Singapore

The two announced projects at Sambor and Stung Treng have been frozen.

This could hike tariffs for wind auctions.

The renewable energy zones in three regions aim to drive $14.11b of investments.

The guidelines were revised to promote biomass gasifiers.

Indonesia accounted for 60% of India's coal supply from April to December 2019.

The Ceylon Electricity Board eyes building 20 solar power projects under a build-own-operate model.

This will raise the plant's capacity from 850MW to 1,280MW.

Over 2,000 solar panels will be installed on SIA and SIAEC’s premises.

The government was urged to utilize auctions to reach 2030 targets.

The massive deals faced technical risks as the two coal plants involved were minemouth projects.

A 700MW plant will be developed by China's Sinosteel and local company Royal Group.

The top five largest infrastructure deals in 2019 all covered power projects.

As renewables take over the world’s energy mix, the region will continue to grow its global PV capacity at full speed.

When I arrived in Singapore to look into the growth opportunities in the energy landscape in the Asian Region, I was aware of some of the well-trodden discussions on the challenges that this region faces: “Asia will continue to lag behind Europe and the US in embracing newer forms of energy, especially clean energy”; “policy bottlenecks will make energy transition painfully slow and dependence on oil and gas inevitable.”

On average, savings can hit 30% off the regulated tariff after live auctions were launched.

Cambodia has been named as one of the target countries for investments.