Asia’s thirsty coal-fired power plants face water scarcity
Asia’s reliance on coal-fired power may prove unsustainable in the long run because thermal power plants need to be cooled down with large quantities of water, the sources of which are drying up because of climate change, says a new study. Coal-fired power plants in India and South-East Asia are most likely to be affected by future water shortages, says […]
Hydrogen as a clean fuel for transportation
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), ASEAN currently consumes 4.5 million barrels of oil per day, while it only produces 2.5 million barrels per day, with the remaining supply gap – over 40 percent of the demand – coming from imports. Such oil demand is mainly driven by the transport sector, especially land transport, […]
Coal remains main source of energy in Southeast Asia
The energy multinational Wood Mackenzie said in a recent study that coal would remain a major fuel source in Southeast Asia for years to come, its use expected to peak only in 2027. The Indonesian government has set a target of generating 23 percent of its power from renewable sources but has achieved only 12 […]
ADB, Infrastructure Asia agree to promote green finance for sustainable infrastructure in Southeast Asia
The agreement will allow ADB and Infrastructure Asia to help state-owned enterprises, regional and municipal governments, in Southeast Asia in improving their institutional, financial, and governance capacities for developing innovative and green infrastructure programs and projects The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Singapore’s Infrastructure Asia today signed a cooperation agreement to help governments in Southeast […]
Can Southeast Asia Ditch Coal?
The world’s dirtiest fossil fuel is in decline from the United States to western Europe. But in Southeast Asia coal has found one of its final frontiers: last year it was the only region where coal’s share of power generation grew. Yet the growing urgency of the climate crisis and increasingly affordable renewable power could help catalyze […]
Analysis: Southeast Asia’s LNG balancing role in focus, as Thailand agrees import capacity expansion
Singapore — Thailand’s Map Ta Phut phase 3 expansion has turned focus to Southeast Asia’s demand growth potential and future balancing role in global LNG, as oversupply concerns extend into the mid-2020s. Thailand’s Gulf PTT Tank Consortium signed a 30-year contract with the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) on Tuesday for the third phase of […]
‘Coal is still king’ in Southeast Asia even as countries work toward cleaner energy
Coal is still a dominant fuel in the rapidly growing economies of Southeast Asia, even amid a general global move toward cleaner energy sources, data from several recent reports show. “The narrative surrounding coal has been pessimistic across the world. This will result in the gradual slowdown of new coal-fired capacity in Southeast Asia,” said Jacqueline Tao, […]
2.2m jobs by 2030: Clean energy’s employment promise for Asean
Before his father entered the operating theatre for emergency heart surgery in 2008, Robin Pho promised he would join the family’s business, an Indonesian supplier of manpower for the oil and gas industry, which had been struggling to stay afloat in the wake of that year’s financial crisis. When oil prices collapsed in 2014, many […]
