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Three high-profile deepwater stranded gas plays in Southeast Asia are facing an increasingly uncertain future after being shelved due to Covid-19 demand destruction and low oil prices.
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Thailand’s state oil and gas company PTT revealed on Wednesday ambitious plans to become a regional liquefied natural gas (LNG) hub in Asia.
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The third edition of the Journal of the Greater Mekong Studies (JGMS) was launched this week during a Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace (CICP) video event.
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TADA, Cambodia’s fastest-growing ride-hailing app, plans to invest $20 million to produce electric tuktuks within the framework of clean energy development. The news was announced after Long Dimanche, Cambodian ambassador to South Korea, had a meeting with TADA Chief Executive Officer Kay Woo from South Korea regarding the Singapore company’s investment in Cambodia.
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Rare earth, the experts like to say, is neither rare nor is it earth. But given its use in everything from smartphones to high-tech aerospace and defense systems, a potential buried treasure from the past may soon become the next big thing in Indonesian mining.
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The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that Southeast Asia’s electricity demand is set to grow at an average rate of 4% annually, based on today’s policy settings. This could result in a doubling of demand by 2040 from 2019 levels, the IEA.
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A 400MW heavy fuel oil power facility in Kandal province’s eastern Lvea Em district will be fully operational in November, Ministry of Mines and Energy senior official Victor Jona said on Wednesday.
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Vietnam’s national grid is ill-equipped to handle the power surge from new renewable energy plants seeking to come online this year. National utility Vietnam Electricity (EVN) has said in a recent report that the construction of new transmission lines might not be able to match the speed of new solar and wind power projects. The country had 23,000 MW of renewable projects operating by the end of August, and another 17,000 MW has been approved to be added to the national plan, it said.
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.
