A 13MW floating PV plant at a lake in Malaysia. The proven ability to install large-scale floating PV plants on water bodies across Southeast Asia means financing should be readily available for new projects, it was suggested during a panel discussion today. Asia dominates the technology’s project pipeline, according to consultancy Fitch Solutions, which said […]
Singapore Hit with a predicament in the Development of Floating Solar
Singapore merely occupies 728.3km² in land area, which is equivalent to the size of two and a half Taipei Cities or half of Los Angeles. As it is a relatively small country, the first issue that is likely to be talked about when it comes to developing renewable energy in the region is, are there […]
SINGAPORE IS TURNING TO FLOATING SOLAR PANELS TO MEET ITS GREEN TARGETS
It may be one of the world’s smallest countries, but the island-state of Singapore has a big emissions problem. In fact the nation is one of the biggest carbon dioxide emitters per capita, and the densely populated nature of the city makes it hard to find the necessary space for green initiatives. So Singapore has […]
LONGi supplies 273MW of its solar modules for Southeast Asia’s largest solar plant
LONGi supplies 273MW of its solar modules for Southeast Asia’s largest solar plant, Phase I of the Xuan Thien Ea Sup Project in Dak Lak, Vietnam LONGi, the world leading solar technology headquartered in Xi’an, China, is happy to announce that it has successfully supplied its Hi-MO 4 Series modules for Southeast Asia’s largest solar […]
EESL invests in SWAG EV to catalyze energy transformation in Southeast Asia
Energy Efficiency Services Limited invests in SWAG EV to catalyze energy transformation in Southeast Asia; transaction facilitated by South Pole’s SHIFT Asia Platform World’s largest energy service companies invests in an emerging e-mobility actor to drive convergence – an emerging concept bringing together electric mobility, renewable energy, and carbon finance New Delhi: In Thailand, the drivers of the […]
Cutting carbon emissions and power costs in Southeast Asia
On the rooftop of a building in Singapore, beside one of the company’s latest installations, Total Solar Distributed Generation’s CEO, Gavin Adda, explains, “One of the big things people don’t realize about solar power is that with it you can help reduce climate change, achieve sustainability targets, and cut costs at the same time.” Adda […]
Southeast Asia needs to go all in on the renewables revolution
Solar and wind power can provide plenty of energy for Mekong countries and help avoid a dangerous tipping point for the river The construction of hydropower dams on the Mekong has brought the river, and the world’s largest freshwater fishery, to a dangerous tipping point. Development plans that would push it over the edge march […]
Sun soon to rise on southeast Asia’s largest solar farm in Vietnam
The 14-trillion-dong ($593.22 million) facility in Ninh Thuan province is scheduled to start power generation in the fourth quarter this year, the company said in an emailed statement. HANOI: Vietnamese private firm Trung Nam Group said on Wednesday it will at the end of this month start building a 450-megawatt solar farm in central Vietnam […]
RPT-Cheaper solar power gains ground in southeast Asia
Southeast Asia is accelerating plans to harness energy from the sun in coming years as the cost of generating electricity from some solar power projects has become more affordable than gas-fired plants, officials and analysts said. The region, where power demand is expected to double by 2040, is striving to expand the share of renewable […]
Southeast Asia may become net fossil fuel importer in coming years
SINGAPORE : Southeast Asia could become a net importer of fossil fuels in the next few years, raising the financial burden on governments and increasing carbon emissions in the region, the International Energy Agency (IEA) warned in a report. This comes despite expectations of slower growth in the region’s energy demand as economies shift towards […]