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Retail Asia06/05/2021

Vietnam targets reducing coal-fired power production by 6 percent this year to prioritize solar and wind energy even as it grapples with limited transmission capacity. This means a cut of 8 billion kilowatt-hours from a projected 126 billion kilowatt-hours of coal-fired power this year. National utility Vietnam Electricity (EVN) estimates total production from all sources […]

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Retail Asia05/05/2021

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Electronics giant Samsung Vietnam has proposed that it joins a trial program to purchase power directly from renewable power plants instead of monopoly distributor Vietnam Electricity. Choi Joo Ho, CEO of Samsung Vietnam, submitted the proposal to the Ministry of Industry and Trade last week. He asked that the company participates in the Direct Power Purchase […]

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Retail Asia04/05/2021

We know that mmWave 5G spectrum delivers the fastest download data speed despite some drawbacks; these signals do not travel far, nor are they able to easily penetrate buildings. But what they can do is create energy that one day could replace batteries and other sources of power. Researchers at Georgia Tech have created a […]

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Retail Asia26/04/2021

Clean and reliable nuclear energy could help Vietnam meet its growing power demand over the long term and ensure its development is not derailed, experts say. Prof Sheldon Landsberger of the University of Texas at Austin, the U.S., an expert in nuclear and radiation engineering, said: “With a population of nearly 100 million people, Vietnam […]

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Retail Asia19/04/2021

HCMC-based energy firm Trungnam Group Friday has put its wind power plant in central Ninh Thuan Province into operation, considered the country’s largest to date. The plant, which spreads over an area of 900 hectares in Thuan Bac District, has 45 turbines with a total capacity of 151.95 megawatts that costs VND4 trillion ($173.4 million), […]

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Retail Asia16/04/2021

It’s a big day in the book of the Earth! Facebook has officially reached the goal of one-hundred-percent renewable energy for its global operations. The social media giant might have come under fire for security issues and political scandals, but we’ll give it to them on this one. According to the company’s own news channel, the […]

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Retail Asia09/04/2021

Vietnam is set to cut up to 1.74 billion kilowatt-hours of renewable energy in the second half this year to deal with national grid overload. A plan proposed by the National Load Dispatch Center (NLDC), under the national utility Vietnam Electricity (EVN) intends to cut 180 million kilowatt-hours per month in the third quarter and […]

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Retail Asia03/03/2021

Samsung will unveil three Exynos chips this year, claims leaker Ice Universe. The 2021 lineup presumably includes a flagship SoC (Exynos 22xx), a mid-tier chip (Exynos 12xx), and an entry-level silicone (Exynos 8xx). The Exynos 22xx will likely succeed the Exynos 2100 that powers the European version of the Galaxy S21 series. It supposedly has the model number 9925 and it […]

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Retail Asia26/01/2021

A $2-billion power generation unit of state-owned utility Vietnam Electricity (EVN) will have an initial public offering on the country’s main bourse next month. The Power Generation Corporation 2 (EVNGENCO 2), based in the southern city of Can Tho, will issue nearly 580 million shares on the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange, or nearly […]

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Retail Asia09/12/2020

National utility Vietnam Electricity (EVN) has signed three memoranda to purchase power from Laotian companies amid expected energy shortages. EVN will buy power from two hydropower plants and one coal-fired power plant in neighboring country Laos starting 2024, according to the memorandums of understanding signed Sunday. The 84-megawatt Nam Yeuang hydropower plant and 300-megawatt Nam […]

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Retail Asia07/12/2020

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Japan may ban sales of new petrol-engine cars by the mid-2030s in favour of hybrid or electric vehicles, public broadcaster NHK reported on Thursday, aligning it with other countries and regions that are imposing curbs on fossil fuel vehicles. The move would follow Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s pledge in October for Japan to slash carbon […]

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Retail Asia03/12/2020

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Thai energy firm Gunkul Engineering Plc has acquired the 50-megawatt Phong Dien II solar power plant in the central Thua Thien Hue Province for $39.9 million. The plant is set to begin commercial power generation on December 15 with a feed-in tariff of 7.09 U.S. cents per kilowatt-hour for 20 years. The acquisition is part […]

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Retail Asia25/09/2020

Vietnam Electricity (EVN) will face increasing financial difficulties in the coming years as its payment obligations to independent power projects keep rising. National utility EVN’s gross margin fell from 15.1 percent in 2015 to 12.9 percent last year due to rising costs of payment to new coal-fired independent power projects (IPPs), a recent report by […]

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Retail Asia06/01/2020

State power utility EVN will buy around 1.5 billion kWh of electricity a year from Laos for two years starting in 2021. Under contracts it signed on Saturday, Vietnam Electricity (EVN) will buy over 596 million kWh a year from two hydropower plants belonging to Phongsubthavy Group and 632 million kWh from two plants belonging […]

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Retail Asia14/11/2019

A halt to investment in new coal-fired power plants is required to check the trend of increasing coal consumption, a report warns. The report, released on Monday by the Ministry of Industry and Trade in collaboration with Denmark’s Energy Agency, said the country needs early action to reduce future coal demand, which could include taxation […]

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Retail Asia01/10/2019

Pizza retailer Domino’s has announced a renewable energy strategy that will see it roll-out solar power systems and energy controllers across all Domino’s stores across Australia. The strategy is aiming to reduce Domino’s operational impact on the environment, while reducing energy costs, in partnership with Construction, Supply & Service. Domino’s Australia and New Zealand chief […]

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Retail Asia02/07/2019

Accrelist-owned AI retail store We9go has fully launched after an eight-month trial. The Geylang Road shop uses AI, facial recognition and radio frequency identification to track inventory, collect data on shopper preferences, facilitate payment processes and recognise product movements. When it soft launched last October it was open only to invited customers, so as to test […]

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Retail Asia27/05/2019

ZTE has launched the first 5G smartphone in China, the ZTE Axon 10 Pro 5G. The vendor’s flagship 5G smartphone is ready for commercial use on China’s upcoming 5G networks. The device has achieved downlink speeds of 2Gbps under China’s 5G experimental network based on EN-DC technology in April, and achieved 100Mbps speeds over 5G […]

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Retail Asia16/05/2019

It used to be that wireless charging was a nice-to-have but not got-to-have feature. These days, however, high-end smartphones have started to pick up on the interest and including this as standard feature. So when IHS Markit made its forecasts of the wireless power market, the analyst made it clear that mobile phones were an […]

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Retail Asia29/03/2019

Vietnam’s power prices went up 8.36 percent Wednesday after remaining unchanged for two years. A senior official of the Ministry of Industry and Trade told that prices have gone up from VND1,720 (7.4 cents) per kWh to VND1,864 (8 cents), exclusive of VAT. The ministry had said earlier this month that the Prime Minister had […]

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