Green energy

Green Energy: What ASEAN Can Learn From Vietnam

Like other regions around the world, Southeast Asia is no exception to decarbonising its energy sector, and improving its national energy security - perhaps simply because renewable energy (RE) has become cheaper. The ASEAN Member States (AMS) individually and collectively have set ambitious targets to incorporate RE in their energy system.In some cases, the deadline to achieve these RE targets is fast approaching.

18 September 2021
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Nuclear Energy In A Post-Pandemic ASEAN

The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic shocked the world in the first quarter of 2020 with no clear end in sight. Severe impact on the economy globally as well as in ASEAN was inevitable. Gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the ASEAN region is projected to decline by 2.7 percent in 2020, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

1 January 2021
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Philippines revs up green energy engine

Deep below the ancient volcanoes scattered around the Philippines sits a simmering stockpile of intense heat that officials hope will help revive the nation's sputtering green energy machine.The Philippines - thanks to its spot in the Ring of Fire zone of Pacific volcanoes - has long been one of the world's top producers of geothermal power, but years of neglect have sent the industry sliding.Now a surge of new exploration efforts is underway in a nation that has some of the world&#

14 October 2018
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