Thai energy firm to invest $457 mln in Vietnam solar farms
Thailand’s Super Energy Corporation has announced it will invest $457 million in four solar power plants in southern Vietnam. The company said in a recent statement that it would pay $72.9 million to acquire a controlling share in four solar power projects run by state-owned utility Vietnam Electricity (EVN) in Binh Phuoc Province, 120 km […]
Kim Heng Sets Up Offshore Wind Joint Venture Company in Taiwan
Singaporean offshore services provider Kim Heng Marine & Oilfield (KHMO) has established a joint venture company with a Taiwanese company to jointly pursue offshore wind projects in Taiwan. The joint venture company, Bridgewater Marine (Taiwan) Limited, is 51 percent owned by the Taiwanese company and 49 percent owned by KHMO.
Romblon electric coop puts up solar facility in province
The romblon electric cooperative inc. (romelco) has installed a 200-kilowatt (kw) solar photovoltaic power system in four barangays. The facility is worth p12 million. This is part of its project Grid-Tied Solar Roof Mounted Project, which aims to provide clean, sustainable, and reliable energy to its consumers, according to a report. The solar project is also part of […]
GPSC bags four firms at 39.5MW
Global Power Synergy Plc (GPSC), the power generation arm of national energy firm PTT Plc, took over four firms yesterday operating nine solar farms in Thailand with total capacity of 39.5 megawatts. Chawalit Tippawanich, president and chief executive of GPSC, said the company took over the firms through its wholly owned Global Renewable Power Co (GRP), […]
Vestas secures fourth intertidal wind energy project in Vietnam
Maintaining its successful momentum with 200 MW order intake in Vietnam last year, Vestas has now secured its fourth intertidal project in the country with a 29 MW order with Sigma Engineering Joint Stock Company. The Ben Tre V1-3 wind power project will be located in Ba Tri District of Ben Tre Province in the Mekong […]
Cambodia Announces Ten Year Moratorium On New Mekong Dams
The government of Cambodia has announced that the country will not develop new hydropower dams on the Mekong River for the next 10 years, putting two planned dams at Sambor and Stung Treng on pause. The decision means that Laos, which has opened two new dams in the past six months, is now the only country on the Lower Mekong Basin […]
Thai Ratch toasts to 2nd PPA for 227-MW Aussie wind farm
March 26 (Renewables Now) – Thailand’s Ratch Group PCL (BKK:RATCH) on Wednesday said its Australian subsidiary has secured a second off-taker for the output of the 226.8-MW Collector wind farm it is building in New South Wales.
Australia, Singapore to drive cooperation on low-emissions technologies
In a video conference on Monday, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong agreed to expand the two countries’ strong bilateral relationship in several areas of common interest, including military, digital trade, cyberspace security as well as low emissions technologies. The prime ministers committed to conclude a Memorandum of Understanding […]
