The carbon capture capacity set to come online by 2030 far outpaces transport and storage capacity in key markets, finds a new report. Apart from Japan and Indonesia, the rest of Asia still lacks clear regulations for the costly technology.
But Filipino nuclear engineer Ronald Daryll Gatchalian says atomic energy will complement intermittent renewable power, and considers “infighting among low-carbon technologies” an obstacle to the country achieving climate goals.
But the island will have to keep both priorities and decarbonise its AI sector. At a press conference before its energy trade show now delayed by a typhoon, industry players touted battery storage as key to meeting Taiwan's renewables expansion needs.
A balance between emission and growth warrants integrated energy planning, leading to a low-cost transition pathway for sustainable growth.
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Vaibhav Chowdhary dan
Venugopal Mothkoor
India’s Indigenous Prototype Fast Breeder Nuclear Reactor (PFBR) and abundant thorium reserves hold key to India’s future energy security.
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Kalyani Yeola dan
Rudra Prasad Pradhan
The country’s environment and nuclear safety minister lays out the administration's reasons for quitting atomic energy after the last few plants closed this month, even as interest in the technology slowly rises in other parts of the world.
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Steffi Lemke
Japanese firms venture into solar energy storage using discarded electric vehicle batteries, complementing the country's move to continue building more solar power plants.