Renewable energy

Big deal is in the making, says chief minister

Thai and Japanese researchers have embarked on a "Roadmap for a Low-carbon Thailand towards 2050" initiative that is aimed at contributing to widespread climate-policy...

This Thursday, June 12 , Sarawak gets put into the spotlight as business titans from Qatar representing institutional investment bodies, halal food industries and Islamic finance descend upon Kuching.

Sarawak will see a high-profile business event on June 12 when Inside Investor launches its brand-new Inside Sarawak 2013 investment report.

The Philippines took another step towards realising its renewable energy potential by approving three new wind farms, which will become the largest in the...

Thailand's Board of Investment has said it will enforce a new investment regime by the beginning of 2015, giving more than 19 months for...

With an official government development plan due in June 2013, Thailand is set to retain its reputation as ASEAN’s most aggressive developer of solar...

Solar power plants are suitable for Sarawak’s equatorial location on Borneo, and the low frequency of debilitating storms make the energy source especially viable, writes Justin Calderon after an on-site inspection.

Across the sun-drenched tropical expanse of Southeast Asia and with a number of new projects coming up, solar power is increasingly gathering a polished appeal, finds Justin Calderon. Has the solar revolution in ASEAN arrived?

If the Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (SCORE) was a pole-vaulting competition, Samalaju would be the one pushing the benchmark ever higher, writes Justin Calderon after his trip to Sarawak.

Sarawak attracted around $1 billion in investment in the first two months of 2013, the highest among the states in Malaysia, according to the...

In a spur to see half of the Philippines’ energy derive from renewable sources by 2030, the central government has announced that an anticipated...

Ormat Industries, a subsidiary of Ormat Technologies, a US-based provider of geothermal energy and recovered energy generation, signed a joint venture contract with Indonesia's...

Inside Investor asks Stéphane Michel, Managing Director of Total Qatar, affiliate of the French oil and gas major, how research initiatives and industry developments are taking the company to the World Cup 2022 and beyond.

The upper echelons of influence in Sarawak’s government, educational institutions and private sector all unanimously declare this is the greatest challenge to the state’s targeted developmental trajectory – human capital.

Environmental management consultancy Eco-Ideal, based in Kuala Lumpur and Kuching, says investing in eco-conscious ideas and projects is paying off.

Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra clinched a deal for gas concessions in Papua New Guinea (PNG) during her two-day tour that started on March...

Brunei, with its oil-centered economy, is currently looking for ways to diversify away from hydrocarbon revenues and does so through promoting other industries. Renewable energy could be a sector with high potential.