SINGAPORE, May 7 — Asean must build on its shared strengths and deepen partnerships on climate action across all sectors following the United States’ withdrawal from the Paris Agreement and its sweeping tariff plans.

By Yasmin Ramlan  SHAH ALAM, Apr 30 — Darul Ehsan Facilities Management Sdn Bhd (DEFM), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Menteri Besar Selangor (Incorporated) or MBI, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Pendinginan Megajana Sdn Bhd to boost energy efficiency and promote...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 29 — Oil and gas services and equipment (OGSE) companies are being urged to explore viable alternatives for operating their businesses or harnessing natural resources, which could help the country diversify its energy sources in line with the energy transition.

PETALING JAYA, April 22 — The Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Ministry (NRES) is urging more large corporate entities, including multinational corporations and government-linked companies (GLCs), to participate in environmental sustainability initiatives by adopting renewable energy sources such as solar power.

HANOI, April 17 — Vietnam aims to raise its total installed power generation capacity to 183 to 236 gigawatts (GW) by 2030, up from more than 80 GW at the end of 2023, the government said yesterday, citing details of an amended national power development plan.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 9 — The Asean Power Grid (APG) vision requires an estimated investment of US$764 billion (RM3.4 trillion) for power generation and transmission infrastructure, said Asean secretary-general Kao Kim Hourn.

BEIJING, March 5 — China today said it would develop a package of major projects to tackle climate change as it moves to bring its carbon dioxide emissions to a peak before 2030 and become carbon neutral by 2060.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 4 — The implementation of renewable energy (RE) exports through the Energy Exchange Malaysia (Enegem) is based on excess electricity from the existing electricity supply system, said the Energy Transition and Water Transformation Ministry (Petra).

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 — The government has agreed to implement several improvements to the conditions of the solar energy Self-Consumption (SelCo) programme, including exempting the requirement for installing energy storage systems for all categories until December 31, 2025.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 26 — Petronas and Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (Petrovietnam) will expedite cooperation in Vietnam’s energy sector, encompassing upstream and downstream activities, gas, and renewable energy (RE), said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 17 — The ringgit is moving in the right direction despite the uncertainties caused by the United States’ (US) trade war, said Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) governor Datuk Seri Abdul Rasheed Ghaffour.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 17 —The government is committed to gradually and systematically increase the renewable energy (RE) capacity mix in the national electricity supply since access to green electricity supply is a "pre-requisite" for data centre development, and to ensure that RE needs for data centre development can be met.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 6 — The Corporate Renewable Energy Supply Scheme (CRESS) allows renewable energy (RE) generators and green electricity consumers to access the electricity supply grid, thus giving consumers more choices to obtain green energy.

By Danial Dzulkifly  BATANG KALI, Jan 23 — Selangor has officially launched the highly-anticipated Batang Kali Small Hydropower Plant (SHP), with Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari confirming plans to build more of such facility on other rivers to bolster the state’s renewable energy...

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 18 — The Energy Transition and Water Transformation Ministry (Petra) will launch an additional bidding round under the Large Scale Solar – SuRİA Energy Transition Plus (LSS@PETRA+) programme to develop large-scale solar power plants with a total quota of 2,000MWac.

ABU DHABI, Jan 15 — Malaysia welcomes companies from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to invest in local renewable energy (RE) projects, including data centres, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 11 — The Energy Transition and Water Transformation Ministry (Petra) sees electricity supply demand for data centres to increase to 20.9GW by 2040.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 11 — Renewable energy (RE) set to be sold to Singapore from this month is the country’s currently unused surplus green electricity.

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 9 — The first Malaysia-Singapore renewable energy trade, with a capacity of 50MW, will begin this month, said the Energy Transition and Water Transformation Ministry (Petra).

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 27 — The Investment, Trade and Industry Ministry (Miti) is collaborating with the Selangor and Johor governments to ensure each of their districts has at least one direct current (DC) charger for electric vehicles (EVs).