Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGE) (PGEO.JK), a unit of Indonesian state energy firm Pertamina, has signed initial agreements with two Kenyan companies to explore partnerships in geothermal power projects, Indonesia's foreign minister said. PGE signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Geothermal Development Company to explore a partnership that could be worth $1.5 billion, and a separate MoU with Africa Geothermal International No. 1 Ltd (AGIL No. 1) for a potentially $700 million deal, Retno Marsudi said.

Solar power is quite possibly the energy source of the future, and in the technology’s most futuristic breakthrough yet, scientists have just figured out how to beam solar power from outer space to Earth for the first time. The advantages of beaming solar power from space instead of simply collecting it with solar panels here on Earth, the way we currently do, are vast. On Earth, solar energy can be harvested only when the sun is shining, i.e., during the daytime and when there aren’t too many clouds. In some places, that renders solar panels fairly ineffective.

A group of scientists from the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) have announced the creation of innovative smart clothing capable of transforming mechanical energy from friction or glucose found in sweat, which is produced during human activity, into usable electrical energy. With the emergence of smart clothing blending fashion and information technology (IT), there has been a growing fascination with alternative energy sources to fuel these garments beyond traditional batteries.

Malaysia is on track to achieve its goal of carbon neutrality by 2050, albeit funding is needed to upgrade the current domestic infrastructure to attract foreign investors, according to Energy Industries Council (EIC) Asia Pacific regional director Azman Nasir. “Malaysia can achieve its net zero carbon emission by 2050, but it depends on what else we are going to do,” he told reporters at the Oil and Gas Asia 2023 (OGA) event today.

India's greenhouse emissions rate dropped by 33 per cent in 14 years, officials report. This drop is faster than expected and is down to a rise in renewable energy generation and forest cover, according to two officials who have seen the latest assessment made for submission to the United Nations. The report's findings showed India well on the way to meeting a commitment to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), to reduce emissions intensity by 45 per cent from the 2005 level by 2030.

British households are making more green energy upgrades than ever before after installing a record number of solar panels and heat pumps in the first half of the year, according to the industry’s official standards body. The industry figures show there were more green energy installations in June than in previous years. On average, more than 17,000 households installed solar panels every month this year, while the number of homes installing heat pumps reached 3,000 a month for the first time, according to the data.

Tenaga Nasional Berhad has established the Green Lane Pathway, an exclusive pathway and strategic offering for Malaysia’s data centre market to provide efficient and environmentally responsible solutions for data centre operators, and to streamline the on-boarding process for data centres, expedite approvals and facilitate a smooth setup of data centre operations in Malaysia.

It’s been a rocky road so far for the California High-Speed Rail Authority’s promising new project. This high speed train connecting 1287.5 kilometres of the state was called “a bullet train that is both one of the most expensive per mile and one of the slowest in the world” by Elon Musk. It was to be the start of a revolutionary new transport system connecting the west coast of the US up to Vancouver in Canada. It would also go east to Las Vegas before eventually threading its way across the entire continent. The scheme was endorsed by Presidents Obama and Biden.

Sabah is keen to expand the biomass industry, given its benefits to green energy and related downstream industries. Sabah Industrial Development and Entrepreneurship Minister Phoong Jin Zhe said most countries were now transitioning or in the process of adapting green technology or green energy. In realising the advantages of biomass in the production of high value-added products, such as bio-pellets, bio-fuels and bio-based chemicals, Phoong said his ministry is drafting the Sabah Biomass Policy to further develop the industry.

The Penang Development Corporation (PDC), a state government agency, has set forth plans to expand its presence in the renewable energy (RE) sector, specifically focusing on solar energy, with the intention of making it one of its core businesses in the future. According to Datuk Aziz Bakar, the Chief Executive Officer of PDC, this move aligns with the state’s vision of transitioning to a green economy and the country’s goal of having RE account for 70% of its electricity generation by 2050.

This is part of TNB’s ongoing drive to strengthen the Asean Power Grid (APG) interconnectivity and to reinforce TNB Power Generation Sdn Bhd’s (TNB Genco) presence as the power generation arm in Asean countries. In a statement, the utility company said it is keen to form a joint collaboration committee to optimise resource utilisation, bolster energy security, and promote knowledge and expertise sharing through innovative mechanisms for energy exchange, leveraging TNB’s educational and research institutions.

Egypt's natural gas production fell to a three-year low in the first five months of 2023, figures from the Joint Organisations Data Initiative (JODI) show, raising questions about the country's efforts to position itself as a regional energy hub. Currently the country is grappling with power shortages when a heatwave has driven up demand for cooling. Gas production between January and May declined by 9% year-on-year and 12% when compared to the same period in 2021.