While renewable power in Asia Pacific was also hit by cost inflation last year, it managed to gain competitiveness against fossil fuel power, Wood Mackenzie said this week. Amid a power crisis caused by high demand and supply chain tightness, costs of coal and gas power rose by 19% and 46% respectively, the analyst firm estimates. At the same time, the average levelised cost of electricity (LCOE) for new so ...

Malaysian utility Sarawak Energy has signed a contract with technology firm Itron for the provision and installation of advanced metering infrastructure. A 15-year deal signed through the utility’s subsidiary SESCO includes the supply and installation of some 180,000 advanced metering units and an IoT communications network to provide connectivity for the smart meters and other intelligent grid devices. Itr ...

 JERA Co., Inc. ("JERA") and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. ("MHI") have received notice of acceptance of their grant application, under the Green Innovation Fund program of the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization ("NEDO"), to conduct a project to develop and demonstrate a technology to increase the ammonia co-firing rate at coal-fired boilers (the "Project"). Ammonia enables ef ...

Pimagazine Asia has been in the energy market for 12 years delivering high quality, targeted content for our clients reaching key decision makers in the ASEAN Energy market place.  Like thousands of other international businesses, the pandemic over the last 18 months has effected us considerably. Like others, we have had to take a step back to look at the market and how our platform can rise above the digit ...

The Victorian Big Battery in Geelong, Australia. Image: Victoria State government. The Victorian Big Battery, a 300MW / 450MWh lithium-ion battery energy storage system (BESS) in Australia, has been officially opened by the Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change for the state of Victoria. Minister Lily D’Ambrosio said her government was “proud to flick the switch on Australia’s biggest battery ...

Rendering of the PowerX Power ARK, a ‘power transfer vessel’. Image: PowerX. Development has begun in Japan of a marine battery storage vessel that would be charged at sea from offshore wind and then carry the power back to land. Startup PowerX has come up with the concept of the Power ARK, a so-called ‘power transfer vessel’. The company said last week that it has formed a partnership with shipbuilding com ...

Amongst the immediate results of the 26th Session of the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow is a strong commitment by at least 23 nations to phase out coal power. Most importantly, four member countries of ASEAN – Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Vietnam and Singapore – are amongst countries that joined this pledge. The Sultanate, in further enhancing its climate ambition, is movi ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Bangladesh and India can be benefited by generating hydropower in Nepal and Bhutan as it will be clean energy. The prime minister said this while Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla paid a courtesy call on her at her official residence Gono Bhaban this morning. Prime Minister's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed reporters after the call. Shringla said s ...

- Renovation to Extend Service Life, Save Energy, and Reduce Annual Carbon Emissions by More Than 8% - - Refurbishment of stoker-type incinerators and related equipment will enhance combustion and operational stability, heat recovery, and power generation efficiency - Five-year contract calls for project completion in January 2026 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Environmental & Chemical Engineering Co., Ltd ...

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has released a new roadmap that examines ways Tajikistan could maximise the potential value of its surplus hydropower through cross-border trading, helping to advance renewable energy throughout central Asia. The IEA developed its energy policy Roadmap on Cross-Border Electricity Trading for Tajikistan as part of its work through the EU4Energy Programme. The Roadmap is ...