The Cambodian government has now approved the construction of five power plants with a total capacity of 520 megawatts, said government chief spokesman Phay Siphan. The approval was made during a Council of Ministers meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen.

TENAGA Nasional Bhd (TNB) and Gsparx Sdn Bhd are working together with Aeon Co (M) Bhd on a supply agreement for renewable energy (SARE). Gsparx will construct, operate and maintain solar facilities across Aeon malls and Aeon BiG Hypermarkets for a period of 25 years. The first phase of solar photovoltaic (PV) installation involved 11 Aeon malls nationwide this year, and 29 more in the next phase next year.

As inflation made lives miserable for the common man over the past few months, the electricity tariff was raised more than a staggering 50 percent since last year. As per the documents obtained by SAMAA TV, electricity prices were hiked under fuel adjustment and other surcharges. The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority documents revealed that basic electricity tariff was hiked by Rs10. The electricity rate for domestic consumers increased by 50 percent between January 2022 and March 2023, the documents stated.

Citaglobal, Genetec launch Malaysia’s first locally developed battery energy storage system. Citaglobal Genetec BESS Sdn Bhd, a joint venture between Citaglobal Bhd and Genetec Technology Bhd, has launched Malaysia’s first locally developed and produced battery energy storage system (Bess) through its fully operational 1MW Bess prototype (Mybess).

Sarawak aims to achieve full electricity coverage by 2025, thus accelerating the state’s economic transformation through hydro-industrialisation for Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (Score) and sharing of renewable energy resources with neighbouring countries, says Deputy Minister of Utilities and Telecommunications Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Junaidi.

Government ministries from Singapore and the US have announced the start of a joint feasibility study on regional energy connectivity, advancing energy cooperation plans first mooted in July 2022. The feasibility study will be jointly conducted by Singapore and the US over two phases, according to a joint ministerial statement on energy cooperation by the Singapore Ministry of Trade and Industry, Energy Market Authority of Singapore and the United States Department of Energy (DOE) on April 3.

Scientists have studied photosynthesis in plants for centuries, but an international team now believes it has unlocked new secrets in nature's great machine that could revolutionize sustainable fuels and fight climate change. The team says it's determined that it's possible to extract an electrical charge at the best possible point in photosynthesis. This means harvesting the maximum amount of electrons from the process for potential use in power grids and some types of batteries.

Domestic electricity users with high volume usage may be the next target for higher tariffs, following upward adjustments for large corporations in January, according to CGS-CIMB Research. In view of coal and gas prices peaking in late-2022, CGS-CIMB Research economist Nazmi Idrus estimated the subsidy bill for the government in managing higher power rates will balloon to RM6.8 billion in 2023, from an estimated RM6 billion in 2022.

From April 1, Tata Power hiked power tariff for low-end residential consumers-up to 100 units monthly consumption-in Mumbai's suburbs by 23% and Adani Electricity 11% latest orders of the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Comission (MREC) have revealed.

On an April day, the founder of a U.S. startup called Make Sunsets stood outside a camper van in Mexico’s Baja California and released two weather balloons containing sulfur dioxide into the air, letting them float towards the stratosphere. Entrepreneur Luke Iseman said the sulfur dioxide in the balloons would deflect sunlight and cool the atmosphere, a controversial climate strategy known as solar geoengineering. Mexico said the launch violated its national sovereignty.

Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) said it  has taken steps to enable GDS IDC Services (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd’s data centre campus at the Nusajaya Tech Park in Johor Bahru to start operations in July through an interim supply of 16 megawatts (MW) of high voltage electricity. "Plans are underway to ensure the increased maximum demand of 85.5MW is delivered within 2023,"  the utility company said in a statement issued jointly with GDS on Sunday (March 26).

Pioneering research from the University of Melbourne highlights the potential of nano inks to significantly reduce energy usage. These innovative ‘phase change inks’ have the potential to revolutionise how we heat and cool buildings, homes, and cars, paving the way for sophisticated ‘passive climate’ control.