Government of Malaysia, in line with the vision to promote Renewable Energy in the electricity mix to 60% by 2030, a 20 Megawatt (MW) Grid-Scale Battery Energy Storage System (BESS). This project was inaugurated, in the presence of the Minister of Energy and Public Utilities, Georges Pierre Lesjongard, this morning, at the Amaury Sub-station. The Attorney General, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade, Maneesh Gobin; the Minister of Gender Equality and Family Welfare, Kalpana Devi Koonjoo-Shah; the General Manager of the Central Electricity Board (CEB), Rajden Chowdharry, and several other personalities were also present. The main purpose…
Author: Chitrika Grover
In line with Government’s vision to promote Renewable Energy in the electricity mix to 60% by 2030, a 20 Megawatt (MW) Grid-Scale Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), was inaugurated, in presence of the Minister of Energy and Public Utilities, Georges Pierre Lesjongard, this morning, at the Amaury Sub-station.The Attorney General, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade, Mr Maneesh Gobin; the Minister of Gender Equality and Family Welfare, Kalpana Devi Koonjoo-Shah; the General Manager of the Central Electricity Board (CEB),Rajden Chowdharry, and several other personalities were also present.The main purpose of the BESS is to help stabilise the…
SolarDuck, a Netherland-based company set up its office in Tokyo. This move signifies the company’s commitment to the Japanese market and serves the Asia Pacific region to accelerate commercialization.Building on success with the first demonstrator delivered in Tokyo, SolarDuck is gearing up hiring efforts to support its expansion in the region, the event with stakeholders marks the next stage of growth for SolarDuck. The regional office will oversee business development activities in Asia Pacific. East Asia and Southeast Asia offer attractive growth prospects as the offshore energy industry matures. These market dynamics promise an exciting offshore floating photovoltaic (OFPV) and SolarDuck launchpad.“The…
Nepal in its recent budget attempts to boost hydropower production and export electricity to Bangladesh.NRs 50.74 billion allocated for the energy sector in the upcoming budget. Nepal plans to boost hydropower production and export electricity to Bangladesh. It has currently allocated Rs 50.74 billion for the energy sector in the upcoming budget. In this, major hydropower projects, including Budhigandaki and Upper Arun. Its major hydropower projects, including Budhigandaki and Upper Arun, which are set to begin soon in Kathmandu. The finance minister Barsha Man Pun’s announcement focuses on electricity production and export to Bangladesh starting from the fiscal year 2024-25.…
Trina Solar, a global leader in smart PV and energy storage solutions, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with two Korean companies to develop solar projects in Korea totaling 100MW by the end of 2025, helping to accelerate the RE100 movement in the country.It signed the MOU with renewable energy consultancy CSC Energy and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company SolarTEQ. This alliance aims to empower businesses committed to clean energy by developing large-scale, ground-mounted solar power plants. The MOU establishes a framework for collaboration, leveraging each party’s strengths to specifically target the rapid growth of the RE100 initiative…
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Mitsubishi Electric Mobility Corporation (Mitsubishi Electric and Mitsubishi Electric Mobility are collectively referred to as “Mitsubishi Electric Group.”) and AISIN CORPORATION (TOKYO and NAGOYA: 7259) announced today the three companies have reached a basic agreement to establish a joint venture (the “JV”) company to handle products for next-generation electric vehicles (EVs) (the “Transaction”). The JV will succeed to part of Mitsubishi Electric Mobility’s business, and will develop, produce and sell traction motors, power converters (inverters, etc.) and their control software, which will be optimized for vehicles and relevant systems and used in next-generation EVs, including battery EVs…
The US Department of Commerce recently initiated a countervailing duty investigation of whether silicon photovoltaics are assembled into modules from Malaysia or not. According to reports shared by the ministry, the investigation found that solar cells were from sent to these countries from China. These countries in Southeast Asia are Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam Solar cells completed in Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, or Vietnam from a Chinese wafer. Then these solar cells were sent to another inquiry country (Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, or Vietnam) for assembly into a solar module with three or more Chinese components, and the solar module was…
Indonesia’s government recently shared proposed to Indonesian official said Monday that the government has proposed to Tesla CEO Elon Musk the construction of an electric vehicle battery plant in the nickel-rich country.The official spoke after Musk met with Indonesian President Joko Widodo while attending a water conference on the island of Bali.“We made an offer, is it possible to build an EV battery factory, precursor to cathodes, here. And he said he will consider it,” Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, told reporters.Indonesia is keen to build up industries to exploit is rich natural resources, which include the…
Mubadala Investment Company (Mubadala), the Abu Dhabi sovereign investor, has invested in PAG’s Asia Pacific renewable energy platform (PAG REN I), primarily focused on supplying solar power to corporations across Japan.PAG REN I will leverage PAG’s multi-decade experience in the Japanese real-estate space as well as the expertise of its in-house renewable energy team, PAG Renewables. The platform aims to operate across developed Asia Pacific economies with a strong focus on Japan and will support Japan’s ambitious solar plans, with the country targeting to install 108GW of solar capacity by 2030.Hammad Rahman, Head of Asia Pacific – Traditional Infrastructure at…
SCG Cleanergy, a wholly owned subsidiary of SCG, that provides power solutions from renewable energy in Thailand and the ASEAN region and beyond. It recently developed Southeast Asia’s first heat battery – the world’s first commercial heat battery at a cement plant – and opens the path to simple, low-cost industrial decarbonization.Rondo Energy, and SCG Cleanergy, a wholly owned subsidiary of Siam Cement Group (SCG), announced that the companies have begun construction of a Rondo Heat Battery (RHB) in Thailand. Rondo Heat Batteries capture intermittent electricity, store energy as high-temperature heat in brick, and deliver continuous industrial heat and power…