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Hong Kong-based private credit manager ADM Capital said it is raising a US$500 million debt fund focused on financing Southeast Asian renewable energy projects after bagging a commitment from Beijing-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) for US$100 million.
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Vietnam is set to expand its solar and wind capacity as a supportive regulatory environment and growing investor confidence spur on new project development.
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PETRONAS has said it aspires to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, becoming the latest oil and gas major to make an emissions reduction pledge.
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[KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia has made no decision on whether to extend an export tax exemption on palm oil products after it ends on Dec 31, an official from the Plantation Industries and Commodities Ministry told Reuters on Monday.
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UNDOUBTEDLY, sustainable financing, particularly in the area of renewable energy, has been gaining ground in Malaysia of late as the country looks to increase its renewable energy mix to 20% by 2025 from 2% last year.
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Rethinking how to utilise waste as a source of energy is a hot topic in Cambodia, a country short on power that also grapples with a mounting organic waste problem.
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SET-listed Electricity Generating (Egco) Group has submitted an application for a licence to become the sixth liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipping operator in Thailand, says president Thepparat Theppitak.
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The first meeting of the Singapore-UK Climate Change Bilateral Dialogue was held from 24 to 26 November 2020 by videoconference. The Dialogue covered a wide range of topics including climate ambition and green recovery post-COVID-19, carbon markets, energy transition, low-carbon technologies, green transport, nature-based solutions, and green finance.
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.
