Energy demand in Asia will double ten years from now, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Enhancing renewable energy usage in Asia will be vital, which investors, energy providers, and the …
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Ayala to invest $1 B for energy projects
The energy investment platform of the Ayala Group will be investing $1 billion next year across five power markets that will include the Philippines, Vietnam, Australia, India and Myanmar. The capital…
Electricity Reform to Light Up Myanmar’s Economy
Businesses and the general public in Myanmar are divided on the recent bold policy move to hike electricity tariffs. But the big question is: how can the electricity reform contribute to the country’s…
Indonesia Looks to its Past to Solve Modern Energy Troubles
As a nation made up of 17,000 islands, one of Indonesia’s most challenging problems in the 21st century has been modernizing her electric grid. But now on the island of Siberut, some electricity-starv…
Malaysian firm eyes waste-to-energy PHL projects
A MALAYSIAN company has pledged to invest up to $2 billion to put up 12 waste-to-energy (WTE) facilities in the Philippines in partnership with Filipino company Integrated Green Technology, Inc. (IGT)…
Malaysia: Local biodiesel demand reaches record levels, boost to CPO price
MALAYSIA’S rising demand for biodiesel has helped push the prices of crude palm oil (CPO) to levels last seen two years ago, offering some respite to a topsy-turvy year for the country’s key export co…
Nepal’s hydro resource, Bangladesh’s natural gas foundation for prosperity
President Bidya Devi Bhandari has said Nepal’s hydro resource and Bangladesh’s natural gas could be strong base for the economic prosperity of both countries. At a banquet hosted in honor of Banglades…
Wind energy in Vietnam: targeting 6 GW of installed wind power capacity by 2030
The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) has launched a Policy Pulse report on Vietnam, which provides qualitative analysis of the political and macroeconomic headwinds steering the wind power sector and…
Biogas as a sustainable energy solution for Southeast Asia
The recent advent of a circular economy highlights the importance of anaerobic digestion and biogas. Anaerobic digestion is a process where large organic matter is broken down into small molecules in …
India investing $60 billion gas grid to link up nation by 2024
India, one of the world’s largest consumers of oil and coal, is investing $60 billion to build a national gas grid and import terminals by 2024 in a bid to cut its carbon emissions, the oil minister s…