Danish consultancy firm K2 Management gets owner’s engineer job in 180 MW of Vietnamese wind projects Danish consultancy firm K2 Management said today it has secured the role of owner’s engineer in two wind power projects in Vietnam totalling 180 MW. The first contract was awarded by developer Xuan Cau and an international investor and […]
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Critical Construction Work to Be Exempted From Mynmar’s COVID-19 Lockdown across Yangon Region YANGON—Construction work deemed to be critical at building sites across Yangon Region will be allowed to continue during the COVID-19 lockdown, according to the regional Construction Works Supervisory Committee. Such work is estimated to account for about 10 percent of building activity […]
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Asian Development Bank provides $186m loan to solar power plant in Vietnam’s Phu Yen province The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has provided a $186 million loan to renewable energy firm Phu Yen TTP Joint Stock Company to develop a 257 megawatt (MW) solar power plant in southern Vietnam, marking the country’s first certified green loan. […]
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Royal Phuket Marina becomes first marina in Thailand to switch to renewable energy The first marina in Thailand to switch to renewable energy, award-winning Royal Phuket Marina (RPM) has gone solar and now gets a big chunk of the power used for its marina operations from a newly installed array of solar panels. Racking up […]
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Indorama Ventures, Thai Petrochemicals Giant to Add Green Power to Cut Carbon Print Indorama to boost renewable energy to 30% of total global bill Plans to buy more plastic recycling plants worldwide: Lohia Indorama Ventures Pcl, the world’s top producer of material used in plastic bottles and polyester, plans to quadruple its use of renewable […]
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Vietnam gets bids for Dung Quat refinery expansion in Quảng Ngãi Province Vietnam’s Binh Son Refinery (BSR) has received bids for a $1.8bn upgrade and expansion project that will increase capacity at its 145,000 b/d Dung Quat refinery by around 30pc. Two consortiums, one led by Japan’s Hyundai Engineering and Construction and the other by […]
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Thailand awards Baht 7.75bn high-speed line construction contract to the SPTK joint venture STATE Railway of Thailand (SRT) has awarded a Baht 7.75bn ($US 248.72m) contract for the construction of part of the 873km Bangkok – Nong Khai high-speed rail project to the SPTK joint venture. SPTK is a consortium led by Malaysian construction company […]
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Asian Development Bank’s $180 Million USD funding to support construction of New Water Transmission Network in Yangon City, Myanmar The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide $180 Million USD in funding to support construction of a new water transmission network for the city of Yangon, Myanmar. The 34-kilometer system will include a new intake structure […]
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Vietnam’s southern province of Dong Nai basically completes ground clearance for first phase of Long Thanh International Airport The southern province of Dong Nai has basically completed ground clearance work to the first phase of Long Thanh International Airport, according to the provincial People’s Committee. A total of 1,800 ha of land are needed for […]
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Thailand’s first offshore solar farm unveiled in Map Ta Phut The 100-kilowatt floating solar farm was installed for seaside PTT Tank Terminal Co (PTT TANK) in Map Ta Phut sub-district of Muang district in Rayong. PTT Group unveiled Thailand’s first offshore floating solar farm off the eastern province of Rayong. Wittawat Svasti-xuto, chief technology and […]
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