Asia

Crude Oil

First Oil Flows From Offshore Project in Southeast Asia Ahead of Schedule

Vietsovpetro, the Vietnam–Russia joint venture between PetroVietnam and Zarubezhneft, has achieved first oil production from the BK-24 wellhead platform a…

Electricity Transmission

Sri Lanka Secures $52M Loan for Power Transmission Project

Sri Lanka has secured a $52 million loan from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to support the Kerawalapitiya–Port L Second Transmission Lin…

Electric Vehicle Charging

XPENG Expands Charging Access Across Southeast Asia Through Partnership With Charge Plus

On September 23, XPENG announced that its charging brand, XPENG Charging, will be fully integrated into the network managed by Charge Plus, Singapore’s la…

EVTOL

EHang Partners With Allur Group on EVTOL Deployment in Kazakhstan, Central Asia

EHang, a Chinese urban air mobility (UAM) technology company, announced on September 15 through its WeChat account that it has signed a memorandum of understand…

France

Axens Announces Startup of First-Of-Its-Kind SAF Plant in Asia

Axens, headquartered in Rueil-Malmaison, France, has successfully started up a 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) unit at a site in Asia. The facility is desi…

Singapore

Singapore Central Bank Secures $510 Million to Back Green Infrastructure in Asia

Singapore’s central bank announced on Monday that it has secured $510 million in committed capital for a new fund designed to finance green and sustainable inf…

China

NatPower Marine, Wah Kwong Set Up JV to Build Asian Shore Power Network

NatPower Marine, an independent clean energy company for the maritime sector, and Hong Kong-based shipowner Wah Kwong have formed a joint venture (JV) to build …

Sri Lanka

Edotco Achieves First Sri Lanka Telecommunications Infrastructure Services Licence

Edotco Group, a leading integrated telecommunications infrastructure company in Asia, has been awarded Sri Lanka’s first Telecommunications Infrastructure…

Wind Power Project

LES’ 600MW Monsoon Wind Power Project Commences Operations in Laos

The Monsoon Wind Power Project, a 600MW wind farm in Laos, officially started commercial operations on August 22, 2025. Led by Impact Electrons Siam (IES), this…

Metal

Kyrgyzstan Begins Mining Gold at Kumtor Deposit After Nationalisation

On August 27, 2025, Kyrgyzstan launched underground gold mining operations at the Kumtor deposit, one of Central Asia’s largest gold reserves, located in …

Singapore

Dell Technologies Launches Asia Pacific & Japan AI Innovation Hub in Singapore

Dell Technologies has launched its new Asia Pacific & Japan (APJ) AI Innovation Hub (AIIH) in Singapore during the Dell Technologies Forum. The AIIH, an extensi…

Germany

Germany Has Its First Green Ship Recycling Facility

For the first time, ships will be recycled in Germany rather than being sent to South Asia for dismantling. Earlier this year, EWD Benli Recycling, a subsidiary…

China

Wan Hai Lines Marks Eco-Friendly 13K TEU Boxship Series as Complete

On August 14, 2025, Taiwan’s Wan Hai Lines named its new energy-efficient containership, WAN HAI A20, at Samsung Heavy Industries’ Geoje shipyard in…

Pakistan

ADB Approves $8.32m for Punjab Irrigation Upgrade

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $8.32 million in project readiness financing for the Punjab government to modernise irrigation infrastructure and …

China

Construction Starts on Chinese Pure-Electric Cable Laying Vessel

ZTT Submarine Cable & System, a Chinese company, has started construction on an advanced, fully electric cable-laying vessel (CLV) to support offshore wind proj…