Pakistan’s solar power industry has undergone a quiet revolution. The country’s solar energy capacity, as reported by various sources, likely does not reflect the full deployment of the technology.
The Asian Development Bank has approved a $200mn loan to help Bangladesh upgrade its electricity distribution network in fast-growing peri-urban areas around Dhaka.
Developers met local residents and authorities on 18 September to discuss the proposed facility, which will span 140.23 hectares across Nam Ngiep and Khuay Oudom villages in Paksan district.
The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) is nearing completion, opening a Ugandan crude-export route through Tanzania. But questions remain over financing, fuel security and wider economic gains.
Thailand’s Amata Corporation and energy producer B.Grimm Power are jointly developing a 42.5-MWp floating solar farm at an industrial estate in Chon Buri province.
Bangladesh has announced a range of decisions, including financial incentives and preferential tariffs, to help boost rooftop solar power generation as its efforts to encourage renewable energy production and address the country's energy.
The shipment marks LOHUM’s move into upstream mining and gives the Indian critical minerals company direct exposure to Zimbabwe’s lithium resources as Harare pushes miners towards greater domestic processing.
American ambassador to Ankara at great pains to describe move as aimed at “one entity”, not at a nation, banking system or ally.
India continues to import crude oil, as well as other hydrocarbons and commodities from Russia even as the risk of Western and especially US sanctions mount.
In another boost to the solar power sector, the Indian Union Cabinet recently approved the Pradhan Mantri Surya Sarovar Yojana, a scheme for the development of floating solar photovoltaic projects.
India’s efforts to strengthen domestic coal production and energy security are being reinforced through coal mines allocated and auctioned under the Nominated Authority framework, the government said.
US Central Command says it has diverted 70 commercial vessels and disabled three since resuming its naval blockade of Iran, which Tehran says has halted its oil exports.
The Indian renewable energy sector offers significant opportunities for Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs) to deepen capital mobilisation in the space despite the limited existence of InvITs at present, according to a recent report.
AboitizPower Corporation, one of the Philippines’ leading energy companies, has signed a landmark memorandum of understanding with state-owned South Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power to explore nuclear energy deployment.
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Company has also purchased a second-hand Aframax tanker undergoing work at a Chinese CSSC subsidiary for $90mn.
The peer-reviewed study raises concerns over weak monitoring and undeclared radioactive material in the global mineral supply chain.
A methane gas explosion at a coal mine on the outskirts of Quetta in Pakistan's Balochistan province killed at least 26 miners on July 30, while rescue teams continued efforts to locate workers still trapped underground.
Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya headquarters says its forces will target oil, gas and power infrastructure across the region and block all oil exports if the US acts on Trump's threat to bomb Iranian bridges and power plants over Hormuz ship attacks.
Unlocking one of the largest offshore gas reserves in the Asia-Pacific region, Indonesia has launched an upstream megaproject of the Abadi Masela LNG Block National Strategic Project.
China has effectively priced Russia's flagship Power of Siberia-2 gas pipeline out of existence, demanding a price for gas that analysts say would make the project uneconomic.