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Renewables

Gov’t faces hydropower project delays due to COVID-19

3 March 2020

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Myanmar

YANGON-Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, factories have shut down in China and Chinese experts have stopped coming, causing delays to hydropower projects, according to the Ministry of Electricity and Energy. Deputy Minister of Electricity and Energy Khin Maung Win inspected construction of 151-MW power plant in Ahlon Township, Yangon, on March 1st, instructing to complete timely construction of the project to meet schedule, to increase power generation, to meet the set standard of the project, to install the equipments for the early arrival of the equipments and practice worksite safety.

Energy Policy ,
Renewables

Cusi proposes EO to include nuclear power in PH energy mix

3 March 2020

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Philippines

MANILA – Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi is seeking approval of a proposed executive order (EO) to include nuclear power in the Philippines’ energy mix, Malacañang said on Tuesday. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Cusi made this proposal during the 47th Cabinet meeting led by President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday night.

Bioenergy

Gasohol E20 to become primary petrol this month

2 March 2020

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Thailand

Gasohol E20 will become the primary petrol for the country early this month, requiring all petrol stations nationwide to carry the ethanol-blended fuel, says the Energy Business Department. Director-general Nantika Thangsuphanich said the department will discuss the scheduled enforcement of E20 with fuel traders and refineries.

Coal

Newsbreak: TNB to award coal carriage contracts to vessel owners only

2 March 2020

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Malaysia

TNB Fuel Services Sdn Bhd (TNBF), a wholly-owned unit of state-controlled utility giant Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB), has come up with a new set of rules and regulations that requires companies bidding for its coal carriage contracts to also own vessels. TNBF, which has the mandate to import coal for power plants in Malaysia, is understood to have met about 40 executives from 15 companies late last month to explain its plans. The actual implementation date is set for later this year.

Renewables

New regulation on pricing of renewable energy awaits President’s approval

2 March 2020

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Indonesia

President Joko “Jokowi’ Widodo is expected to soon sign the long-awaited government regulation on renewable energy, which will, among other things, fix the formula of the feed-in tariff in a bid to improve the investment climate in the renewable energy sector, a senior energy official has said, Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry Renewable Energy Director General FX Sutijastoto said in Jakarta on Monday that the draft of the regulation on renewable energy had been sent to the President for approval.

Energy Efficiency

SAF on a mission to go green, starting with new hangar that produces more energy than it consumes

2 March 2020

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Singapore

SINGAPORE: The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) is on a push to do its part for the environment, as it unveiled its first net energy positive building – a new eight-storey hangar that uses solar panels and natural ventilation features. The hangar at Changi Air Base (East), built for the SAF’s multi-role tanker transport, can generate 1,225 megawatt-hours (MWh) of electricity a year, enough to power 273 four-room Housing Board flats. This is 30 per cent more than the energy it consumes, with the leftover used in other parts of the base.

Bioenergy ,
Energy Cooperation

The Palm Oil Conundrum in EU-ASEAN Relations

2 March 2020

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ASEAN

With new regulatory changes now taking place on the basis of the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive (RED) II of 2018, Indonesia and Malaysia are trying to come to terms with the implications for their global palm oil market strategy and domestic production. They are mobilizing intra-regional support from ASEAN and its members and even considering bringing their case forward to the WTO. The prospect of a considerable dip in palm oil exports to the European Union has become very real.

Coal ,
Energy-Climate & Environment

How one woman is taking on Vietnam’s ‘big coal’

2 March 2020

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Vietnam

[HANOI] As a child, Nguy Thi Khanh used to lie in the grass in her Vietnamese village and watch toxic emissions from nearby coal plants float past like clouds. Today she is one of the few voices in Vietnam taking on the industry – a rare female climate crusader pushing for renewables in a country where dirty energy is on the rise.

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