February 15, 2008 (Asia Times) – The 2005-07 spike in petroleum prices topping out at US$100 a barrel has prodded economic planners across the globe to reconsider their energy options in an age of growing concern over global warming and carbon emissions. The Southeast Asian economies, beneficiaries of an oil and gas export bonanza through [...]
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Asia’s tigers eye nuclear future
Posted in ADB, Australia, China, Clean Energy, Hydro, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Legislation, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Nuclear, Philippines, Singapore, Solar, Thailand, Vietnam on February 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
China’s COSL signs deal with Philippine National Oil Corporation
Posted in China, Clean Energy, Geothermal, Philippines on January 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
January 19, 2008 (Xinhua) – China Oilfield Service Limited (2883: HK) has signed its first overseas directional geothermal well service contract with the Philippine National Oil Corporation (PNOC). Under the two-year contract, COSL will provide engineering and technological services to 34 PNOC directional geothermal wells, according to company sources.
The contract is worth millions of U.S. [...]
Rethinking biofuels in the Philippines
Posted in Biodiesel, Biofuels, Clean Energy, Cleantech venture capital, Crude Palm Oil, Diesel, Ethanol, Legislation, Philippines, Transportation on January 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
January 23, 2008 (Inquirer.net) – The hottest debate in town involves something vital to motorists: fuel. Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago, who ironically enough authored the Biofuels Act of 2007, wants to apply the brakes on its implementation, citing the recent warning of 1998 Nobel laureate for chemistry Dr. Hartmut Michel that our government’s biofuels program could [...]
KMP doubts advantages of Jatropha
Posted in Biodiesel, Biofuels, Clean Energy, Jatropha, Philippines, Transportation on January 21, 2008 | 4 Comments »
January 20, 2008 (Sun.Star) – The Kilusang magbubukid ng Pilipas (KMP) in Southern Mindanao expressed doubts about the advantages brought by Jathropa planting as well as the Biofuels act that is currently being debated upon.
“Foreign-funded Jathropa plantations are encroaching on agricultural lands and it only adds to the existing laws and policies that cause food [...]
Madrid-based firm investing $200M to develop 100,000 hectares of land for Jatropha plantations in the Philippines
Posted in Jatropha, Philippines on December 10, 2007 | 7 Comments »
December 2, 2007 (Inquirer) – A MADRID-BASED biodiesel firm is planning to invest $200 million in the Philippines to develop at least 100,000 hectares of land into jatropha plantations, the Department of Agriculture said.
The jatropha will be used as feedstock for biofuel facilities in the country.
Mindanao (Philippines) cited as most suitable area for jatropha biodiesel feedstock production
Posted in Jatropha, Philippines on November 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
November 29, 2007 (Philippines Information Agency) – In light of the search for alternative fuels due to the skyrocketing prices of oil products, Mindanao has been eyed as the most suitable area for biodiesel feedstock production.In his speech before the Mindanao Communicators Network on the topic “Prospects of Biofuels in Mindanao,” PNOC Alternative Fuels Corporation [...]
First Gen wins $1.35 bln bid for geothermal stake (Philippines)
Posted in Geothermal, Philippines, Renewable Energy on November 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
November 22, 2007 (Reuters) – Philippine power producer First Gen won an auction for the government’s majority stake in geothermal firm PNOC-Energy Development Corp with a $1.35 billion offer that taps into the energy potential of the Pacific Ring of Fire. Manila is selling its holding in PNOC-EDC, which generates power from volcanic hotsprings, to [...]
Asia signs ‘green region’ environment pact
Posted in Australia, China, Climate Change, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines on November 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »
November 22, 2007 (Forbes) – Leaders of 16 Asian nations including China and India signed a pact on the environment Wednesday, pledging action on climate change and forest cover, and promoting the use of nuclear energy. The East Asia Summit members threw their support behind a UN plan as the ‘core mechanism’ [...]
Philippines President Arroyo to press environment issues in Singapore
Posted in Philippines, Renewable Energy, Singapore on November 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
November 18, 2007 (Inquirer) – President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is expected to follow up in Singapore environmental issues concerning Southeast Asia, including the need for renewable sources of energy and the conservation of coastal and marine ecosystems.
At a briefing Saturday on the series of summits of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations [...]
Biodiesel continues to grow in Asia, says Frost & Sullivan
Posted in Biodiesel, China, Indonesia, Philippines on November 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
November 5, 2007 (Energy Current) – Asia Pacific’s biodiesel consumption is likely to reach 1.2 million tonnes (1.32 million tons) in 2007, with China, Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines being the largest markets, according to a report by Frost & Sullivan.
Biodiesel production in the region, which previously focused on export markets especially for the [...]
