Originally published on Apricum. By Nikolai Dobrott The Association of Southeast Asian Nations or ASEAN is a political and economic organization of ten Southeast Asian countries. Formed in 1967 by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand, membership has since expanded to include Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam. Covering … [continued]
The Philippines has overtaken all other members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in terms of installed wind energy capacity. Philippines now has an operational wind energy capacity of 400 MW, more than anything other country in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region, according to media reports quoting … [continued]
Regional forums of cooperation among countries are actively taking up matters of sustainable energy as the world looks to turn its attention to the COP21 climate change summit in Paris. The 21-member states of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) have announced that they would take measures to double the … [continued]
Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have taken a collective decision to increase the share of renewable energy in the region’s fuel mix. Energy ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have announced the adoption of a target to increase the share of renewable energy in the regional … [continued]
A new report from the International Energy Agency sees risks and opportunities for Southeast Asia energy growth. The International Energy Agency (IEA) published the World Energy Outlook Special Report on Southeast Asia on Thursday, highlighting concerns over a continued shift to coal and an increasing dependence on oil and gas imports throughout … [continued]
The big news we’re hearing about Barack Obama this weekend has nothing to do with climate change: it’s that he’s cutting short his trip to India to pay final respects from the United States to Saudi Arabian King Abdullah. He’ll also meet with Salman, the late monarch’s brother and former … [continued]
March 2011—when the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami devastated four reactors and endangered two others at Fukushima 1—forced a radical rethinking of Japan’s energy picture that continues today with a Japan feed-in tariff program. In the latest round, the utilities are pushing back against the feed-in tariffs and the fruitful development … [continued]
According to a Pike Research study, the number of electric scooters in use is to increase from 12 million to 103 million by 2018. Most of these vehicles will be used in China (approximately 91 million). Reportedly, in the Asia Pacific region, electric motorcycles are considered more of a … [continued]
