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Storage is useful but not essential, expert said.

This is despite challenges arising from wider renewables use.

The privatisation trend, in particular, holds promise in the near to mid-term horizon, says KPMG partner.

I decided to stop my recipes on PV projects this month. We all seem to enjoy seeing more and more of programmes about cooking on TV, but we should also have some change to it. I would like to go back to a topic that I have addressed in one of my earlier articles: PV rooftops. Utilities are particularly worried with the rooftops and specially when no subsidies are involved as it is the case right now in most countries. Utilities fear the canibalization of their revenues and in particular for most of the Asian countries (and not only in Asia) that the slice of the paying consumers better-off will be the ones interested in installing PV rooftops due to expensive electricity bills. This happens mostly due to cross subsidies and without actually removing them, the problem is not on PV rooftops, but on the structure of subsidies.

ENGIE will be creating a test site for a 2.8MW microgrid.

Industry-disruptive technologies like solar storage, as well as electricity trading and 3D modeling, are transforming the value chains of power utilities.

PacificLight’s CEO Yu Tat Ming shares how his company maintains and innovates Singapore’s first LNG-fired power plant.

The transaction will close in 1Q18.

If you thought it was maximising solar capacities, you are wrong.

Theme will be "Rethinking Energy; Navigating Change".

Internet of Things (IoT) is billed as the next industrial revolution, Industry 4.0. The concept of IoT can be encapsulated as the capability to sense the environment with multitude of sensors, process all the data, make intelligent decisions and act in real time. At a high level there are three use-cases of IoT in the power sector: a) operational optimization resulting in improved economics and reduced carbon emissions, b) asset performance management (APM) for higher reliability and lower cost of maintenance, and c) customer engagement with the objective of lowering cost, and supporting local production, storage and usage of electricity.

Continuing my series on recipes for procedures to support Asia to develop PV capacity I am devoting this one to the tariffs. I mentioned on one of my earlier recipes that tariffs should be obtained from the market and FiT should be avoided or treated very carefully. I am now going to expand a bit on this issue. This recipe will require to consider 2 objectives:

For emerging economies in Asia and beyond, ‘business as usual’ is no longer enough for hydropower development. Instead, transparency, inclusiveness, benefit sharing and environmental and social responsibility, are the key actions that stakeholders and project-affected communities are looking for when it comes to private sector operations. Likewise, investors exploring new opportunities in emerging markets want a clear understanding of their project’s environmental and social risks.

Traditional power projects failed to meet deadlines.

The bids must be in by late September, sources said.

As renewables markets mature, renewables investors are looking to new markets for their next source of growth. Solar photovoltaic (PV) generation has great potential and has been the most attractive renewable energy source amongst the Southeast Asian nations. Annual solar radiation levels in the region ranges from 1,460 to 1,900 kWh/m2/per year. Growth prospects are tremendous in Southeast Asia with a combination of fast-growing economies with resulting investment in manufacturing, transportation and energy infrastructure, rapid growth in electricity demand and good solar resource.