Asia

Coal Mine

Trump Administration Approves Coal Mine Expansion to Boost Asia Exports

On Friday, the U.S. Interior Department approved a plan by Signal Peak Energy to expand coal mining operations at the Bull Mountains mine in Montana’s Mus…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

China Approves 11.29 GW of Coal Power in Q1 2025

China has approved 11.29 gigawatts (GW) of new coal power capacity in the first quarter of 2025, according to a Greenpeace East Asia report. This follows a 41.5…

LNG

Sempra’s Port Arthur Phase 2 Wins US Approval to Export LNG

Sempra Energy, a U.S.-based energy company, received approval from the U.S. Department of Energy on Thursday to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) from its Port…

Singapore

Singtel Becomes First Asian Telco to Offer iPhone 5G Network Slicing

Singtel has become the first telecommunications company in Asia to introduce network slicing for enterprise users on supported iPhone and iPad models. This new …

Philippines

DP World and Asian Terminals’ $100M Investment Expands Manila South Harbor’s Capacity

DP World, a UAE-based logistics group, and Asian Terminals, a Philippine port operator, have invested approximately $100 million to expand the Manila South Harb…

China

China Adds 75 International Air Cargo Routes in First Four Months, Nearly 90% to Asia, Europe

In the first four months of 2025, China introduced 75 new international air cargo routes, with nearly 90 percent connecting to Asia and Europe, according to the…

China

Perstorp Inaugurates New Specialty Chemicals Laboratory in China

Perstorp AB and BRB, subsidiaries of PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad (PCG), inaugurated a new innovation hub in Shanghai, China, on April 17, 2025. The advanced…

Green Hydrogen

ADB Approves $104M to Support Georgia’s First Energy Storage Facility and Green Hydrogen Development

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is partnering with Georgia to establish the country’s first energy storage facility and explore green hydrogen developmen…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Russia’s Rosatom to Continue With Myanmar Nuclear Power Plant Project

Russian nuclear company Rosatom is proceeding with plans to build a nuclear power plant in Myanmar, despite a recent earthquake that struck the Southeast Asian …

Offshore Wind Power

CIP Signs Google PPA for 500MW Fengmiao 1

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has entered into a power purchase agreement with Google for the 500MW Fengmiao 1 offshore wind farm in Taiwan. This mar…

Singapore

Milliken Opens New Manufacturing Facility in Singapore

Milliken & Company, based in Spartanburg, South Carolina, has launched a new manufacturing facility in Singapore, as reported by the Singapore Economic Developm…

Photovoltaic （PV）

ViệT Nam’s Solar Exports Hit With US Duties of up to 542.6 Per Cent

On April 21, 2025, the United States introduced significant tariffs on solar energy products imported from four Southeast Asian countries: Việt Nam, Malaysia, …

Solar project

Octopus Energy Generation to Develop 20 Solar Farms in South Korea

Octopus Energy Generation has announced a new solar energy investment in South Korea, advancing its renewable energy efforts in Asia. The initiative, managed th…

Energy Storage Project

Trina Debuts 5 MWh Energy Storage System

Trina Solar, a leading Chinese photovoltaic company, has launched a new 5 MWh energy storage system named Elementa 2 Pro 5 MWh, targeting key markets in Europe,…

LNG

Spanish LNG Firm Reaches New Heights With Operations in 30 Countries

Reganosa Group, a Spanish operator of liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals, has extended its operations to 30 countries worldwide. The milestone follows a new …