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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 ...

Almost 1,500GW of technical offshore wind potential, which offer enormous potential for Asia, have been identified mostly in China, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, and Vietnam. This acts as a ray of light ...

There is unanimous agreement on the advantages of digitalisation in improving power plants’ and networks’ efficiencies, reducing unplanned outages and downtime, and extending the operational lifetime ...

Its reliance on imported thermal coal has caused price surges for consumers.

Investor appetite for renewable projects had been reasonably low during the first few months of shock from the health crisis. However, Ashwin Naranayan, Head of Special Projects (Renewable Energy) at ...

Following supply chain disruptions and creation of new demands in the power market due to coronavirus-related restrictions, the industry is being pressured to improve efficiency and accuracy, integrat ...

This is urged for localities with potential for wind power development.

The global digital twin market in the utility industry is expected to grow more than six-fold between 2020 and 2026.

The need to improve agility and speed in operations by utilities in the Asia-Pacific are the two main factors driving them into adopting cloud-based solutions, according to the IDC.

The World Bank has approved a $350 million credit to help Myanmar to increase the output and efficiency of power generation.

A new study released by the UK’s University of Keele states that smart meters have little impact on reducing consumer energy usage.

2020 is on its way to experiencing the largest recorded demand shock in the history of global natural gas markets, underlines the Gas 2020 report, issued by the International Energy Agency (IEA).