Energy

Malaysia to launch 2.5GW LSS6 program with battery storage, targets $3.68B investment

Malaysia will launch its sixth Large-Scale Solar (LSS6) program, offering 2,500 megawatts (MW) of solar generation capacity integrated with battery energy storage systems (BESS), as the government steps up efforts to accelerate the country's energy transition and expand renewable energy capacity.

Taiwan’s Foxconn enters EV charger manufacturing in Vietnam, invests $16M more

Fulian Precision Technology Component Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned Vietnamese subsidiary of Taiwan's Foxconn, has registered electric vehicle (EV) charging station manufacturing as a new business line and increased its charter capital by VND402 billion ($16 million).

Danantara selects partners for eight waste-to-energy projects

Indonesia state-owned PT Danantara Investment Management (DIM), together with PT Daya Energi Bersih Nusantara (Denera), have designated the selected partners in the selection process for business partners to develop and operate Batch II of Indonesia’s Waste-to-Energy (WtE) or Pengolahan Sampah Menjadi Energi Listrik (PSEL) projects.

Singapore, Japan sign energy market cooperation agreement to strengthen regulatory exchange

Singapore's Energy Market Authority (EMA) and Japan's Electricity and Gas Market Surveillance Commission (EGC) will strengthen collaboration on energy market regulation, promote information exchange on gas and electricity markets, and facilitate knowledge sharing on market surveillance approaches, regulation design, and system stability measures.

Gentari powers KLIA2 retail and lifestyle hub with solar energy

Malaysia-based clean energy solutions provider Gentari, through Gentari Renewables Sdn Bhd, has successfully deployed a 3.1 megawatt-peak (MWp) solar photovoltaic (PV) system at Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 (KLIA2).

Malaysia’s renewable energy sector remains on track to achieve 32 pct installed capacity target in 2026 – Hong Leong

Malaysia’s renewable energy (RE) sector remains on track to achieve its 32 percent installed capacity target in 2026, Hong Leong Investment Bank Research said Tuesday.

Singapore, Indonesia explore potential collaboration on offtake of imported low-carbon electricity

Singapore and Indonesia are exploring potential collaboration on offtake of imported low-carbon electricity.

Seraya Partners, Schneider Electric team up to launch $500M Faraday Energy fund

Schneider Electric, the global energy technology firm, and Seraya Partners, a Singapore-based next-generation infrastructure investor, have announced the launch of Faraday Energy, a new energy infrastructure platform established in strategic partnership between the two firms.

Southeast Asia’s nuclear bottleneck is financial, not technical

The question is no longer whether nuclear has a role in Southeast Asia. The arithmetic of AI-era power demand settles that. The question is which market builds the financing architecture, the blended-finance layers, the offtake frameworks, the risk-sharing structures, to get the first plant in the ground. The first to do so will not just host a reactor. It…

Ib vogt, AirTrunk deliver Malaysia’s first renewable VPPA for data center

Ib vogt, a global multi-technology renewable energy platform, and Asia Pacific & Middle East hyperscale data center firm AirTrunk, have on Wednesday reached a major milestone under Malaysia’s Corporate Green Power Program (CGPP), with the commencement of commercial operations for a 29.99 MWac solar project supporting AirTrunk’s operations in Malaysia.……