Experts in energy and clean energy suggest renewable energy businesses take the opportunity
Informa Markets, an organiser for the ASEAN SUSTAINABLE ENERGY WEEK (ASE), ASEAN’s largest and most comprehensive renewable energy, environmental and energy efficiency exhibition, in collaboration with the Joint Graduate School of Energy and Environment King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (JGSEE), organised a Webinar on “Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the ASEAN Energy Sector” brain storming ideas from experts in […]
BCPG cuts capital spending for 2020
SET-listed BCPG, a renewable power generation arm under Bangchak Corporation, has cut capital expenditures for this year to between 8-15 billion baht, says president and chief executive Bundit Sapianchai. The amount was initially set at 20 billion baht in February, but because of the impact of lockdown measures, particularly travel restrictions, the reduced spending is […]
Renewable energy giants in Thailand forecast big rise in profits
BANGKOK (The Nation/ANN): Thai renewable energy generators BCPG and TPI Polene Power forecast their profits will grow this year despite the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Thai renewable energy generators BCPG and TPI Polene Power forecast their profits will grow this year despite the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Call for more power investments to meet province’s demand
Banteay Meanchey administration said the province boasts potential investment activities which need more power to meet local demand as it aims to reduce the energy imports from its neighbour Thailand in the northwest. The province needs a capacity of 100 megawatts (mW) to supply domestic needs and has four special economic zones and a small-scale […]
Singapore firm to build US$1.7 billion coal power plant in Laos
The Lao government has approved a Singapore energy firm’s plan to develop a new US$1.7 billion thermal power plant in southern Laos’ Sekong province. Evolution Power Investment Corporation (EPIC) signed an agreement with Lao firm Khounmixay Bridge and Road Construction and Repair Company (KMX) to conduct a feasibility study for the project.
More companies sign deals to secure gas discounts
Seven more companies have signed deals with gas producers to receive gas at subsidized prices following similar agreements with 11 companies in May, as the government seeks to boost Indonesia’s manufacturing sector amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The companies, consisting of a fertilizer maker and six gas distributors, signed letters of agreement (LoA) on Wednesday to secure 231.2 billion […]
Indonesia’s Pertamina, CPC to sign initial petrochemical plant agreement
JAKARTA, June 5 (Reuters) – Indonesia’s PT Pertamina and Taiwan’s CPC Corp will sign a head of agreement on Friday to build a petrochemical plant at the Balongan refinery located on the north coast of Java, a Pertamina official said. Indonesia last week announced 89 priority projects worth $97 billion to be rolled out over four […]
Siemens hired to boost energy efficiency at Indonesian refinery
The facility is owned and operated by PT Pertamina (Persero) and the equipment will be installed as part of Pertamina’s Refinery Development Master Plan, which involves the construction of a residual fluid catalytic cracker (RFCC) unit with a design capacity of 90,000 barrels per stream per day (bpsd); a liquefied petroleum gas sulfur removal unit; […]
