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General Electric, one of coal power’s historic leaders and manufacturers, said it will exit the new-build market as soon as possible.

Addressing the above trends requires using new approaches. One such possible solution may be the adoption of microgrid technologies. Self-contained power networks that can function independently, micr ...

This is what M. Ikhsan Asaad, Director of Mega Project at PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN), FX Setijastoto, Director General of New Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation at the Ministry of Energy ...

In a combined interview and panel discussion last week, Haryanto WS, Director of Jawa Region at PLN (Pesero), Dr Ir Marzan Azis Iskandar, IPU, Rector at Institute of Technology Indonesia and Member of ...

Solar and wind represent 66% or $1t investment opportunities in Asia Pacific through 2030, whilst fossil fuels, mainly coal and gas, make up the remaining $500b. Investments in renewables have overtak ...

The deployment will allow SGCC to expand network coverage to more power stations and business offices, while also increasing capacity and flexibility. The deployment covers new deployments in Hebei, H ...

Australian blockchain pioneer Power Ledger is partnering with BCPG and Thai Digital Energy Development (TDED) to create a renewable energy certificate (REC) marketplace for the Southeast Asia region.

In the third episode of a seven-part series highlighting this New Paradigm, Syamsul Huda, Director of PLN Business for Sulawesi, Papua, Maluku, and Nusa Tenggara Region, Pete Davies, Senior Vice Presi ...

Much of the framework upon which this is based has been developed in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and aims to address energy cha ...

Meralco confirmed at a conference that if it decided to buy less power, coal generators would have to sell their electricity elsewhere. IEEFA noted that this means that coal generators are no longer a ...

Indonesia’s geothermal sector stands to benefit from a presidential regulation on renewable energy pricing that is being prepared, aiming to gain the investors’ trust in the clean energy sector, accor ...

Rudy Hendra Prastowo, Director of Primary Energy at PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN), Harlen, Executive Vice President – Coal at PLN, Heru Dewanto, Coordinator at MKI’s Expert Working Group and Form ...

However, grid resilience and renewable energy integration remain core investment areas for energy stakeholders in Asia. The two will help Asia to increase its power grid capacity to support surging en ...

Together, they will provide customers access to distributed energy solutions via a flexible ‘Energy as a Service’ (EaaS) model, allowing customers in the Asia Pacific market to pay for energy services ...

With 17,000 islands and 270 million people, Indonesia is the largest energy market in Southeast Asia. Annually, the country’s total energy demand increases by 7% and is anticipated to grow until 2050, ...

A zero-carbon future for Southeast Asia (SEA) would require a wide range of changes in conventional methods and technologies in power generation. For Nicolas Leong, Sales Director at Wärtsilä Energy B ...

The first phase of the Tesco-NESS PPA will see the installation of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on the rooftop spaces of 15 Tesco stores nationwide. The Tesco-NESS PPA will run for 20 years until 20 ...

The culprit for the high prices is the capacity fee, a minimum payment to ensure that the investor of the coal plant recovers their investment, which is typically a 14-15% internal rate of return (IRR ...

South Korea’s state-owned utility Korea Electric Power (Kepco) has announced that will move ahead with investments in the construction of two coal-fired power plants on the Indonesian island of Java.

The signing of the Results-Based Financing for Off-grid Solar grant agreement will enable more than 450,000 people in rural Myanmar to gain access to clean energy for the first time. The programme is ...