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1,200 megawatt Vietnam coal plant gets funding, but Standard Chartered pulls out over climate policy conflict

...power capacity, and Southeast Asia’s largest hotspot for coal. The fossil fuel is the single biggest contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions. There are currently about 350 coal-fired power plan...

19 Apr 2018

1,200 megawatt Vietnam coal plant gets funding, but Standard Chartered pulls out over climate policy conflict

News / Transport

Factcheck: How electric vehicles help to tackle climate change

...powered by renewable energy, as will be the case for the batteries used in the best-selling Tesla Model 3, can substantially reduce battery emissions. Different studies find different results A recent...

14 May 2019

Factcheck: How electric vehicles help to tackle climate change

Opinion / Policy & Finance

How can the circular economy make infrastructure more sustainable?

Infrastructure provides all the vital services to keep an urban area functioning, from transport and energy to utilities and waste disposal. Sustainable or not, our need for infrastructure is growing....

14 Feb 2019

How can the circular economy make infrastructure more sustainable?

News / Food & Agriculture

The grapes of trash

...powerful substances that potentially could improve human health when added to foods, cosmetics and medicine, once harmful pollutants are removed, according to scientists. Making use of the material wo...

20 Mar 2018

The grapes of trash

Solar panels on Sumba Island in Indonesia

News / Policy & Finance

Green financing in Asia: False momentum or real impact?

...powerful drivers of change. They have the authority to influence their fund managers to invest in projects that are environmentally sustainable and creates positive impact, added Li. “We need more suc...

17 Oct 2018

Green financing in Asia: False momentum or real impact?

The Eco-Business team and friends celebrate EB's 10th anniversary

News / Corporate Responsibility

Eco-Business turns 10: A decade of reporting on sustainable development in Asia

...power development plan that ignored renewables until 2025, Razzouk noted. "Singapore does not yet understand that climate change is a national security issue. In 15 years, there will 3 million people ...

30 Apr 2019

Eco-Business turns 10: A decade of reporting on sustainable development in Asia

News / Energy

Solar power push lights up options for India’s rural women

...power. Solar power—including the use of small local grids—is likely to be a big part of the push, with 60 percent of new connections expected to be to renewable power, according to a report by the Int...

21 Feb 2018

Solar power push lights up options for India’s rural women

News / Energy

Global solar capacity grew faster than fossil fuels in 2017, says report

...power stations is shrinking fast and ageing plants in the US and Europe are closing down. The outlook for new gas-fired power stations is also fading, according to the world’s largest gas turbine manu...

10 Apr 2018

Global solar capacity grew faster than fossil fuels in 2017, says report

News / Carbon & Climate

Negative emissions: Scientists meet in Australia to discuss removing CO2 from air

...power plant to generate energy and then capturing the resulting CO2 before it is released into the air. The captured CO2 is then sent to an underground or undersea storage site. Cook’s talk touched on...

13 Nov 2018

Negative emissions: Scientists meet in Australia to discuss removing CO2 from air

News / Policy & Finance

Global science body promises to reach poor regions

...power and ability to mobilise communities of scientists to solve major problems,” said Reddy. “It will stimulate research, communicate scientific knowledge in the public domain, and defend free practi...

12 Jul 2018

Global science body promises to reach poor regions

News / Energy

How attractive is Asia for renewables?

...power, ranks 30th. Thai renewable projects totaling 1.8 GW of capacity are set to be operational by 2019. EY's latest Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index (RECAI) report ranks the top 40 co...

5 May 2018

How attractive is Asia for renewables?

News / Waste

Five ways to tackle ghost fishing gear

...power (Source: Global Ghost Gear Initiative) No dumping Before getting to the alternative uses for old fishing gear, it’s worth remembering that relying on volunteers to recycle ghost nets will never...

8 Jan 2019

Five ways to tackle ghost fishing gear

News / Energy

Australia's rising electricity prices are turning businesses on to renewables

...powered by renewable energy over those powered by fossil fuels, and four out of five believe that major businesses should use renewable energy. "There are reputational benefits that come from staff, c...

23 May 2018

Australia's rising electricity prices are turning businesses on to renewables

Opinion / Manufacturing

Don't read this article: How ads against consumerism help sustainability

...power to shift consumer attitudes. While many companies are engineering greener operational practices, many overlook the power of their brands to create a greener culture. Powerful brands influence co...

6 Feb 2018

Don't read this article: How ads against consumerism help sustainability

News / Food & Agriculture

These 3 social enterprises are championing sustainable agriculture in Southeast Asia

...powerment with zero waste farming Behind rugged mountains and dense rainforests, the rural villages of East Bali are home to impoverished cashew-farming communities who rely predominantly on agricultu...

20 Aug 2018

These 3 social enterprises are championing sustainable agriculture in Southeast Asia

News / Waste

There is a sustainable solution to Asia's sand crunch

...power needed to fuel CDE’s mobile plants is kept to less than 1 kilowatt per tonne of material. The system also recycles 95 per cent of water used. “Our entire technology is not only producing alterna...

26 Jul 2018

There is a sustainable solution to Asia's sand crunch

Press Releases / Singapore International Energy Week 2018

Top energy leaders to discuss “Transforming Energy: Invest, Innovate, Integrate” at the Singapore International Energy Week 2018

...Power Generation Services, Siemens Wouter Van Wersch, President & CEO of GE Asia Pacific and Vice-President, General Electric Kazuhisa Yano, Chief Asia Representative, Osaka Gas Other high-le...

15 Oct 2018

Top energy leaders to discuss “Transforming Energy: Invest, Innovate, Integrate” at the Singapore International Energy Week 2018

News / Carbon & Climate

'Adapting to uncertainty' needed in face of climate shocks - experts

...power supplies for all SMEs in Lusaka. Declan Conway, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics Carmen Lacambra from Grupo Laera, a Colombian cons...

16 May 2018

'Adapting to uncertainty' needed in face of climate shocks - experts

News / Carbon & Climate

Consensus eludes climate talks over finance and transparency

...power plants. The world has been jolted by the special report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) this October, which pointed out in graphic detail the dangers of global average te...

12 Dec 2018

Consensus eludes climate talks over finance and transparency

News / Energy

NGOs to Singapore banks: Act on climate change and stop funding coal

...power plants in Asia. "New coal-fired power stations are particularly unacceptable given the potential for clean renewable energy to meet projected energy demands," the letter reads. It also pointed o...

8 Feb 2018

NGOs to Singapore banks: Act on climate change and stop funding coal

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