Sharanya Pillai

Sharanya Pillai

ENERGY CORRESPONDENT

Sharanya Pillai is a correspondent covering the regional energy market, with a special interest in clean energy trade in Asean and the rise of nuclear power. She has also penned opinion pieces and the weekend column Off Tangent, covering the weird and wonderful in science, psychology and beyond.

Puraglobe CEO Dr Alois Virag (front row, left) and Aster deputy CEO Andre Khor at the signing of an agreement between the two companies to jointly explore the development of an RRBO facility in Singapore.

Aster to explore new Singapore facility turning used motor oil into high-grade products 

It could establish the city-state as an Asian hub for sustainable lubricants

Renewables, such as solar power, accounted for 33.8% of electricity generation in 2025.

Asia’s clean energy boom pushes fossil fuel power generation to sharpest fall in a century

Renewables have also overtaken coal in the global mix for the first time in more than 100 years

Disputes related to force majeure provisions are expected to rise given the number of contracts affected by the Middle East war.

No longer ‘boilerplate’: Force majeure provisions under fresh scrutiny, say Singapore lawyers

Granular provisions are replacing broad, generic language in this ‘unloved’ section of contracts 

Past crises were "an opportunity for us to grow and reinvent ourselves", said Katoen Natie's outgoing Singapore chief executive, Koen Cardon.

Singapore chemical logistics growth still promising despite Middle East war: Katoen Natie execs

Specialty chemical producers are scaling up their plants on Jurong Island, driving demand for warehouse storage

The investment underscores Katoen Natie's confidence in Singapore, said its chief executive for the Republic, Koen Cardon.

Logistics giant Katoen Natie to invest S$60 million in new Jurong Island facility

The company is investing an additional S$3.1 million in a fully automated storage and retrieval system

EMA CEO Puah Kok Keong says that South-east Asia's renewable energy potential is an “extraordinary asset”.

Asean energy cooperation ‘more crucial than before’ with global disruption: EMA chief

This year’s edition of SIEW will feature an event by the International Atomic Energy Agency for the first time

Clockwise from top left: Oriano Lizza, sales trader at CMC Markets Singapore; June Goh, senior oil analyst at Sparta Commodities; Tam Shu Ching, a senior associate with Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer in Singapore; Baldev Bhinder, managing director at Blackstone & Gold.

‘Perfect storm’: Singapore energy traders, lawyers grapple with Iran war fallout

Quick judgments are needed to cope with extreme price changes and flurry of client requests

As at end-2024, Grab founder Anthony Tan owned just 3.7% of the company's shares, but had 63.2% of voting power.

‘Trust the founder’? Grab’s super-voting share proposal raises governance questions for investors

Shareholders would have to be content as passengers in a vehicle ‘with a permanent driver’, observer says

LNG storage tanks on Singapore's Jurong Island. The Republic's safeguards include a standby LNG facility.

Iran war could be first ‘stress test’ for Singapore’s centralised gas buyer

LNG markets could get more volatile, especially if the conflict extends into the mid-year

Dr Tan says Singapore's supply diversification efforts have worked in an “optimal” manner, even though it did not “plan for a war of this magnitude”.

Singapore prioritising ‘dry powder’ to intervene if Middle East conflict worsens: Tan See Leng

Singaporeans and businesses will need to brace for a ‘very bumpy ride’, and are urged to conserve energy