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The government has announced a policy to make Thailand a regional hub of electric vehicles in five years. Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak made the announcement at Government House on Wednesday in his capacity as the chairman of the National Electric Vehicle Policy Committee.
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Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Policy Analysis and Development Agency of Indonesian in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in cooperation with the Indonesian Embassy in Stockholm, held an event entitled, the “Policy Dialogue on Strategic Bioenergy in Indonesia and Sweden” in Jakarta on Wednesday.
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Singapore LNG Corporation (SLNG) and Pavilion Energy have signed a five-year agreement for LNG storage and reload services at SLNG Terminal on Jurong Island of Singapore. Under the agreement, Pavilion Energy, wholly-owned by Singapore government’s Temasek Holdings, will have access to tank capacity of 180,000 cu m on a segregated basis at the SLNG Terminal over the next five years.
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MANILA, Philippines — The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) reiterated its willingness to be audited by government through the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC). NGCP issued the statement after the Senate Committee on Energy said the grid operator failed to submit to a mandatory audit as ordered in the previous hearing.
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In response to plunging oil prices, state-owned energy firm PTT Plc is urging policymakers to take action to cut the nation’s crude oil reserve in half as prices dip below US$30 a barrel. President and chief executive Chansin Treenuchagron said PTT will urge the government to reduce the volume of its oil reserve to 9-10 days worth of daily production for crude oil, down from the current volume of 18-20 days.
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TOTAL S.A.TOT announced that its unit Total Solar Distributed Generation has entered into an agreement to provide 25 megawatt-peak of solar rooftops for 24 facilities of one of the largest food companies in Thailand, Betagro. These solar projects will utilize more than 62,000 solar panels and produce 38 gigawatt hours of renewable electricity per year.
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The construction process of a port to dock LNG tankers to supply liquefied nature gas (LNG) for 350-megawatt LNG power plant in Thilawa SEZ is about 40 per cent finished, according to Ministry of Electricity and Energy. It is one of the electric power projects implemented by the ministry to fulfill the electricity requirement for 2020 summer.
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GENEVA, Switzerland – United Nations Special Rapporteur on Environment David Boyd recognized as good practices the Philippine government’s robust policies to realize the right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment.
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.
