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Thailand’s Commission on the National Competitiveness Enhancement for Targeted Industries, has approved an investment by a unit of China’s Sunwoda Electronic worth more than $1 billion in the production of electric vehicle (EV) and energy storage system (ESS) batteries at the cell level, in a move that will strengthen the country’s supply chain and support EV manufacturing for both the domestic and export markets.
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The Government of Indonesia through the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) has ratified the Ministerial Regulation (Permen) ESDM Number 5 of 2025 concerning Guidelines for Power Purchase Agreements (Perjanjian Jual Beli Tenaga / PJBL) from Power Plants that utilize Renewable Energy Sources. The new guidelines will apply to geothermal power plants, as well as hydroelectric, photovoltaic, wind, biomass, and biogas energy sources.
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The Department of Energy of the Philippines (DOE) has just launched the fourth cycle of renewable energy auctions, known as the Green Energy Auction 4 (GEA-4), aimed at awarding precisely 9,378 MW of new ground-mounted solar, onshore wind capacities, and integrated battery storage solutions. This new initiative is part of a series of successive auctions led by the Philippine government, each intended to meet the sustained growth in national energy demand. GEA-4 is notable for introducing Integrated Renewable Energy and Storage Systems (IRESS) for the first time, directly coupling photovoltaic installations with battery storage units. Selected projects will benefit from government-guaranteed power purchase agreements (PPAs) for a fixed term of 20 years.
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To attract investment from high-tech industries such as data centers, the de facto leader of Thailand’s ruling Pheu Thai Party and former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra announced that the government will increase the use of renewable energy sources like solar power.
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MANILA, Philippines — Power giant Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) still expects modest growth in energy sales this year despite the absence of the El Niño phenomenon that fueled consumer demand in 2024.
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SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): The Land Transport Authority (LTA) called a tender for 660 new electric buses, comprising 360 three-door single-deck buses and 300 three-door double-deckers, on Friday (March 14).
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U.S and Vietnamese energy companies on Thursday signed agreements worth $4.15 billion during a working trip of Vietnamese Special Envoy of the Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien to the United States.
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 14 (Bernama) — GE Vernova Inc announced that the Pulau Indah power plant, developed by Selangor state-linked company, Worldwide Holdings Bhd (WHB) has commenced operations.
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.
