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Floating solar Malaysia

Energy

Floating solar has large-scale renewable potential in Malaysia, but challenges remain

Though not the most widely deployed solution, floating solar farms bypass land and social constraints, making efficient use of available space to potentially help achieve Malaysia’s renewable energy target – one that would otherwise be difficult or too costly to reach.
Data center in Johor, Malaysia

Energy

Malaysian industries turn to AI and renewables to drive energy transition: survey

Over 70 per cent of organisations are investing more than 10 per cent of their capital expenditure in low-carbon initiatives as digitalisation and automation take centre stage.
Patuxai monument in Laos

Energy

Laos races to expand renewables as net zero ambitions come into focus

Floating solar deals, cross-border energy plans and a new carbon credit framework highlight early progress, but achieving net zero will require rapid capacity expansion and a more resilient, modernised grid.
Bhadla Solar Park in Rajasthan, India,

Energy

Asia Pacific’s clean energy capacity set to nearly double over next five years

India accounts for more than half of the expected growth, followed by Pakistan, Japan and Australia, finds new data from the International Energy Agency.

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7 October 2025

GE Vernova fireside chat

Energy

Making the case for an interconnected power grid – a ‘pragmatic path’ for Asean to achieve urgent net zero targets

25 September 2025

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Carbon & Climate

Q&A: ‘Pakistan will have to adapt to floods as the new normal’

5 September 2025

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Energy

Indigenous communities fear impacts of Cambodian wind projects

1 September 2025

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Energy

Explainer: How mainland Southeast Asia is incorporating wind power

18 August 2025

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Energy

Climate change could make ‘droughts’ for wind power 15% longer, study says

13 August 2025

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Water

Tribal fears mount in Himalayas with end of Indus water treaty

30 July 2025

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Carbon & Climate

Analysis: China’s clean-energy exports in 2024 alone will cut overseas CO2 by 1%

9 July 2025

Adrian Banie Lasimbang

Energy

Are hybrid solar-hydro grids the future of Sabah's rural electrification drive?

3 July 2025

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Energy

Indonesia’s new 10-year power procurement plan sends positive signal on renewables push: investors and JETP secretariat

26 June 2025

Salween River

Water

Specter of dams and diversion looms over Southeast Asia’s Salween River

23 June 2025

Himalayan_Monks_Reading

Water

Scientists and monks perform last rites for a Himalayan glacier

4 June 2025

Cirata floating solar Indonesia

Policy & Finance

China is Southeast Asia's biggest public funder of clean energy with US$2.7bn in investments: study

27 May 2025

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Water

How dried-out wetlands on the Iran-Iraq border threaten the region

14 May 2025

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Water

What India’s river moves mean for South Asian water cooperation

9 May 2025

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Policy & Finance

Is it possible to work with China for development?

21 April 2025

Fisherfolk_Net_UNDP

Water

Mekong fish corridors mapped for the first time but funding cuts threaten research

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