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JA Solar Supplies Largest Single Photovoltaic Project in Guam with All Modules Needed for Completion

January 19, 2021 Anand Gupta

BEIJING, Jan : JA Solar recently announced that it supplies all PV modules needed to complete an 88MW project in Guam. Invested in and constructed by Korea Electric Power, the project will be the largest single PV plant in Guam. Located on an island and in an environment with strong winds, the project has stricter […]

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Village left out of solar power project, Isoc admits

January 19, 2021 Anand Gupta

The Internal Security Operations Command (Isoc) on Tuesday admitted that its 45-million-baht solar power project in Chiang Mai’s Omkoi district had not yet reached a remote village that ended up being helped out by a YouTube celebrity. Isoc was responding to criticism on social media about why it had invested so much money in the […]

Australia flags caps to renewable energy connections in overhaul of power grid

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Can Renewable Energy Save Indonesia’s Economy?

January 19, 2021 Anand Gupta

The World Health Organization (WHO) revealed that COVID-19 cases in Indonesia are the highest in Southeast Asia. Indonesia has recorded over 800,000 cases to date and the numbers seem to be increasing by the day. Due to the pandemic, Indonesia’s economic growth contracted at -3.49 percent by the third quarter of 2020; and there has […]

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Suit involving ‘business partners’ in Sarawak solar project to go for full trial

January 19, 2021 Anand Gupta

KUALA LUMPUR : The High Court today ordered a suit involving two alleged former business partners in the Sarawak schools solar project to proceed for a full trial. Businessman Rayyan Radzwill Abdullah sued Saidi Abang Samsudin, former managing director of Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd, to recover RM9 million in “consultant fees” that he said Saidi […]

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Malaysia’s Newest Billionaire Automates Factories Around The Globe

January 19, 2021 Anand Gupta

Surging demand for electric vehicles and solar energy is proving to be a double boon for low-profile Malaysian entrepreneur Tan Eng Kee, cofounder and CEO of Penang-based Greatech Technology. The company, which makes industrial automation equipment for a variety of different manufacturers, saw its shares jump 330% in the past year, propelling Tan into the […]

DEME, OQ to produce hydrogen from wind, solar energy in Oman

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Taiwan’s FIT Scheme for 2021 Shows Rate Drops for Solar PV and Offshore Wind

January 19, 2021 Anand Gupta

Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) released this year’s feed-in tariff (FIT) scheme for renewables on January 7. The new scheme shows that both the rates for solar PV and offshore wind have been lowered, with the latter dropping by as much as 8.6%. Although the MOEA has reduced the rate for solar PV, it […]

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Tan Son Nhat airport installed its first solar power system with Swedish-Finnish engineering

January 19, 2021 Anand Gupta

The first rooftop solar power system at the Ho Chi Minh City-based Tan Son Nhat International Airport was inaugurated on 15 January, with an installed capacity of 1.1 MWp. This is the first renewable energy project to be installed in the airport network in Vietnam as well as being the largest in downtown Ho Chi […]

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ERC still firming up ‘price ceiling’ for RE auction under RPS

January 19, 2021 Anand Gupta

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is still firming up the pricing formula for the targeted ‘tariff ceiling’ that shall be instituted for the 2,000 megawatts of renewable energy (RE) capacity auction targeted by mid-June this year. Sharon Montaner, director of the Market Operations Service (MOS) and chief of the Renewable Energy Division of the ERC, […]

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Mangyans trained by Tesda to light up their own communities using solar power

January 19, 2021 Anand Gupta

A total of 100 Mangyans in Sitio Proper, Barangay Panaytayan, Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro lit up their own community after being trained by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)-led Poverty Reduction and Livelihood Cluster (PRLEC) of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). TESDA Secretary Isidro Lapeña congratulated PRLEC for […]

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Major firms urge Japan to bolster 2030 renewable energy goal

January 19, 2021 Anand Gupta

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga last year set a 2050 deadline for Japan to become carbon-neutral, but the country’s shorter term renewables goal has long been criticised as lagging. Tokyo : Major firms including Sony, Panasonic and Nissan on Monday urged the Japanese government to make its 2030 renewable energy target twice as ambitious. Prime Minister […]