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Financing Southeast Asia's energy transition
Business, Published on 11/09/2024
» It is unusual to feel nostalgia when you glimpse the future. Seeing an electric rickshaw for the first time, I couldn't help but smile, remembering the spluttering sound of rickshaws that filled the crowded Indian streets of my youth. New electric models are quickly becoming a more common sight in the parts of Southeast Asia that share that three-wheeled transport tradition.
China is building two-thirds of new wind and solar globally
Published on 11/07/2024
» BEIJING: Almost two-thirds of big wind and solar plants under construction globally are in China, where surging renewable capacity has squeezed coal's generation share to new lows, research released on Thursday showed.
Philippines' dependency on coal-fired power surpasses China, Indonesia
Published on 01/07/2024
» SINGAPORE: The Philippines surpassed Indonesia and China to break into the world's top ten economies most dependent on coal-fired power, data from energy think tank Ember showed, underlining the challenges it faces to achieve its green energy goals.
Egco targets new assets to boost power
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 28/06/2024
» Electricity Generating Plc (Egco), a power generation arm of Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, plans to increase its investment budget to acquire more assets this year, aiming to add new power generation capacity of 1,000 megawatts each year.
Power generation investment to reach B1tn within 6 years
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 22/06/2024
» Investment in the development of new electricity generation facilities, aimed at promoting renewable energy, is expected to reach 1 trillion baht over the next six years under the novel power development plan (PDP), says energy permanent secretary Prasert Sinsukprasert.
A closer look at the new energy plan
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 20/06/2024
» The revised version of the power development plan (PDP), which went through a week-long public hearing ending on June 19, is ready to be forwarded for approval by energy authorities, who expect to implement the plan within this year.
Warning over insufficient fossil fuel cuts
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 14/06/2024
» Gas and coal reduction targets in the revised version of the power development plan (PDP) may be insufficient for the government to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, say energy firms.
Ratch banking on new Indonesia plants
Business, Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 03/05/2024
» SET-listed Ratch Group, the power generation arm of Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, expects positive business prospects for its coal-fired thermal power plants in Indonesia after acquiring them from Mitsui & Co for US$590 million.
Power demand hits new record amid heatwave
Yuthana Praiwan, Published on 30/04/2024
» Electricity usage hit a new daily high of 36,700 megawatts on Monday, when temperatures averaged 35-38°C across the nation, peaking at 42°C, according to energy authorities.
Japan starts ammonia co-firing trial at coal power station
Reuters, Published on 01/04/2024
» TOKYO - Japan's top power generator, JERA, said on Monday it has begun a demonstration of co-firing 20% of ammonia with coal at its Hekinan thermal power station in central Japan, in what it said is the world's first trial using a large amount of the gas at a major commercial plant.