Myanmar’s energy sector is set to remain on a steady headline growth trajectory in 2018, with rising domestic electricity and fuel consumption, abundant renewable resources, and a strategic geographic location at the crossroads of India and China continuing to offer opportunities to foreign investors. Although the upstream oil and gas segment’s near-term outlook is subdued given current global...
La signature au mois de février d’un accord portant sur la réalisation d’un gazoduc entre des partenaires éthiopiens et chinois constitue une avancée capitale dans les efforts déployés actuellement par Djibouti afin de se doter d’un terminal d’exportation de gaz naturel liquéfié (GNL), dont la construction s’est vue retardée, et de se positionner en tant que hub énergétique dans la région.
Occupying a strategic position at the crossroads of India, China and Thailand, and now in its seventh year of sweeping economic liberalisation and political transition, Myanmar remains one of the fastest-growing economies in South-east Asia.
Although Bahrain has faced economic headwinds in recent years, the modest recovery of oil prices in 2017 bodes well for the future in addition to the non-oil sector driving growth, with activities unrelated to hydrocarbons extraction forecast to expand by 3.9% in 2018.
Large-scale commitments by the Philippine government will increase sustainable power’s already significant contribution to the energy mix.
Articles & Analysis | New solar power projects in Bahrain add to the country's energy mix from The Report: Bahrain 2018
In September 2017 Bahrain announced plans to develop a 100-MW high-tech solar power plant in collaboration with the private sector. This is just the latest in a line of developments related to solar power to come out of Bahrain over the last few years, as the kingdom looks to diversify its energy sources. The tender process for the plant was...