The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the International Energy Agency (IEA) have renewed their agreement to collaborate on the sustainability and resilience of the energy sector. The two organisations have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to scale up efforts to advance progress on sustainability with increased focus on energy sector resilience in Asia and the Pacific. Under the three-year agreement ...

India is leveraging its solar power expertise as it ventures into African nations under the aegis of the International Solar Alliance (ISA), two people aware of the matter said. As part of this strategy, state-run power generator NTPC Ltd plans to help Gambia and Malawi develop solar power parks and is eyeing project management consultancy contracts in Sudan, Mozambique, Egypt, Uganda, Rwanda and Niger. Ind ...

The Clean Energy Council (CEC) is joining forces with the Australian Hydrogen Council (AHC) after it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) as hydrogen fuel’s presence and potential in Australia’s renewable energy future grows. The CEC MoU is one of five signed by AHC with key organisations in the Asia-Pacific and Canada. Hydrogen is quickly becoming the Timothée Chalamet of the renewable energy mix, no ...

Siemens Gamesa has secured two new orders totalling 165MW in Vietnam.  The deals, for 75MW and 90MW at the Tan Thuan and Thai Hoa wind farms respectively, will be be for the delivery of 5.0-145 turbines. Tan Thuan is the fourth nearshore project Siemens Gamesa has secured in Vietnam. It is also the largest nearshore project to date in the country. The company has also signed a 10-year contract to provi ...

Asia-Pacific solar technology contracts in May 2020 saw 22 contracts announced, marking a drop of 35% over the last 12-month average of 34, according to GlobalData’s power industry contracts database.Solar technology contracts activity in Asia-Pacific by volume. YearMonthCountMay-1939Jun-1943Jul-1936Aug-1927Sep-1934Oct-1935Nov-1926Dec-1935Jan-2033Feb-2031Mar-2041Apr-2028May-2022 The proportion of solar tech ...

BOTH Japan and Germany are finalizing plans to phase out coal fired power stations, in moves which will require a big increase in spending on renewable energy as well as increase the importance of natural gas and liquified natural gas (LNG) imports. Japan plans to set up an expert panel to find agreement with electric utilities on closing older and less efficient coal fired plants, and shift towards more re ...

Pakistan has signed a hydropower deal with a Chinese company as part of the country's China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan hailed the new project and asserted that "CPEC was confined to road connectivity, but now other aspects of the corridor are being unfolded." The hydropower project will be carried out on river Jhelum in Sadhanoti district in Pakistan Occupi ...

Orsted and Taiwan-based TSMC have signed a corporate power purchase agreement (CPPA) for all the production from the former’s 920MW Greater Changhua 2b & 4 offshore wind farm.  The Danish energy giant said this makes it the largest-ever contract of its kind within renewable energy.  The 20-year fixed-price contract period starts once Greater Changhua 2b & 4 reaches commercial operatio ...

Industrial software supplier, COPA-DATA, is launching a new webinar series for the energy sector, starting Tuesday, July 14th. The IEC 61850 masterclass will help engineers understand how COPA-DATA’s software platform, zenon, supports power utility automation with multi-vendor systems. Pascal Schaub, director and principal engineer of DT Partners in Australia, kicks off the series next week and wi ...

Energy demand across Asia is surging and expected to grow by two-thirds by 2040, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency. At the same time, more than 65 million people mostly in Southeast Asia are without adequate or reliable access to electricity.  How does Asia solve its energy supply and demand dilemma? We are at a critical juncture. Managed well, the potential benefits of energy expa ...