China has a lot to offer the ambitious Asean Smart City Network project and has pledged to share its experience and technologyBut the rise of anti-China sentiment in Asean over South China Sea tensions and unpopular Mekong dam projects may hinder cooperation China’s Premier Li Keqiang (centre) poses for a group photo at the 22nd Asean-China Summit in Bangkok last November. Photo: AFPChina is the latest nati ...

BP inks deal with R&B as oil giant continues to beef up its presence in the fast expanding energy management market BP Ventures has made a foray into the fast expanding artificial intelligence (AI) market in China with a $3.6m investment in energy management specialist R&B, the firms announced this morning. R&B's energy management systems apply AI analytics to predict, control and improve a buil ...

Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions has delivered a mobile 30kW hydrogen fuel cell system for a test vessel that the Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology (TUMSAT) and NREG Toshiba are using to demonstrate the applicability of fuel cell technology for shipping. According to Toshiba, using the mobile unit will mean that ‘the volume per unit power output is reduced to 1/3 compared to the statio ...

FRENCH energy company Total on Monday opened its new Asia-Pacific headquarters at Frasers Tower, which will improve its operational efficiency and drive its business growth in liquefied natural gas (LNG) and renewable energies. Situated on Cecil Street, the headquarters spans about 125,000 square feet, a 65 per cent increase from its old premises in Odeon Towers and Raffles City. The six-storey office space ...

Yunnan Energy, a Chinese government-owned entity, has signed an agreement with New York-headquartered FinTech firm Ideanomics to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles and smart grid infrastructure in Yunnan province and in Southeast Asia. Ideanomics and Yunnan Energy will establish the New Energy Industry Fund to promote investment into the construction and management of power grid infrastructure in ...

Energy transition and decarbonisation are becoming increasingly critical to addressing the ever-growing concerns of climate change. In spearheading decarbonisation efforts, we must pay special attention to the development of hydrogen.  Hydrogen is more than just another option that we can add to the long list of clean technology as it can provide an energy supply which is uniquely flexible. This added ...

Team Terra Drone Indonesia with officials from Medco Energi and C-Astral Bramor C4EYE UAS (Click here to see video) Purwakarta, Indonesia – Terra Drone Indonesia, a group company of Japan-based Terra Drone Corporation, has conducted a demonstration to showcase the advantages of UAV-based pipeline monitoring to Indonesian oil and gas group Medco Energi Internasional Tbk PT. The demo was completed on Nov ...

How can utilities cut blackouts during disasters? How can governments ensure reliable electricity access in even the most remote regions? And how can countries secure the future of their energy resources while tackling climate change? Energy pioneers from across the region are tackling and thinking about these challenges every day. We bring to you a roundup of case studies, ideas and experiments from utilit ...

VR isn’t just for video games anymore. Doctors are using it to train for surgeries; police officers use it in simulated terror attacks. One utility provider in Asia is using virtual reality to train its employees to respond in the case of workplace accidents. Taiwan Power Company, the state’s only electric utility, has a broad vision of using smart technology to provide better services to the 7 million hous ...

Southeast Asia is a region that is developing rapidly at an unfortunate period in human history. As the climate change clock ticks, the region of 641 million people must chart a developmental path that decouples the fossil fuel-dependent economic model of the past with a future that is expected to see global temperatures rise by, at the current rate of emissions, about 3 degrees Celsius. The archipelagic bl ...