Solar power
Philippine tycoon to build world’s largest solar farm
Philippines-based Prime Infrastructure Holdings, a company controlled by Filipino billionaire Enrique Razon Jr. has unveiled plans to construct the world’s largest solar power facility...
Singapore completes one of world’s largest floating solar power plants
The new solar farm of off the coast of Woodlands in northern Singapore
Singapore-based solar energy provider Sunseap...
Mini solar power farms to help solve Myanmar’s electrification problem
With around half of Myanmar’s population having no access to electricity, the country’s energy ministry is coming...
World’s biggest floating solar power farms planned in Thailand
Thailand plans to build the world's largest floating solar farms to boost the country's share of clean energy, Bloomberg News cited Thepparat Theppitak, a...
Vietnam going solar after nuclear power plants shelved
The Vietnam government decided to embark on a number of projects to build large solar power facilities in the country and encouraged large companies...
Vietnam scraps plans to build nuclear power plants
Vietnam has decided to ditch plans to build two nuclear power plants in its southeastern Ninh Tuan province owing to soaring costs and safety...
Thai company to invest $1.4b in renewable energy
Thailand's promising solar industry received a welcome boost this week with the news that a leading domestic clean energy developer is set to invest...
Philippines’ largest solar power plant starts operations
The Philippines largest solar power plant is set to commence commercial operations on May 15. It is San Carlos Solar Energy Inc's (SaCaSol) 22-megawatt...
Negros to host Philippines’ biggest solar project
The Philippine Department of Energy (DOE) has approved the construction of the country's biggest solar power project to date at the San Carlos Economic...
Solar power, a viable alternative for Brunei
Brunei has made the energy sector in Southeast Asia sit up and take notice with its announcement that the oil-rich state will introduce a...
Thailand sets radical targets for solar energy
The Thai government has said that it aims to build 3,000 megawatts of solar power capacity by 2021, 50 per cent more than previously...
Investment in Southeast Asia’s solar revolution
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?
Myanmar gets first solar power plant
Myanmar will not only get its first solar power plant but also the world's third-largest within 21 months, providing the country with an extra...
Indonesia seeks solar power partners
The Indonesian government has set aside $103 million for the development of 36 solar energy projects in 2013 through the assistance of partners.
According to...
Going green with solar power
Solar energy has the potential to play a significant role in Thailand’s energy mix. Innovative companies such as Get IT show how it could...
Masdar announces potential wind farm
In an effort to meet the UAE’s ambitious plan to generate 7% of power from green sources by 2020, the country’s clean energy company,...
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...