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World Energy
Feb 2, 2023
ACEN’s Successful Etm Deal Marks a New Era for Coal Divestment
For years, the Philippine-based energy group ACEN has been working towards divesting the South Luzon Thermal Energy Corp. (SLTEC) power plant. But traditional banks and investors are moving away from financing coal. With the help of the Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s Energy Transition Mechanism (ETM), ACEN was able to divest the plant in November 2022. ACEN and ADB’s ETM deal is considered to be historical because it is the first market-based deal to provide funding for the retirement of coal plants.

World Energy
Feb 1, 2023
Vietnam’s Energy Transition Faces Hurdles Due to Gas-Fired Power Growth
Like many other countries, Vietnam is challenged to balance economic growth with the need to achieve its net-zero targets by 2050. To this end, Vietnam gained US$15.5b in support from the International Partners Group to push for its coal reduction. However, despite these efforts, experts predict that its effects on the energy transition will not be fully realised within the decade as fossil fuels continue to dominate the country’s power mix, particularly due to the ongoing expansion of gas-fired power sector supported by the government.

Manila Republic
Jan 31, 2023
SPACE WATCH: How a 260-sqm command centre toughens security services
Within the purpose-built AETOS Headquarters at 5 Corporation Drive in Singapore is a 260-square-metre room with hexagonal-shaped ceiling lights and a 12-metre wide LED screen in the centre of the room. This unassuming space is the AETOS Integrated Command Centre (ICC)—the nerve centre of island-wide operations which houses 13 security operators.

Data & Storage Asean
Jan 30, 2023
Digitalisation’s Significance in Driving Sustainable Social Infrastructure in Telecom
With advances in technology come changes in society, where every city moves to become a smart city, creating interconnected business players and ecosystems but at the same time becoming increasingly complex.

Business Today
Jan 30, 2023
Telco Companies Should Look At ‘Future-Back’ Approach In Today’s Market, Says EY Leader
Joongshik Wang is EY Asean Technology, Media & Entertainment and Telecommunications Leader as well as EY-Parthenon Asean Leader. He has extensive experience as a strategy and M&A consultant in Southeast Asia, China, and South Korea.

Pokok
Jan 27, 2023
INTILAND FOCUSES LANDED HOUSES AMIDST STRUGGLING HIGH-RISE MARKET
Real estate developer PT Intiland Development Tbk focuses on landed houses amidst the decline in sales of high-rise and mixed-use properties in Indonesia. The company’s Executive Director of Business Development, Permadi Indra Yoga commented that the market trend is shifting towards affordable landed houses with prices below $95.547 or IDR1.5b, as they offer greater flexibility for consumers.

Anbound
Jan 26, 2023
Southeast Asia's nuclear ambitions dashed by public opinion
After the nuclear disasters at Chernobyl in Russia and Fukushima Daiichi in Japan, nuclear power has had a negative lasting impact on public perception. Whilst some regions have been able to revive the use of nuclear energy, Southeast Asia has yet to see its first operational nuclear power plant (NPP).

Manifesto
Jan 25, 2023
Intiland embraces landed houses as an alternative to struggling high-rise market
Real estate developer PT Intiland Development Tbk focuses on landed houses amidst the decline in sales of high-rise and mixed-use properties in Indonesia. The company's Executive Director of Business Development, Permadi Indra Yoga, said that the market trend is shifting towards affordable landed houses with prices below $95.547 or IDR1.5b, as they offer greater flexibility for consumers.

Manila Republic
Jan 25, 2023
Intiland embraces landed houses as an alternative to struggling high-rise market
Real estate developer PT Intiland Development Tbk focuses on landed houses amidst the decline in sales of high-rise and mixed-use properties in Indonesia. The company’s Executive Director of Business Development, Permadi Indra Yoga, said that the market trend is shifting towards affordable landed houses with prices below $95.547 or IDR1.5b, as they offer greater flexibility for consumers.


