Singapore

Two years ago a commentary about the future of renewable energy in Singapore was released. Since then, the island state has witnessed rapid development of the solar photovoltaic (PV) industry. Tenders have been called under the SolarNova program that will locate 350 MWp of distributed rooftop PV on governmental buildings and public housing blocks by 2020.

The ambition is to be realized in the next five years.

It is the future of Asian electric grids.

Its potential may be marred by these threats.

World Nuclear Exhibition will bring them all together.

If not renewables, what then must be used to meet baseload requirements?

Do not get fooled by the 80% demand growth, analysts say.

While that question hung over the last days of World War II, on December 2015 the world media definitely projected a cheerful resolution for the recent climate change negotiations there that "no", the ballyhooed Paris Agreement inked there should provide a new pathway to avoid such fate. Seeing the multitudes of various politicians all in good cheer though, one could not help but be a wee bit skeptical.

And clean coal tech's effectivity will lag big time.

This is part of SP PowerGrid's improvement project.

It's high time for Myanmar to tap its power sector.

A specific objective mentioned in Myanmar's New Electricity Law 2014 is the intent to "increase foreign… investments in electricity-related work" and provision is made for the issuance and revocation of licenses to foreign investors.

It will be held in five cities across Southeast Asia.

Wind energy's net capacity factor can hit just 25%.

It's just one of the many challenges in meeting baseload needs.

When it comes to power generation in Asia, coal is still undeniably the king.