AsiaElec - Asia Power

27 May 2021

Japan holds back G7 commitment to ending coal funding

26 May 2021

Japan has managed to water down the G7’s commitment to phasing out coal, with Japanese media saying that the group’s recent meeting of environment ministers had stopped short of calling for the total abandonment of coal-fired power generation.

Singapore’s SP Group to invest in renewables in Vietnam

26 May 2021

Singapore’s SP Group and Vietnam’s BCG Energy have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to invest in renewable energy projects in Vietnam.

Indonesia floats carbon tax

26 May 2021

Indonesia has drawn up proposals to bring in a carbon tax to curb greenhouse gas emissions, in addition to raising VAT rates and reforming income tax, as part of a major overhaul of the tax system, a finance ministry document showed.

Stena wins FEED contract for gas-to-power project in Vietnam

26 May 2021

Norway’s Stena Power & LNG Solutions has won the FEED contract for the use of its jetty-less LNG transfer and regasification solutions for Delta Offshore Energy’s Bac Lieu LNG-to-power project in Vietnam.

Keppel eyes Warburg Pincus’ stake in India’s CleanMax

26 May 2021

Singapore’s Keppel Corp. is among suitors for Warburg Pincus’s majority stake in Indian rooftop solar power producer CleanMax Enviro Energy Solutions.

Sinopec to expand into green hydrogen

26 May 2021

Chinese state-controlled oil giant Sinopec said it would launch its first green hydrogen project, involving a 270-MW solar plant and a 50-MW wind farm, in the Inner Mongolia region in 2022.

Stena wins FEED contract for Vietnamese LNG project

20 May 2021

Stena Power & LNG Solutions has been awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for the use of its jettyless LNG transfer and regasification technology at Delta Offshore Energy’s (DeltaOE) planned LNG-to-power project in Vietnam.

State Gas spuds first Rolleston-West CBM well

20 May 2021

Australian junior State Gas has spudded its first well at the Rolleston-West coal-bed methane (CBM) in Queensland State’s Bowen Basin.