Danish government cooperates with Indonesia to reduce greenhouse gas emission

The government of Denmark has established a cooperation with Indonesian’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources in developing renewable energy resources in the provinces of South Kalimantan, North Sulawesi, Gorontalo and Riau. The collaboration was marked by the provision of Danish recommendations to Indonesia through the Regional Energy Outlook.

Perhutani Transforms into Green Company

Perum Perhutani has introduced the triple bottom line concept; People, Planet and Profit approaches for doing businesses while keeping the planet safe and conserving forested areas for future generations through sustainable forest management. The triple bottom line is an accounting framework with three parts: social, environmental (or ecological) and financial, a UK book writer, John […]

Vietnam will develop offshore wind energy

The mayor of Vietnam’s offshore wind energy project, “Thang Long-Wind”, is studying in order to proceed with the investment for its construction, as indicated by the country’s Ministry of Industry and Commerce. The wind farm, which will be developed in the waters of Cape Ke Ga, located in the central province of Binh Thuan, with […]

Vietnam to import more electricity from Laos

Vietnam will import an additional 200 MW of electricity from Laos next year, taking the total to 1,200 MW. The government’s Standing Committee on promoting cooperation with Laos approved the increase at a meeting on Saturday. With the country expected to suffer from power shortages from 2020, the electricity import from Laos is expected to […]

Myanmar running out of time to cope with climate change, warns historian Thant Myint-U

WASHINGTON – Myanmar is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to the effects of climate change, and is grossly unprepared to deal with the consequences, warns historian Dr Thant Myint-U. The Myanmar historian, author and conservationist was in the United States recently to speak on his most recent book examining race, capitalism […]

Govt claims half of Myanmar households will have power by year-end

The Ministry of Electricity and Energy said half of the households would have electricity by the end of 2019; despite the chronic power shortages, the country faces due to increasing demand. U Thura Aung Ko, chief engineer at Electricity Supply Enterprise, said 50.9 percent of the country would be connected to the national grid by […]

DENR issues waste-to-energy guidelines

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources has issued the guidelines on the establishment and operation of waste-to-energy (WTE) facilities for the treatment of municipal solid waste in the country. Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu recently signed DENR administrative order 2019-21 which contained the guidelines for the WTE establishment. “We hope that we […]