Energy in Malaysia
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MALAYSIA, 2015/09/30
Malaysia's independent power producer Teknik Janakuasa Sdn. Bhd has been licensed to develop a coal-fired power plant with investment of 2.4 billion U. S. dollars in Vietnam's Tra Vinh Province, local online newspaper Tuoi Tre (Youth) News reported Tuesday.
The Duyen Hai 2 thermal power plant will have two turbines with a total capacity of 1,200MW, the Foreign Investment Agency under the Vietnamese Ministry of Planning and Investment said, adding that the project is in the investment form of BOT (build-operate- transfer).
Duyen Hai 2 is the second-major part the foreign-invested projects that have been approved in Vietnam so far this year, following the 3-billion U.S. dollar investment pledged to pump into a screen-making facility in the northern province of Bac Ninh.
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MALAYSIA, 2013/06/11
The world hydroelectric industry's decision to meet in a Malaysian national where dams have uprooted rainforests and native peoples is drawing bitter fire from environmental and tribal groups.
The International Hydropower Association's (IHA) four-day biennial conference to push “sustainable hydropower” opens Tuesday in Kuching, the languid capital of Sarawak national on Borneo island, and a highly contentious choice.
