The Blue Circle and AC Energy have ordered the first GE 5MW-158 from General Electric (GE) for the second phase of the Mui Ne project in South Vietnam The Blue Circle and its partner AC Energy, the power generation arm of Philippine conglomerate Ayala Corporation, have signed Asia’s first Notice to Proceed with General Electric Renewable Energy (GE Renewable Energy) for its new Cypress platform wind turbine ...

Vietnam is struggling with alarming air pollution. Its two biggest cities, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, are now among the top 15 polluted cities in Southeast Asia. Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is the most concerning air pollutant in Vietnam. In 2019, Hanoi had only 8 days with PM2.5 lower than the national standard of 50 micrograms per cubic metre (µg/m3). The air quality in Ho Chi Minh City ...

In the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, major economies like China, Japan and South Korea contribute to about 25% of the world’s food waste while other South and Southeast Asian regions together account for 22% of the world’s food waste. Against this backdrop, the packaging and end-product suppliers are planning to address these food losses and waste by using nano-technology to extend the shelf life of food prod ...

The power transfer potential of cross border electricity trade could be about 5,000-6,000 MW presently, which by 2030 is expected to almost triple to about 15,000 MW Pankaj Batra is the Project Director of South Asia Regional Initiative for Energy Integration (SARI/EI) program funded by United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by Integrated Research and Action for Developme ...

Multi-functional terminal extends Swedish methane infrastructure significantly and improves access for the country’s industry OxGas, a company fully owned by the Port of Oxelösund in Sweden has commissioned MAN Energy Solutions to act as “owners engineer” in the development and construction of a multi-functional terminal for liquefied methane-based fuels in the port of Oxelösund. The terminal will be design ...

Of the renewable energy sources, excluding large hydro above 25 MW, installed capacity of solar energy capacity registered the highest growth The installed capacity of renewable energy generation in the country has grown 72 per cent from 80 gigawatt (GW) to 138.9 GW during the past six years, according to new and renewable energy minister R K Singh. He also added that the foreign direct investments of $6.1 ...

A new United Nations report has warned that countries in the Asia and Pacific region are not on track to achieve any of the 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) and are in some cases even going in the “wrong direction”. The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) published on Wednesday a progress report on the global targets to be achieved in 10 years’ time. Data ...

As I write this the World and business community are facing challenges we have never experienced in our lifetime, and hopefully never will again.  At this time, you are probably on lock down and working from home, or some of you may be still at the office, but one thing is for certain, you aren’t going to any face to face events or meetings at the moment, and probably wont be travelling to meet your cl ...

Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) and Orsted have set up a joint venture company to work on a bid to develop an offshore wind project in Japan’s Choshi area. The newly formed Choshi Offshore Wind Farm company builds upon the existing memorandum of understanding signed in 2019 by the companies, to work together on offshore wind projects. Since then the partners have been drawing up a framework and organis ...

Lightweight, fully rugged device optimises mobile productivity in a wide range of demanding industrial field environments Getac has today announced the launch of the ZX70 G2, a fully rugged, highly portable tablet that’s purpose built to boost productivity and decrease downtime for mobile field professionals in the utilities, manufacturing and transport & logistics (T&L) sectors. The ZX70 G2 builds ...