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KBank continues to advance the ‘GO GREEN Together’ project, working with four partners in launching the ‘SolarPlus’ initiative, targeting the installation of solar rooftops for 500,000 households free of charge within five years.
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Norway’s ambassador said the Philippines is a potential destination for Norwegian businesses, but their interest in renewable projects here will depend on the industry’s openness to foreign investment.
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A “coordinated policy-framing” approach with member-economies of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is being eyed by the Philippines on its targeted nuclear power development, including planned deployment of small modular reactor (SMR) technologies.
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The Indonesian Geothermal Association (INAGA) encourages the government to implement a Feed-in Tariff (FiT) scheme in the discussion of the problem inventory list or DIM of the current new energy and renewable energy bill (RUU EB-ET). Included in the process of deepening each article as a result of the parliament’s initiative.
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Vietnam will need investment of between US$8 billion and US$14 billion a year through to 2030 to develop new power plants and expand its grid, its deputy industry minister had said this week.
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Green finance and financial technology (FinTech) can transform the country’s economy and society at large, to be more inclusive, resilient and sustainable, said Deputy Minister of Finance and Economy Khairuddin Abdul Hamid (pic) at the Brunei Economy Programme held at Anggerek Desa Technology Park on Thursday (Aug 11).
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Shell (LON:SHEL) has signed a collaboration agreement with Nickel Asia’s renewable energy subsidiary, Emerging Power (EPI), to jointly develop, own, operate, and maintain renewable energy assets in the power hungry Philippines.
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The Department of Energy (DOE) will re-take “baby steps” and will push for “corrective policies” to entice fresh capital flow in the country’s upstream oil and gas sector, especially in areas not encumbered by territorial disputes.
ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE) is an intergovernmental organisation within ASEAN structure that represents the 10 ASEAN Member States’ (AMS) interests in the energy sector.
