UOB ties up with solar power firms for energy packages
Consumer packages cover services for installation, commissioning, operations, and after-sales. United Overseas Bank (UOB) collaborates with three homegrown solar companies, SolarGy, SolarPVExchange and Sunseap Group, to accelerate the use of solar energy in Singapore, the company announced. The tie-up is part of the bank’s U-Solar programme, where UOB aims to help businesses and consumers easily […]
ADB to Improve Community Resilience, Livelihoods of Around 3,000 Villages in Myanmar
NAY PYI TAW, MYANMAR (27 November 2019) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $195 million financing package for a project that will develop climate-resilient and market-oriented infrastructure and livelihoods in 2,942 villages in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady, Chin, Sagaing, and Tanintharyi regions. This will help reduce rural poverty and strengthen the villages’ climate and […]
Kingdom in talks with Russia for nuclear science
Cambodian and Russian experts yesterday concluded discussions on the possibility of constructing and establishing a Nuclear Science and Technology Centre in the Kingdom. The discussion, which was held in Siem Reap province over two days, took place at the 3rd meeting of a Cambodia-Russia joint working group on cooperation in the use of nuclear energy […]
Dams And Climate Change Kill The Mekong – Analysis
Excessive reliance on hydropower, severe droughts combined with rising seas destroy the Mekong River delta, threatening livelihoods of millions. By Tom Fawthrop The swirling currents of the once mighty Mekong, shrunk by drought and increasingly crippled by dams point towards an unprecedented crisis of water governance along the more than 4,900 kilometers of southeast Asia’s […]
ASEAN Energy Storage Devices Market Expected to Witness a Sustainable Growth over 2020
Rise in the energy demand and depleting fossil fuels is pushing the market towards non-conventional sources of energy. Energy demand is expected to increase by 70% between 2012 and 2035. The existing conventional sources of energy are depleting at a much faster rate than expected and their depletion is equally proving detrimental to the climate. […]
Two geothermal projects in the Philippines receive status of national significance
As reported on the website of the Philippines Department of Energy, four energy projects have recently been recognized as projects of national significance. Two of these projects are geothermal projects, lead by Energy Development Corp. (EDC) and Philippine Geothermal Production Co. Inc. The certificate of being energy project of national significance (CEPNS) for the commercial […]
Big energy firms driving coal expansion in the Philippines
Coal expansion by the Philippines’ biggest energy companies could lead to the fossil fuel’s share of the energy mix growing from 52 per cent today to a whopping 75 per cent by 2025. Using government data, environmental advocacy group Greenpeace identified how four of the country’s biggest conglomerates are set to substantially increase their coal portfolios. […]
Adoption of renewable energy gaining ground in PH, Taiwan
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Renewable energy’s (RE) contribution on Philippines’ total energy mix remains small, thus, it is working to increase such share to the overall supply, but the country is not alone on this effort, an official of a power station here said. In a briefing here Tuesday, officials of Linkou Thermal Power Plant, which […]
