AC Energy plans to focus on renewables, peaking plants
AC Energy Philippines, Inc. targets to build around 1,300 megawatts (MW) of power generation plants by end-2020, or about three times the size of the company’s installed capacity before the Ayalas’ energy arm bought the former Phinma Energy Corp. last year. “We’ll be focusing a lot on renewables and peaking plants,” Eric T. Francia, president […]
MHPS ships JAC turbines for CCGT plant in Thailand
A new combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) project in Thailand has received the first shipment of eight gas-fired units needed for the plants under construction. Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems has completed a shipment of its JAC (J-Series Air Cooled) gas turbine. The shipment went from MHPS’ Takasago Works in Japan to the project on the […]
BCPG Plc plans to develop solar panel power generation in Malaysia and Taiwan
Both countries ‘ authorities allow private power companies to create renewable energy projects, said Corporate Business Development Executive Vice President Charnvit Trangadisaikul. “After Japan, Indonesia, the Philippines and Laos, the two nations will be major overseas markets for us,” he said. In solar, wind, geothermal and hydropower ventures, BCPG manages and produces a total capacity […]
Vietnam to Go Back to Solar Auctions, Decides to Ditch Feed-in-Tariffs
After months of confusion and uncertainty over the future of renewable projects in Vietnam, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has announced that the country will go back to conducting solar auctions, doing away with the feed-in-tariff (FiT) mechanism. Speaking on the topic of FiT, which has been prevalent for rooftop solar projects in the country, […]
Hà Nội adopts plan to cut emissions
HÀ NỘI — Hà Nội’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment has outlined a plan to reduce air pollution in 2020. ‘Green Initiates for Hà Nội’ will focus on air quality management, waste management, energy, urban planning, and green living with sustainable consumption. The department will develop an air monitoring network using low-cost air pollution sensors in selected areas of the […]
Can the Cement Industry Help Reduce Marine Plastic Waste?
Research at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) suggests that using plastic waste as a fuel additive in the cement industry can help with a substantial reduction in marine plastic pollution in Thailand. Instead of converting plastic into electricity, AIT researchers estimated the potential of converting plastic into heat. While the efficiency of converting plastic […]
Finnish electricity generator installed in Cambodia
Two generators worth some $400 million that the government bought from Finland and Germany earlier this year will generate an additional 400MW of electricity by June 2020, which will help reduce dry season power shortages., Cambodia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy, H.E.Victor Jona said on 2nd December 2019. MR. Jona, the Director General of General […]
Southeast Asia’s modern-day plague
Southeast Asia is known for its vast rainforests which constitute about almost 20 percent of forest cover with the richest biodiversity in the world. What the region is also known for is its alarming rate of deforestation. Southeast Asia has the highest rate of deforestation of any major tropical region followed by Latin America and Africa. […]
