Staff Reporter

The Philippine Solar Power Alliance has been lobbying for interconnection protocol to govern net metering for the import and export of capacity to and from the grid. 

Vietnam has identified locations suitable for green and renewable energy projects that foreign firms can invest in.

India will extend financial support to Sri Lanka on setting up a 500MW coal based power project in the Trincomalee region of Sri Lanka through Trincomalee Power Company Limited.

Sarawak Hidro will commission the remaining four of the eight turbines at Bakun hydroelectric dam by stages in the second half.

Publicly listed oil and gas services provider PT Radiant Utama Interinsco plans to build hydropower plants in West Sumatra to diversify its business.

Six hydropower projects of Vietnam's Thua Thien Hue Province that have low economic values and were forecasted to cause severe flooding were cancelled.

The potential market for rooftop solar is placed at US$450 million annually but is almost completely untapped.

Spanish solar plant maker Gestamp Solar is investing US$1.16 billion to build solar plants and panels in Japan.

China second auction for shale gas licenses late this month has drawn the interest of some 70 Chinese firms, including the country's two biggest oil and gas companies.

The Dakrong district of Vietnam's central province of Quang Tri will soon host a 25MW geothermal power plant.

The Aditya Birla group plans will address the demand for clean energy through Rs 6,000 crore investments in solar power business over the next five years.

India's apex power sector planning body - CEA - has turned down Assam Power Minister Pradyut Bordoloi`s

Taiwanese solar material maker Giga Solar Materials Corp has set its sights on several new solar farm projects in Southeast Asia.

SMA Solar Technology will supply inverters to Kagoshima Mega Solar Power’s 70MW solar plant, which is set to be completed by next fall.

Thailand energy minister announced that the country will conduct a study on the construction of a nuclear power plant.

Taiwan’s solar cell maker Neo Solar Power Corp. last October 5 posted revenue at NT$764 million for last month.The said company's revenue falls as compared with August’s NT$1.07 billion, about 29 percent lower. On an annual basis, this is a 56 percent slump from NT$1.75 billion.Last month’s revenue was at its lowest level since January’s NT$663 million.In the June to September period, revenue plummeted 28 percent to NT$2.85 billion, from NT$3.96 billion in the previous quarter.