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[WASHINGTON] General Electric and a Vietnamese company signed a memorandum of understanding to develop an LNG (liquified natural gas) power plant near Ho Chi Minh City.
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Electric Vehicles (EVs), including hybrid electric cars, can drastically reduce carbon emissions released into the environment. Compared to conventional cars that release unhealthy amounts of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxide into the environment, battery-electric cars effectively produce zero-emissions from their tailpipes.
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Only 50% of households in Myanmar, one of the poorest nations in Southeast Asia, are connected to the public grid. Five years ago, the government set a goal of electrifying 100% of the country by 2030.
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TEHRAN, Nov. 22 (MNA) – Indonesia will study a proposal from Iran to build an oil refinery, as it seeks to expand its oil refining capacity by 500,000 barrels per day (bpd) in the next seven years.
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The Philippines has declared a moratorium on new coal power plants, which could mean the scrapping of new coal projects that have yet to be approved by the government. The move, which has been widely welcomed by environmental campaigners, is likely to signal to investors in the region that the country is taking a turn to embrace renewable energy, particularly amid the strong push the clean energy sector has seen in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
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SINGAPORE – To ensure Singapore thrives in a future affected by climate change, it should establish itself as a research and development hub for alternative energy sources.
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KUCHING, Nov 21 — Sarawak Energy Bhd’s largest hydropower project to-date, the 1,285-megawatt (MW) Baleh Hydroelectric Project (HEP), has reached a major milestone with the successful completion of its dual diversion tunnels, river diversion and closure works in October.
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.
