural empowerment activist Adrian Banie Lasimbang decided to take advantage of the enforced isolation and come up with a working prototype of a solar-powered, electric buggy in the past two weeks.
Singapore Solar Company LYS Energy Raises $10 Million from United Overseas Bank

LYS Energy Group (LYS), a Singapore-based solar independent power producer (IPP), has received S$14 million (~$10 million) green loans from the United Overseas Bank (UOB), Southeast Asia’s third-largest finance group and Singapore’s third-largest bank
Photovoltaic application in aquaculture to be piloted in Mekong Delta

The German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) has signed a collaboration agreement with partners in Vietnam’s public and private sectors concerning the implementation of a project on combining aquaculture and solar photovoltaics in the Mekong Delta region.