Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone (PPSEZ) has signed an agreement with a Singaporean clean energy firm to install and operate a solar panel system inside the 357-hectare industrial park, The Phnom Penh Post reported. According to the firm’s statement, Cleantech Solar Corporation will lease a photovoltaic solar system to PPSEZ as part of a pilot […]
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Please help to promote the upcoming inaugural Lighthouse Club Yangon event to be held at 2nd floor bar at the Sule Shangri-La on 24 Feb, 2016. All welcome. Lighthouse Yangon Branch will be holding its inaugural event on 24 Feb 7 pm to 9 pm at Sule Shangri-La bar 2nd floor. Cost USD10 – which […]
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Are you someone who enjoys a cable car ride in any place you travel to? Then you must consider booking your next holiday to Vietnam. World’s longest three-rope cable car system was inaugurated in Vietnam’s Lao Cai province on Tuesday. Connecting the Muong Hoa Valley and Fansipan mountain, which is known as the Roof of […]
Continue ReadingThe ambitious plan to build a nuclear power plant in Cambodia with technical assistance from Russia announced in November during a visit by that country’s premier was unrealistic at this time, a senior official from state-run energy supplier Electricite du Cambodge (EDC) said yesterday. “Cambodia is not ready for construction of nuclear power plant,” EDC […]
Continue ReadingYangon – More than 70 local and foreign companies have submitted their expression of interests to develop the land plot surrounding the Yangon Central Railway Station, according to Myanmar Railways. An anonymous source from the tender scrutinising committee said that their bids would be shortlist and the result would be announced in the second week […]
Continue ReadingOne of the downsides to an authoritarian military government is the public has little influence on politically important issues, such as energy policy. This becomes a problem when a government decides to support building large, centralised, coal-fired power stations in the face of sustained public opposition, such as the regular protests against the proposed plants […]
Continue ReadingSET-listed SPCG Plc is ratcheting up its international operations and will almost double its solar power generating capacity to 500 megawatts in three years. Solar farms and rooftop projects will be expanded in Japan, Myanmar and the Philippines as well as at home, said Wandee Khunchornyakong, chairwoman and chief executive of Thailand’s biggest solar power […]
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The long-awaited Condominium Law should open up the market to overseas buyers Myanmar’s Union Parliament finally passed the draft of the Condominium Law that will legally permit foreigners to own up to 40 percent of a condo building, Eleven Myanmar reported. Under the law, a “condo” is defined as a building with at least six […]
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BCCT/RICS PROPERTY & INFRASTRUCTURE EVENING PRESENTATION Thursday 11 February 2016 Date: Thursday 11 February 2016 Time: 6.30 -8.30 pm Venue: Emerald Room (Lobby Floor), Holiday Inn Bangkok Silom, 981 Silom Road (BTS Surasak) http://www.holidayinnbangkok-silom.com/contact.html map Topic: Outlook for the Bangkok Property Market in 2016 Guest speaker: James Pitchon, CB Richard Ellis Cost: THB 850 per […]
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Asia Biogas, an Irish-Singaporean-owned bioenergy developer, has begun commercial operation at 12,300MWh per year biogas plant in Thailand. Krabi Waste to Energy Co., a subsidiary of Asia Biogas, will operate first phase the plant, which is located in the tourist region of Krabi. The project generates electricity using two CAT CG170-12 engines, supplied by Metro […]
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