Denmark supports Vietnam’s offshore wind power development
The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) and the Vietnamese Electricity and Renewable Energy Authority have recently organised a webinar seeking ways to help Vietnam optimise its estimated 160GW offshore wind power energy.
Solar Rules Weaken Vietnam’s Love-Hate Relationship to Coal
Near the southern Vietnam beaches filled with kite surfers and mud baths, there sits a hydropower plant called Da Mi. It is no longer just generating power from dams and falling water, however. Crews added solar panels to the reservoir last year, creating what the Asian Development Bank called the first large floating solar project […]
Govt signs PPA for first LNG plant in Myanmar
Myanmar has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) to buy electricity from a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant. The project company of CNTIC VPower Group inked a five-year PPA with the Ministry of Electricity and Energy’s Electric Power Generation Enterprise (EPGE) on June 10.
Hong Kong top FDI source for Myanmar this fiscal year
Hong Kong has emerged as the top source of approved foreign direct investments (FDI) into Myanmar in the first seven months of fiscal 2019-20, accounting for around 32 percent of the overall commitments. From October 2019 to April 2020, the total number of FDI commitments from 39 entities registered in Hong Kong amounted to US$1.3 billion, […]
Investment into geothermal in Indonesia reaches $163m in Q1 2020
For the first quarter of this year, realisation of investment into geothermal development in Indonesia only reached 15.52% of a $1.05 billion target set by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources.
Indonesia’s palm oil dispute with EU set to continue
The world’s biggest palm oil producer, Indonesia, has asked the dispute settlement body of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to establish a panel to examine the EU Renewable Energy Directive (RED II), which it claims discriminates against biofuels produced from palm oil.
Indonesia 2020 biodiesel consumption seen around 8 mln KL -trade ministry
JAKARTA, June 15 (Reuters) – Indonesia’s consumption of palm oil-based biodiesel, known as B30, is seen around 8 million kilolitres (KL) this year, below target, Trade Ministry data showed on Monday.
Singapore marine fuel sales fall in May as cargo ship calls plummet
[SINGAPORE] May sales of marine fuels in Singapore dropped to a three-month low of 3.925 million tonnes as cargo shipping activity fell to at least a five-year low and average bunker loadings shrank, official data showed.
