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Nearly 250GW of renewables could go online in Asia by 2030

Asia’s strong project pipeline could get a boost from RE certificates.

Asian Power announces the winners of the first-ever Asian Oil & Gas Awards 2021

Asian Power is proud to declare the winners of the inaugural Asian Oil & Gas Awards. The awards programme recognises the most outstanding and exceptional initiatives in the oil and gas industry in Asia.

How viable are the proposed LNG projects in emerging Asian countries?

A total of 62% of the proposed LNG terminal capacity and 66% of gas-fired power may not be built.

ADB’s coal retirement plan may get caught in Southeast Asia’s coal lock-in

Some 45GW of additional coal in the next decade could pose risks to ADB’s 15-year plan.

Keppel Corp-led consortium buys 51% stake in Cleantech Solar

This leaves Shell the remaining 49% of the equity interest in Cleantech.

Mitsubishi, Lawson to supply solar power to 3,600 convenience stores

The supplying of the renewable energy will start in April 2022.

IRT’s Peter Wijaya reveals how its eco-friendly technology can make it a role model

Its USC technology applied in Jawa 9 and 10 steam power plants has gained national and regional appreciation.   President Director of PT Indo Raya Tenaga (IRT) Peter Wijaya shares what the company is expecting from the implementation of emission-reduction technology following its achievement in the Asian Power Awards 2021.   Recently, PT Indo Raya Tenaga has won two prestigious prizes; Coal Power Project (Silver) and Environmental Upgrade of The Year in Asian Power Awards 2021. The award is not the first as the company previously won the Indonesia Green Award (IGA) 2021 for pioneering eco-friendly coal-steamed power plants by implementing advanced eco-friendly technology.

China is global biomass ‘outperformer’: Fitch Solutions

It is adding more than 14.5GW between 2021 and 2030.

Sembcorp, BCG Energy to develop 1.5GW renewable energy project in Vietnam

The first phase of the collaboration will involve initial funding of $40.95m

Nuclear power “essential” in hitting Paris Agreement target: IEA

Every 1,000MW of nuclear energy could reduce carbon emissions by 3.1 million CO2-equivalent tonnes per year. 

5GW of Australia’s coal capacity will close sooner than expected

This will bring down Australia’s coal capacity to 14GW by 2030, the IEEFA reported.

Wind power finds niche in Asian markets, Fitch reports 

India and Vietnam are projected to increase their wind capacity to 43GW and 13GW, respectively, by 2030. 

China tops world’s solar market: report

The market has some 437GW of additional solar capacity between end-2020 and 2030.

48MW Tra Vinh intertidal wind project in Vietnam goes online

The project was also among the 28 wind farms that met the deadline to qualify for feed-in tariffs. 

PT Indo Raya Tenaga wins big at the Asian Power Awards 2021

It bagged the Environmental Upgrade of the Year - Indonesia and the Coal Power Project of the Year - Silver awards.