How one woman is taking on Vietnam’s ‘big coal’
[HANOI] As a child, Nguy Thi Khanh used to lie in the grass in her Vietnamese village and watch toxic emissions from nearby coal plants float past like clouds. Today she is one of the few voices in Vietnam taking on the industry – a rare female climate crusader pushing for renewables in a country where […]
The Palm Oil Conundrum in EU-ASEAN Relations
With new regulatory changes now taking place on the basis of the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive (RED) II of 2018, Indonesia and Malaysia are trying to come to terms with the implications for their global palm oil market strategy and domestic production. They are mobilizing intra-regional support from ASEAN and its members and even considering bringing […]
SAF on a mission to go green, starting with new hangar that produces more energy than it consumes
SINGAPORE: The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) is on a push to do its part for the environment, as it unveiled its first net energy positive building – a new eight-storey hangar that uses solar panels and natural ventilation features. The hangar at Changi Air Base (East), built for the SAF’s multi-role tanker transport, can generate 1,225 […]
New regulation on pricing of renewable energy awaits President’s approval
President Joko “Jokowi’ Widodo is expected to soon sign the long-awaited government regulation on renewable energy, which will, among other things, fix the formula of the feed-in tariff in a bid to improve the investment climate in the renewable energy sector, a senior energy official has said, Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry Renewable Energy Director General FX Sutijastoto […]
Newsbreak: TNB to award coal carriage contracts to vessel owners only
TNB Fuel Services Sdn Bhd (TNBF), a wholly-owned unit of state-controlled utility giant Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB), has come up with a new set of rules and regulations that requires companies bidding for its coal carriage contracts to also own vessels. TNBF, which has the mandate to import coal for power plants in Malaysia, is understood […]
Gasohol E20 to become primary petrol this month
Gasohol E20 will become the primary petrol for the country early this month, requiring all petrol stations nationwide to carry the ethanol-blended fuel, says the Energy Business Department. Director-general Nantika Thangsuphanich said the department will discuss the scheduled enforcement of E20 with fuel traders and refineries.
AC Energy gets PCC go-signal to acquire Negros solar plant
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) has cleared the entry of AC Energy Philippines Inc. in another solar power plant in Negros Occidental. PCC approved AC Energy’s acquisition of the stake of Philippine Investment Alliance for Infrastructure (PINAI) investors in Negros Island Solar Power Inc. (Islasol), which owns and operates an 80 megawatt solar […]
Vietnam’s Draft Decision Provides New Opportunities for Renewable Energy Developers and Private Power Consumers
The Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam (MOIT) recently submitted Proposal No. 544 to the Prime Minister along with a new draft Decision on approval of the pilot program on direct power purchase agreement (DPPA) mechanisms between renewable energy developers/power generation companies and private power buyers/consumers (Draft DPPA Decision).
