SimpliPhi Initiative Supports Clean Energy Projects in Haiti, Myanmar
An orphanage in Haiti and a Covid response center in Myanmar will receive energy storage systems through a SimpliPhi Power donation program that aims to provide clean energy to communities in need. The donations are through “IDEA: a campaign to Deliver Energy Access,” an initiative SimpliPhi Power started in January with several partners.
Coal-fired power plant in Myanmar backed by China that villagers feel powerless to oppose
Almost two decades ago, in a small hillside town in southern Shan State, Myanmar’s largest coal-run power plant was built. Tigyit has been forever changed by this joint venture between the China National Heavy Machinery Corporation and a group of Myanmar businessmen affiliated with the country’s ruling generals who were responsible for the coup d’état […]
PTT Group fast-tracks power plans
PTT Group is putting its power business on the fast track, with generation capacity expected to increase by at least 1 gigawatt each year in a bid to achieve a target of 16GW by 2030.
Offshore Natural Gas Pipeline In Myanmar Caught In The Country’s Geopolitical Thicket
Chevron’s recently assembled activist Board of Directors is moving the oil giant to suspend payments from a gas joint venture involving an offshore gas pipeline in the Yadana fields in southwest Myanmar that would have reached Myanmar’s military junta. French energy major Total has joined Chevron in shutting down the money flows to the junta.
TotalEnergies says limited by legal framework on Myanmar action
Energy giant TotalEnergies(TOTF.PA) said on Friday it had gone as far as it could for now to limit the revenues going to the military junta in Myanmar while staying within a legal framework and assuring power supplies.
Total, Chevron Suspend Some Payments to Myanmar Junta-Linked Energy Firm
In response to repeated calls for them to cut ties with the military regime in Myanmar, energy giants Total of France and Chevron of the US on Wednesday announced they have suspended some payments to their joint venture with a state-owned company controlled by the coup leaders.
PetroChina ships jet fuel to junta-ruled Myanmar, data shows
PetroChina International Singapore Pte Ltd sold a cargo of jet fuel into Myanmar in April, according to government import data reviewed by Reuters, the first such shipment since before the military seized power in a coup in February.
Ayala slows down on Myanmar RE venture
Given the worsening civil strife tearing down Myanmar, Ayala-led firm AC Energy Corporation indicated that it is temporarily slowing down on its renewable energy ventures in that country. “Regarding Myanmar, we will have to wait until the situation stabilizes before we can expand,” AC Energy President and CEO Eric T. Francia said.
